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This commit satisfies the auto-build functionality desired in #722 without changing anything in the docker folder. This allows development and testing to continue to build and use images locally, but external users get a very lean Docker image they can use. The size difference is appreciable. REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE lnd latest 3634dcf5df68 17 seconds ago 1.19GB lnd-single latest b295cc248447 30 minutes ago 56MB Right before merging this PR, an Automated Build repository should be configured on the appropriate account (lightningnetwork?) on Docker Hub with the name of lnd in order to match documentation. I see there are already some repositories created, however I think best practice for Docker is to have a single repository and different tags for different architectures. The included image is based off of Alpine, but in the future we could extend into multiple Dockerfiles (example: ARM support, or being Ubuntu based). So in this proposed scenario, lightningnetwork/lnd:latest would be alpine, but lightningnetwork/lnd:ubuntu would be an ubuntu-based image, for example. (With thanks to @alingenhag for https://github.com/f-u-z-z-l-e/docker-lnd/ from which I borrowed heavily)
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# Docker Instructions
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## Development/testing
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For development or testing, or to spin up a `btcd` backend alongside `lnd`,
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check out the documentation at [docker/README.md](docker/README.md).
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## Production
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To use Docker in a production environment, you can run `lnd` by first creating
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a Docker container, adding the appropriate command-line options as parameters.
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```
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$ docker create --name=lnd lightninglabs/lnd [command-line options]
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```
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Then, just start the container:
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```
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$ docker start lnd
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```
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## Volumes
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A Docker volume will be created with your `.lnd` directory automatically, and will
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persist through container restarts.
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You can also optionally manually specify a local folder to be used as a volume:
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```
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$ docker create --name=lnd -v /media/lnd-docker/:/root/.lnd lightninglabs/lnd [command-line options]
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```
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## Example
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Here is an example testnet `lnd` that uses Neutrino:
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```
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$ docker create --name lnd-testnet lightninglabs/lnd --bitcoin.active --bitcoin.testnet --bitcoin.node=neutrino --neutrino.connect=faucet.lightning.community
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```
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Start the container:
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```
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$ docker start lnd-testnet
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```
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Create a wallet (and write down the seed):
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```
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$ docker exec -it lnd-testnet lncli create
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```
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Confirm `lnd` has begun to synchronize:
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```
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$ docker logs lnd-testnet
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[snipped]
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2018-05-01 02:28:01.201 [INF] RPCS: RPC server listening on 127.0.0.1:10009
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2018-05-01 02:28:01.201 [INF] LTND: Waiting for chain backend to finish sync, start_height=2546
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2018-05-01 02:28:01.201 [INF] RPCS: gRPC proxy started at 127.0.0.1:8080
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2018-05-01 02:28:08.999 [INF] LNWL: Caught up to height 10000
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2018-05-01 02:28:09.872 [INF] BTCN: Processed 10547 blocks in the last 10.23s (height 10547, 2012-05-28 05:02:32 +0000 UTC)
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```
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This is a simple example, it is possible to use any command-line options necessary
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to expose RPC ports, use `btcd` or `bitcoind`, or add additional chains.
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