Glad u got it running, what was the issue? I'm running one too but more simple I guess, dedicated server with USB replication for backup

what does this mean? i am still learning how to backup my LND at best? i will go with a second machine ready to go. would just close all channels and open them again what do i need to consider even with a different backup you also need to know what to do when something breaks

Oh in my case I have CLN. But did read a bit about LND too. From what I know always keep your SCB (Static Channel Backup) safe and with that you can always close your channels if the sqlite DB breaks. In my setup CLN does replicate the database automatically, so I have two copies one in the SSD of the machine one in the USB connected to it. Does LND have an option for that?

not that i know of, i would have to check this is new to me but would be really great that way you dont have to close the channels right? when you use the backup.

Yes exactly! For example let's say my SSD dies today (hope it doesn't), all my channels data would be safe in the USB. I would just install CLN again, use my 12 words and paste the sqlite file and run. If instead both my database get corrupted (SSD and USB) I'd have to close every channel with the SCB. This behavior is the same in LND and CLN for what I've seen

i will take a look if LND got it. this would make me really consider running CLN maybe i try it on my second node

CLN just hasnt to much interfaces but this will all change very quickly with AI and stuff, i have heard CLN is very modular, maybe i should consider it again

Yes exactly, I'm kinda new to the ecosystem and did my little research when setting everything up and I chose CLN because the modular approach and C implementation. It should be ver light weight and fast, that matches the lightning vibes right? 🤪 This may be a bit overkill but I made something for my own safety, exactly to be able to setup everything easily if needed or something broke. Let me know if you try it and also take a look to the CLN config if you do! You may want to disable some plugins ✌🏼

GitHub

GitHub - deymosh/bastion: 🏴‍☠️ Sovereign Bitcoin & Lightning Node Infrastructure

🏴‍☠️ Sovereign Bitcoin & Lightning Node Infrastructure - deymosh/bastion

Here is what I do. I've been hosting a BTCPay Server instance on Oracle Cloud for close to 3 years now at zero cost. It is using LND. I've not had to go through a recovering process yet. Monthly or so I do a application consistent Boot Volume backup of the server. The process is basically shutdown BTCPay Server instance components then do a Boot Volume backup. Takes about 30 second to complete. Here are the details about this process.

PSOciBootBackup Boot Volume Backup

A PowerShell script for performing a Boot Volume Backup on an Oracle Cloud compute instance running **BTCPay Server** application to generate an ap...

Second, I monitoring the Forward History daily and do a static channel backup. Basically, I'm executing the 2 commands below from the CLI. BTCpay ForwardingHistory BTCpay ExportAllChannelBackups SCB Here are the details about this process.

Automating BTCPAY Server and LND with REST API

Installing and Automating BTCPAY Server

This is very interesting, do you check and backup daily the SCB? I've read it should only change when open/closing channels but for CLN i noticed my emergency.recover which is the equivalent of the SCB changes more than expected. In my case a service is running and checking every hour if the file changed, if so, copy and perform a hash compare with the copied file and original

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