Hosting with Deno

Hosting with Deno

Tip

In production environments, you may want to use Docker instead

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:

MacOS / Linux

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

Windows

irm https://deno.land/install.ps1 | iex

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:

deno install -g jsr:@lightning/lightning@0.8.0

Configuring lightning

When you have lightning installed, you should make a lightning.toml 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