Struggling to add peer interface on v0.4.0

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Hi all.

I have upgraded to v0.4.0 and am in the process of setting up my lightning channels using LND and Alby Hub.

In my LND>Actions>Node Info there are no peer addresses found under Node URL and my understanding, as stated underneath that box, is that I have to Add a peer URL in LND > Dashboard > Peer Interface > Add.

When I go to that location the only options available are the ability to ‘Add domain’ to Wired Connection 1 and ‘Add Onion Service’ to Plugin: Tor. It’s not clear to me where I add a peer address and I have done a fair bit of searching this morning but cannot find the answer.

I am trying to set up a lightning channel with BHODL and my understanding, if correct, is that I need to add their public key as a peer address in the process of requesting liquidity with them.

Can someone please advise. Happy to provide as much detailed information as needed to get this sorted.

Many thanks.

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In order to open channels – or even have peers find and connect to you – you need to have a peer interface.

Traditionally this would have been TOR only, and on v035 of StartOS TOR was installed by default. On v040 you’d need to install TOR yourself. Once installed, you can create a Peer interface by clicking + Add.

If you don’t want to use TOR, you’re welcome to use your router (Wired Interface 1) and open the required port. Most people don’t like this though as it would expose their IP address. (The other option is to use StartTunnel.(

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Thanks Stu.

So, I have one small channel set up with Megalith and I can see where the Peer is connected in Node>Advanced>Connected Peers.

My friend, Max Trotter, sent me a screenshot of his LND>Actions>Node Info>Node URL. In this he had a Peer Address (starred out) and I am of the understanding I need to set a peer address also. From what you have said, I need to set up Tor, as you have mentioned and then clicking + Add.

So in LND>Dashboard>Peer Interface do I click on + Add Onion Service and copy in my .Onion address? If yes, where do I find this on v0.4.0? I can’t for the life of me find this (it seemed easier on the last version of Start9).

Thanks.

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The previous version of StartOS didn’t have a feature to create interfaces at all… not sure if that counts as easier!

  1. Install TOR from the Marketplace
  2. Start it
  3. Go to LND, click in Peer Interfaces
  4. Scroll down
  5. Add a TOR one
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Oh, I was referring to the interface in terms of it being easier to find the .onion addresses within the Tor app on the last version of Start9. I have managed to find that now.

Thanks for your help.