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Backend wallets

LNbits can run on top of many lightning-network funding sources. Currently there is support for CLightning, LND, LNbits, LNPay, lntxbot and OpenNode, with more being added regularily.

A backend wallet can be configured using the following LNbits environment variables:

CLightning

Using this wallet requires the installation of the pylightning Python package.

  • LNBITS_BACKEND_WALLET_CLASS: CLightningWallet
  • CLIGHTNING_RPC: /file/path/lightning-rpc

Spark (c-lightning)

LND (gRPC)

Using this wallet requires the installation of the grpcio and protobuf Python packages.

  • LNBITS_BACKEND_WALLET_CLASS: LndWallet
  • LND_GRPC_ENDPOINT: ip_address
  • LND_GRPC_PORT: port
  • LND_GRPC_CERT: /file/path/tls.cert
  • LND_GRPC_MACAROON: /file/path/admin.macaroon

LND (REST)

  • LNBITS_BACKEND_WALLET_CLASS: LndRestWallet
  • LND_REST_ENDPOINT: ip_address
  • LND_REST_CERT: /file/path/tls.cert
  • LND_GRPC_MACAROON: /file/path/admin.macaroon

LNbits

  • LNBITS_BACKEND_WALLET_CLASS: LNbitsWallet
  • LNBITS_ENDPOINT: e.g. https://lnbits.com
  • LNBITS_KEY: lnbitsAdminKey

LNPay

For the invoice listener to work you have a publicly accessible URL in your LNbits and must set up LNPay webhooks pointing to <your LNbits host>/wallet/webhook with the "Wallet Receive" event and no secret. For example, https://mylnbits/wallet/webhook will be the Endpoint Url that gets notified about the payment.

  • LNBITS_BACKEND_WALLET_CLASS: LNPayWallet
  • LNPAY_API_ENDPOINT: https://api.lnpay.co/v1/
  • LNPAY_API_KEY: sak_apiKey
  • LNPAY_WALLET_KEY: waka_apiKey

lntxbot

  • LNBITS_BACKEND_WALLET_CLASS: LntxbotWallet
  • LNTXBOT_API_ENDPOINT: https://lntxbot.com/
  • LNTXBOT_KEY: lntxbotAdminApiKey

OpenNode

For the invoice to work you must have a publicly accessible URL in your LNbits. No manual webhook setting is necessary.

  • LNBITS_BACKEND_WALLET_CLASS: OpenNodeWallet
  • OPENNODE_API_ENDPOINT: https://api.opennode.com/
  • OPENNODE_KEY: opennodeAdminApiKey