docker-compose based CLN lightning node setup

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Prerequisites

You should have a VPS (or local machine) that the node should run on.

You also should have a bitcoind node running that has an rpcuser and an rpcpassword configured (cln will connect to this) bitcoind.

How to get it working

1. Clone this repository.
2. Create an .env file (for example by coping end completing the information from .env.example in this repository).
3. Run docker-compose up --build -d

That's it.

When running

Executing commands

You can use all lightning-cli commands by executing ./lightning-cli.sh and adding whatever command you like - for example:

./lightning-cli getinfo

Seeing the logs

You can see the logs by executing

docker container logs cln -f

Exit with ctrl-c.