Feature Request: Import remote nodes + package app as a dockerized web app

[kiwiidb]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. At Alby, we have a dev environment with regtest bitcoind, multiple lnd, multiple cln, and an Eclair node. This is all running in a kubernetes cluster. There is no great way to visualize this network.

Describe the solution you'd like It would be cool to have Polar available as a dockerized web app, so it can be deployed inside the cluster. Importing the nodes would need to be done manually, or with a preconfigured configuration.

Additional context I understand that this feature might be a lot of work 😅 . Just wanted to discuss if this is feasible.

[jamaljsr]

Hey @kiwiidb thanks for the feedback. You are not alone in requesting this feature. The Zap/Strike team also saw a need for a UI like you described. See https://github.com/jamaljsr/polar/issues/327.

I do think this is a great idea and would like to see it implemented, but I honestly dont think Polar is the correct place to put it. In my opinion, it would probably be better to rip out the React UI from Polar and create a new web app where the underlying nodes are added by providing connection info instead of automatically creating them with Docker Compose. It indeed would be a fair amount of work, so I cannot commit to doing it at this time. Hopefully someone sees this issue here and is inspired to build this app one day.