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Learn how to run litd in integrated mode, install litd alongside your existing LND installation, or move an existing system to litd.
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Learn how to run litd in integrated mode, install litd alongside your existing LND installation, or move an existing system to litd.
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Litd gives your node access to features such as LND Accounts or LNC while bundling LND with Loop, Pool, Faraday, and Taproot Assets.
You can point litd at your existing LND, Loop or Pool installation, or you can run LND as part of litd. Running the entire bundle as a single binary is most reliable and convenient. Plus,individual components can be easily swapped out at will, for example to apply patches or run pre-release software.
You can install litd from source or via the provided binary.
Choose this option for a quick and convenient installation. You can find the binaries and verification instructions for the latest release on .
Once you have downloaded the binary for your operating system, verify them and unpack them, either with your file manager or the command line. This may look like this:
tar -xvf lightning-terminal--alpha.tar.gz
Or on Windows:
tar -xvzf C:\path\lightning-temrinal-alpha.tar.gz -C C:\path\litd
You can now execute the program from its location, or place it where the system can conveniently find it, such as /bin/litd on Linux.
First we will download the source code from Github
git clone https://github.com/lightninglabs/lightning-terminal.git
cd lightning-terminal
git checkout <latest version>
We install litd with:
make install
Set a password for your litd instance:
export LIT_PASSWD="YOUR PASSWORD HERE"
Add the fragment to your configuration and run the installation script:
BTCPAYGEN_ADDITIONAL_FRAGMENTS="$BTCPAYGEN_ADDITIONAL_FRAGMENTS;opt-add-lightning-terminal"
. btcpay-setup.sh -i
You can now find litd under Server Settings > Services
You will need Go version 1.19 or higher. If you compiled LND from source this should already be installed on your system.
You will need nodejs. . Most conveniently, you can install it with snap install node
You will need yarn. . Most conveniently, you can install it with npm install --global yarn
If you do not already have LND, Loop or Pool installed, you may run LND in , meaning one binary bundle. In this case, you will have to also install the CLI interfaces
make go-install-cli
You can alternavitely install both the bundle and the CLI interfaces with one command.
make install
make go-install-cli
BTCPay contains an installation script for litd, which makes it easy to include litd into your BTCPay Server. .