Deploy Backend

Backend App
LN-STX Bridge has very few requirements and can be installed by running below commands as detailed in the github repository readme.
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// ensure you have node-14 installed
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// clone the repo, install requirements and compile
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git clone https://github.com/pseudozach/lnstxbridge.git
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cd lnstxbridge && npm i && npm run compile
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Note that in order to start the app and serve swaps, there are still many requirements like opening Lightning channels from your node and funding the swap provider signer account with STX and BTC funds.
Contracts
Each bridge instance should run its own swap contracts for both transparency purposes and to make it easy for the bridge backend to track the swaps.
Easiest way to deploy the swap contracts is to launch explorer sandbox, copy/paste contents of the latest version of the contracts and click deploy!
Signer Account
As a swap provider, lnstxbridge will need access to private keys for a stacks account that has STX (and any other SIP10 you plan to serve).
Generate a new stacks account using any available method (hiro wallet or stx cli) send STX funds into this account and place the mnemonic seed of this account on the server at ~/.lnstx/seed.dat
Configuration
Once the app is ready and contracts are deployed, it's time to build the configuration file that feeds this data to the app.
Data in this file is mostly personal choice and depend on operator's environment. Feel free to join #developers channel in our discord and ask if anything is unclear.
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vim ~/.lnstx/boltz.conf
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# required if you want to enable sponsored transactions
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prepayMinerFee=true
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# Backend supports sending messages to Discord after successful and failed
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# Swaps and if the wallet or channel balance is underneath a configurable threshold 
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# 1. create a bot at https://discord.com/developers/applications
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# 2. add the bot to any private channel in your discord server
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# 3. give bot sendmessage access and copy/paste token here
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[notification]
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token = ""
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channel = "secret-lnswapbot-channel"
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prefix = "lns"
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# Interval in minutes at which the wallet and channel balances should be checked 
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interval = 10
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# Some Discord commands (like withdraw) require a TOTP token
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# This is the path to the secret of that TOTP token
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otpsecretpath = "/home/workspace/.lnstx/otpSecret.dat"
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# Backend supports balancing account funds via centralized exchange (currently OKCoin)
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# Both automated and on-demand balancing is supported
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[balancer]
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apiUri = "https://www.okcoin.com"
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apiKey = ""
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secretKey = ""
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passphrase = ""
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tradePassword = ""
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minSTX = 10
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minBTC = 1000000
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overshootPercentage = 0
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autoBalance = false
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​
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[dashboard]
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username = "admin"
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password = "admin"
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[[pairs]]
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base = "BTC"
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quote = "STX"
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fee = 5
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timeoutDelta = 1_240
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# if you do not want to serve USDA sip10 token swaps, you can delete this pair
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[[pairs]]
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base = "BTC"
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quote = "USDA"
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fee = 5
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timeoutDelta = 1_240
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​
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[[currencies]]
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symbol = "BTC"
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network = "bitcoinRegtest"
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minWalletBalance = 10_000_000
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minChannelBalance = 10_000_000
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maxSwapAmount = 4_294_967
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minSwapAmount = 10_000
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maxZeroConfAmount = 10_000_000
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​
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  [currencies.chain]
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  host = "127.0.0.1"
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  port = 18_443
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  cookie = "docker/regtest/data/core/cookies/.bitcoin-cookie"
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  rpcuser = "kek"
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  rpcpass = "kek"
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  [currencies.lnd]
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  host = "127.0.0.1"
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  port = 10_009
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  certpath = "docker/regtest/data/lnd/certificates/tls.cert"
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  macaroonpath = "docker/regtest/data/lnd/macaroons/admin.macaroon"
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[stacks]
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providerEndpoint = "http://localhost:3999"
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# you need to replace these contract addresses 
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# with the ones you have deployed in the previous step.
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stxSwapAddress = "ST30VXWG00R13WK8RDXBSTHXNWGNKCAQTRYEMA9FK.stxswap_v8"
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sip10SwapAddress = "ST30VXWG00R13WK8RDXBSTHXNWGNKCAQTRYEMA9FK.sip10swap_v1"
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  [[stacks.tokens]]
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  symbol = "STX"
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  maxSwapAmount = 1_294_967000
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  minSwapAmount = 10000
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​
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# if you are serving another SIP10 token you can replace/add below lines
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  [[stacks.tokens]]
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  symbol = "USDA"
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  maxSwapAmount = 1_294_967000
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  minSwapAmount = 10000
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  contractAddress = "SP2C2YFP12AJZB4MABJBAJ55XECVS7E4PMMZ89YZR.usda-token"
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  decimals = 6
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Ready to Launch!
Now that you've prepared all the requirements you can deploy your backend!
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cd lnstxbridge
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npm run start
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It's suggested to use process managers like pm2 because there can be many reasons your server might crash, restart and you should always try to ensure high uptime for your bridge.
You can also use an online monitoring tool like cronitor or uptime-kuma to receive alerts if your instance goes down.
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