Hosting with Go

Hosting with Go

Tip

In production environments, you may want to use Docker instead

It’s possible to host Lightning using the traditional Go tools. 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

Go

First, you must install Go

your database

After you install Go, you’ll need to install a database. See configuring 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:

go install github.com/williamhorning/lightning/cli@latest

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

Running Lightning

You can run lightning by using the lightning run command