Configuration

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Time: 5 minutes

The folder that LND wants to use does not exist yet. So create it first. Note that this configuration directory is different from the directory you just [installed] LND into (/lightning/installation), which was /home/ubuntu/lnd.

mkdir ~/.lnd

You create the configuration file with:

nano ~/.lnd/lnd.conf

Then paste the settings into it.

[Application Options]
tlsautorefresh=true
restlisten=0.0.0.0:8080
rpclisten=0.0.0.0:10009
listen=127.0.0.1:9735
maxpendingchannels=5
rpcmiddleware.enable=true
color=YOURSETTING_A
alias=YOURSETTING_B
[Tor]
tor.active=true
tor.v3=true
tor.streamisolation=true
[Bitcoin]
bitcoin.active=true
bitcoin.mainnet=true
bitcoin.node=bitcoind
[bitcoind]
bitcoind.dir=~/.bitcoin
bitcoind.rpcuser=FROM_BITCOIND_A
bitcoind.rpcpass=FROM_BITCOIND_B
bitcoind.zmqpubrawblock=tcp://127.0.0.1:28332
bitcoind.zmqpubrawtx=tcp://127.0.0.1:28333

In the text above, there are four things you need to take care of yourself.

  • color, change YOURSETTING_A to a color of your choice. It is a hexadecimal value. For example color=#123ABC for the color blue.
  • alias, change YOURSETTING_B to a name of your choice. You will then get alias=nickname.
  • bitcoind.rpcuser, change FROM_BITCOIND_A to the correct user.
  • bitcoind.rpcpass, change FROM_BITCOIND_B password to the correct password. You have been assigned this password.

Save the file with Ctrl + X and Y.