A plugin manager for C-lightning
As any other plugin, reckless can be installed by being put in lightningd's default plugin directory (~/.lightning/bitcoin/plugins by default) or at startup via command line:
lightningd --plugin /path/to/reckless.pyIt also supports to be started dynamically:
lightning-cli plugin start /path/to/reckless.pyC-lightning v0.7.2 or superior is required.
You can search for a plugin from known plugin repos:
lightning-cli search_plugin rebalanceThis will return a list of objects with 2 entries: 'human_url' which points to
the plugin location in a human readable format, and install_url to be passed
to lightning_install to install the actual plugin. For example the
'rebalance' keyword from above points to both @gallizoltan's rebalance plugin and
@renepickhardt's rebalance-JIT-routing (WIP).
You can install a plugin by providing an url, or a keyword and setting the optional second
parameter to true, for example:
$ lightning-cli install_plugin lightning-qt trueThis will output a somewhat exhaustive log of what happened (in case installation goes wrong, or so that you know what this plugin does with your money-related software):
===== Installation log ======
Created /home/darosior/projects/reckless/regtest/lndir1/regtest/plugins/lightning-qt directory
Downloaded file from https://api.github.com/repos/lightningd/plugins/contents/lightning-qt to /home/darosior/projects/reckless/regtest/lndir1/regtest/plugins/lightning-qt/lightning-qt
Made /home/darosior/projects/reckless/regtest/lndir1/regtest/plugins/lightning-qt/lightning-qt.py executable
Started lightning-qt.pyPackage managers have led to severe flaws in the past, and especially in Bitcoin space.
C-lightning plugins are direclty connected to lightningd and manage funds, please be sure of what you are installing.
That's why the installation is in two stades (search then install). That's why there is a human_url entry in the search results.
That's also why this plugin is named reckless :-)..
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