craigwrong/docker-lightningd

lightningd (Core Lightning) for Docker

Use this Dockerfile to spin off Lightning Network node instances.

Dependencies

• Docker for Desktop
• The bitcoin-cli Docker image from: Bitcoin Core for Docker

Building the image

Refer to the Bitcoin Core for Docker instructions for details on how to build the bitcoin-cli Docker image.

To build the lightningd Docker image:

docker build -t lightningd .

Sample run

Start an instance of bitcoind on regtest network:

cd sandbox
docker run --name bitcoind-regtest-1 --network bitcoin-regtest --ip 10.0.0.2 --rm -v $PWD/sample.bitcoin:/.bitcoin bitcoind

On another terminal window:

cd sandbox
docker run --name lightningd-regtest-1 --rm -it --network bitcoin-regtest -v $PWD/sample.lightning:/root/.lightning -v $PWD/sample.bitcoin/regtest/.cookie:/root/.bitcoin/regtest/.cookie lightningd

Lightning CLI

We can use lightning-cli on the same container in which we started the daemon:

docker exec -it lightningd-regtest-1 lightning-cli listfunds