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Why is .lnd directory created when connecting to a remote lnd instance?
Consider the following command used to start up lit.
litd --remote.lnd.network=testnet \
--remote.lnd.rpcserver=localhost:10009 \
--remote.lnd.macaroondir=/root/.lnd/data/chain/bitcoin/testnet \
--remote.lnd.tlscertpath=/root/.lnd/tls.cert \
--uipassword=1234
After startup these 4 directories exist.
ls -al /root
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 12 09:45 .faraday
drwx------ 4 root root 4096 Nov 12 09:45 .lit
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 19 20:36 .lnd
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Nov 12 09:45 .loop
The .lnd
directory is created by lit even though it's not actually running lnd. This can cause some unexpected issues when trying to run lit on a machine where .lnd already exists as part of another lnd install (eg, where .lnd is a shared mount from another container that is running lnd)
Why is the .lnd
directory created by lit when lit is not starting up a local lnd instance?
Good question, that's certainly not on purpose. Are there any sub directories or files being created inside the .lnd
dir?
No it is an empty directory
Okay, I looked into this in more detail. If I just point LiT to a remote lnd
instance, no .lnd
directory is created. Also, looking at the directory timestamps from your output, it looks like the .lnd
directory already existed and was created in October. Maybe something went wrong with the mount point and it should actually contain the data from the other container?
Interesting. You could be right... will recheck on my end
Any update on this? Can the issue be closed?