This section is for you if you want to sell anything and accept Talers as a payment method. For example, this could be the event organizer selling beer, or an event guest who offers a cool interactive light installation in exchange for some tokens. (That they can later use to buy beer, obviously.)
Build the container:
docker build --tag taler-merchant:latest -f taler-merchant.Dockerfile .Start the merchant container. Note the slash at the end of the EXCHANGE_URL.
docker run -e TOKEN=supersecret -e EXCHANGE_URL=https://taler.example.org/ -it -p 8888:8888 taler-merchant
We assume you have already created a bank account. If not, head to https://bank.taler.example.org/webui
and register a new one.
Connect to your merchant backend's main page via your HTTPS reverse proxy and login using your
supersecret token.
Then you need to fill out the merchant's details, and watch out for the following quirks:
- You need to click the red "Set access token" button and set the same
supersecrettoken again. - Don't forget to configure a bank account with the correct IBAN.
Otherwise, the gray "Submit" button won't turn green.
When creating an order, it might be useful to Clear the refund deadline. This ensures
that your money can instantly be wired to your account.
When transaction fees are zero, it might be advantageous to set the wire transfer deadline to something very low. The merchant backend will wait this long until it redeems your talers into your bank account.
You need to do this on every transaction, not as a global setting.
If your are in search for a simple browser based POS terminal, which even Android 5 can run, try this one.
The merchant's database lives inside the docker container. Don't delete the container or you will lose your database.
The container does "trust on first use" on the exchange. Make sure your connection is not compromised when launching the container.