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Add lit CLI as a unified binary for lncli, loop, frcli, and pool
When using the CLI executables lncli
, loop
, frcli
, and pool
, we must always provide the config flags --rpcserver
, --tlscertpath
, and --macaroonpath
. This requirement is documented in the remote and integrated docs, but it still appears to be a point of confusion for new users. In addition, these CLI binaries are not generated when compiling litd
from source using make install
. They are only included in the pre-compiled release archives.
I suggest that we should create a unified lit
CLI binary similar to how litd
unifies all of the servers. This executable should be generated by make install
and also included in the pre-compiled release archives, instead of the existing CLI executables.
The lit
executable should nest all of the existing lncli/loop/frcli/pool
commands under subcommands.
For example:
$ lit lncli getinfo
$ lit loop terms
$ lit frcli audit
$ lit pool accounts list
lit
should read the lit.conf
file to check for custom values for config flags, such as httpslisten
& remote.lnd.*
. It can use these values to connect to the litd
(and remote lnd
) without needing to provide any config flags. If the lit.conf
file doesn't exist, lit
should assume the litd
default values. Ex: for lit loop
it should use the below flags by default:
--rpcserver=localhost:8443 --tlscertpath=~/.lit/tls.cert --macaroonpath=~/.loop/testnet/loop.macaroon
With this improvement, I think LiT would be much simpler to initially setup and interact with for new users.