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Hosting with Deno

Hosting with Deno

It’s possible to host Lightning using Deno. This approach allows you to avoid the complexity associated with container-based setups but limits your ability to isolate the bot from your host environment.

Installing Prerequisites

Deno

First, you must install Deno:

Terminal window
curl -fsSL https://deno.land/install.sh | sh

your database

After you install Deno, you’ll need to install a database. See database options for more information on choosing and setting up a database to use with Lightning

Installing Lightning

Once you have the necessary prerequisites installed, you can run the following command to install the lightning cli:

Terminal window
deno install -g jsr:@jersey/lightning@0.8.0

Configuring lightning

When you have lightning installed, you should make a config.ts file with the necessary configuration for your database and plugins. See configuration and plugins

Running Lightning

You can run lightning by using the lightning run command