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How to setup C-lightning for testnet

Started by jackielove4u, September 11, 2018, 01:59:11 PM

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jackielove4u

The following were tested in Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 16.04, some dependencies can be different in other distros.
    • aptitude update -y && aptitude upgrade -y && apt-get update -y && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get dist-upgrade -y
    • dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=4096
    • mkswap /swapfile
    • swapon /swapfile
    • echo "/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
    • sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libboost-all-dev libdb5.3 libdb5.3-dev libdb5.3++-dev libtool automake libevent-dev bsdmainutils -y
    • sudo apt-get install git ntp make g++ gcc autoconf cpp ngrep iftop sysstat autotools-dev pkg-config libminiupnpc-dev libzmq3-dev -y
    • sudo apt-get install libgmp-dev libsqlite3-dev python python3 net-tools zlib1g-dev gettext -y
    • git clone https://github.com/groestlcoin/groestlcoin
    • cd groestlcoin
    • ./autogen.sh
    • ./configure
    • make
    • strip src/groestlcoind src/groestlcoin-cli src/groestlcoin-tx src/groestlcoin-wallet src/groestlcoin-util
    • sudo mv src/groestlcoind src/groestlcoin-cli src/groestlcoin-tx src/groestlcoin-wallet src/groestlcoin-util /usr/bin
    • mkdir ~/.groestlcoin
    • nano ~/.groestlcoin/groestlcoin.conf
    • write:
      listen=1
      server=1
      maxconnections=863
      daemon=1
      txindex=1
      blockfilterindex=1
      coinstatsindex=1
      rpcuser=yourusernamehere
      rpcpassword=yourpasswordhere
      whitelist=127.0.0.1
    • Crtl+o enter, ctrl X
    • groestlcoind -testnet
    • Let it sync (can take up to 2 hours), verify with groestlcoin-cli -testnet -getinfo
    • git clone https://github.com/Groestlcoin/lightning.git
    • cd lightning
    • ./configure
    • make
    • strip lightningd/lightningd cli/lightning-cli
    • mkdir ~/.lightning
    • nano ~/.lightning/config
    • write:
      alias=Groestlcoin_testnet
      network=testnet
      bitcoin-rpcuser=yourusernamehere
      bitcoin-rpcpassword=yourpasswordhere
      bitcoin-rpcconnect=127.0.0.1
      bitcoin-rpcport=17766
      bind-addr=
      announce-addr=YOURIPADDRESS:9735
    • Crtl+o enter, ctrl X
    • screen
    • ./lightningd/lightningd
    • Crtl+A, ctrl+D
    • check if all is ok: ./cli/lightning-cli getinfo