1) RTL Docker Dev Setup

This is not suitable for production deployments. ONLY FOR DEVELOPMENT.

This docker-compose template launches bitcoind, lnd and rtl containers.

It is configured to run in regtest mode but can be modified to suit your needs.

1.1) Notes

• bitcoind is built from an Ubuntu repository and should not be used in production.
• lnd will not sync to chain until Bitcoin regtest blocks are generated (see below).
• rtl image is from the Docker Hub repository but you can change this to your needs.
• Various ports and configs can be adjusted in the .env or docker-compose.yml files.

1.2) How to run

It may take several minutes if containers need to be built.

1.2.1) From the terminal in this folder:

$ docker-compose up -d bitcoind
$ bin/b-cli generate 101
$ docker-compose up -d lnd rtl

1.2.2) Check containers are up and running with:

$ docker-compose ps

1.2.3) Use the cli tools to get responses from the containers:

$ bin/ln-cli getinfo
$ bin/b-cli getblockchaininfo

1.2.4) View daemon logs as follows:

$ docker-compose logs bitcoind lnd rtl

Once the containers are running you can access the RTL UI at http://localhost:3000

• Default password is password.
• Default host, port and password can be changed in .env.

When you are done you can destroy containers with:

$ docker-compose down -v

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2) Stand alone RTL Setup

This is suitable when you already have a LND node running and configured.

2.1) From docker image pull

RTL_VERSION=0.12.0
docker run --name rtl -d -it \
-e RTL_CONFIG_PATH=/RTLConfig \
-v /path/to/RTLConfig/dir:/RTLConfig \
-v /path/to/macaroon/dir:/path/as/specified/in/RTLConfig \
-v /path/to/database/dir:/RTL/database \
-p 3000:3000/tcp \
shahanafarooqui/rtl:${RTL_VERSION}

2.2) From local docker build

2.2.1) Build the image locally

RTL_VERSION=0.12.0
docker build -t rtl:${RTL_VERSION} -f dockerfiles/Dockerfile .

2.2.2) Create .env file

Create an environment file with your required configurations. Sample .env:

RTL_CONFIG_PATH=/RTLConfig
MACAROON_PATH=/LNDMacaroon
LN_SERVER_URL=https://host.docker.internal:8080

2.2.3) Run the newly built image with .env configurations

RTL_VERSION=0.12.0
docker run -d -it \
-v /path/to/RTLConfig/dir:/RTLConfig \
-v /path/to/macaroon/dir:/LNDMacaroon \
-v /path/to/database/dir:/RTL/database \
--env-file=.env -p 3000:3000 rtl:${RTL_VERSION}

Once the container is running you can access the RTL UI at http://localhost:3000

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