Docker

This article explains how to use xud-docker, a containerized xud environment for

Simnet

This is where you start - private chains maintained by exchange union cloud instances, automatic opening of channels and allocation of coins & tokens, trading against bots

Status: live | Setup time: ~15 mins | Recommended available disk space: 5 GB

Testnet

bitcoin testnet 3, litecoin testnet 4, ethereum ropsten. Faucets: t-BTC, t-LTC, t-ETH 1 & 2.

Status: live | Setup time: ~5-10h | Recommended available disk space: 120 GB

Mainnet

Put your #reckless hat on

Status: in development | Setup time: ~1-3 days | Recommended available disk space: 500 GB

Regtest

Producing blocks locally, mainly for development

Status: not available| Setup time: fast | Recommended available disk space: 1 GB

Requirements

1. Linux, macOS or Windows with WSL 2.

2. 4GB RAM (we saw some weird container states with less)

3. docker >= 18.09

$ docker --version
Docker version 18.09.6, build 481bc77

4. docker-compose >= 1.24

$ docker-compose --version
docker-compose version 1.24.0, build 0aa59064

5. current user can run docker (without sudo)

$ docker run hello-world

If step 5 fails check these instructions. If you do not have docker installed yet, follow the official install instructions for docker and docker-compose.

How to run

Start the environment with

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ExchangeUnion/xud-docker/master/xud.sh -o ~/xud.sh
bash ~/xud.sh
 

This guides you through a setup on first run, pulls all containers, starts syncing chains and opens

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          \  \/  /  |  \/ __ |    _/ ___\   __\  |  
           >    <|  |  / /_/ |    \  \___|  | |  |__
          /__/\_ \____/\____ |     \___  >__| |____/
                \/          \/         \/           
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xud ctl takes xucli commands, like getinfo or orderbook.

The status command shows status of underlying clients, which is useful to track the sync status for testnet/mainnet:

btc	Ready
lndbtc	Ready
ltc	Syncing 2.40% (26887/1116528)
lndltc	Waiting for sync
parity	Syncing 42.61% (2489756/5842588)
raiden	Waiting for sync
xud	Waiting for sync

Beware

Raiden currently requires direct channels with trading partners to swap reliably. We have a temporary check in place, that discards raiden-related orders (all pairs which include WETH, DAI...), if xud can't find a direct channel to the trading partner. You can switch this check off by setting raidenDirectChannelChecks=false in your xud.conf. Before you do that, read this explainer of the issue.

Other useful things

• We recommend to open ports 8885 (xud), 9735 (lndbtc) & 10735 (lndltc) to enable other peers to open channels to you. Simnet does not necessarily need this.
• xud ctl allows to use an underlying client's cli:

#Simnet
ltcctl --help

#Testnet/Mainnet
bitcoin-cli --help
lndbtc-lncli --help
litecoin-cli --help
lndltc-lncli --help
parity --help
raiden --help
xucli --help

• Once everything is up and running, you can check existing orders of your connected peers with xucli orderbook and issue e.g. a buy order of 1 ltc with buy 1 ltc/btc 0.01.
• Permanently set xud alias to launch xud ctl from anywhere: Add the line alias xud="bash ~/xud.sh" to the end of ~/.bashrc, then run source ~/.bashrc.
• To inspect logs (use logs -f if you want to follow the log live):

#Simnet
logs ltcd/geth/lndbtc/lndltc/raiden/xud
#Testnet/Mainnet
logs bitcoind/litecoind/parity/lndbtc/lndltc/raiden/xud

• Blockchain & wallet data is stored in

#Simnet
~/.xud-docker/simnet/data
#Testnet
~/.xud-docker/testnet/data
#Mainnet
~/.xud-docker/mainnet/data

• Shutdown environment & remove all data

docker-compose down
# Use with caution: this step removes all `xud` blockchain and wallet data from your system. If you still have channels open or lost your seed mnemonic, you are risking to loose funds.
rm -rf ~/.xud-docker/
rm -rf ~/xud.sh

• Check known issues

References

• bitcoind config options
• litecoind config options
• parity config options
• lnd config options
• raiden config options
• xud config options

Help us to improve!

xud is in alpha stage, as well as this wiki. Please help us to improve by opening issues (or even better PRs) for xud, xud-docker, xud-simnet and this wiki.

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