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[ **Intro** ] -- [ [Application Features](Application_features.md) ]
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# RTL - Ride The Lightning
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RTL is a web UI for Lightning Network Daemon.
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Lightning Network Daemon is an implementation of Lightning Network BOLT protocol by Lightning Labs (https://lightning.engineering/).
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Visit their Github repo (https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/README.md) for details on Lightning Network and LND implementation.
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For setting up your Lightning Network node, you can follow the below guide:
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https://github.com/Stadicus/guides/blob/master/raspibolt/README.md
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## Prerequisites
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Please ensure that you have completed the installation of lightning node.
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It can be either on testnet or mainnet
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Recommended Browsers: Chrome, Chromium (rpi), MS Edge.
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## Installation
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Fetch sources from the RTL git repository:
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`git clone https://github.com/ShahanaFarooqui/RTL.git`
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Move into the newly created directory:
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`cd RTL`
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Fetch the dependencies and build the application by running:
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`npm install`
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## Execution
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Make sure you are in the RTL directory, where the application was built.
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Locate the complete path of the readable macroon file (admin.macroon) on your node.
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If you followed the guide above, it should be `/home/admin/.lnd`.
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This path needs to be provided as a command line argument to start the server
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## Start the Webserver
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Run the following command:
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`node rtl --lndir <macaroon-path>`
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For example:
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`node rtl --lndir /home/admin/.lnd`
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If the server started successfully, you should get the below output on the console:
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`Server is up and running, please open the UI at http://localhost:3000`
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## Accessing the Application
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You can access the application in two ways:
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### Same computer as the webserver
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Open your browser at the following address: http://localhost:3000 to access the RTL application.
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### Remotely from another computer on the same local network as the node
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To access the application remotely from a computer, ensure that the firewall running on your node allows access on port 3000.
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You would need the IP address of your application to access the application.
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E.g. if the IP address of your node is 192.168.0.15
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Open your browser at the following address: http://192.168.0.15:3000 to access RTL.
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