unable to connect a docker container running bos to a docker container running btcpayserver

[anycolo]

I've tried following the instructions, but i think they are incomplete, out of date or self-contradicting, because nothing worked. Can anyone revise the instructions and make sure they are clear and that they work? It shouldn't be too hard.

[alexbosworth]

I think things work differently with btcpayserver, not sure how that works but there may be something special that needs to be done for that

[nemanja-z]

I hope this will help you. Take a look at your BTCPay Server version before you try to connect it. BOS won't work with the latest BTCPayServer version, because it is running on the LND version which BOS doesn't support at the moment.

Create directory ~/.bos/, and add node credentials in a format of:

~/.bos/YOUR_NODE_NAME/credentials.json Use any shorthand you'd like when choosing this profile node name

credentials.json should have the following format:

{ "cert": "base64 tls.cert value", "macaroon": "base64 .macaroon value", "socket": "lnd_bitcoin:10009" }

Use "lnd_bitcoin:10009" for socket

To get the strings for cert and macaroon in appropriate format you can run these commands in a terminal and copy-paste values into credentials.json, ex:

For cert base64 /var/lib/docker/volumes/generated_lnd_bitcoin_datadir/_data/tls.cert | tr -d '\n' For macaroon base64 /var/lib/docker/volumes/generated_lnd_bitcoin_datadir/_data/admin.macaroon | tr -d '\n'

You can then use BOS this way:

docker run -it --rm --network="generated_default" -v $HOME/.bos:/home/node/.bos alexbosworth/balanceofsatoshis COMMAND --node SAVEDNODENAME

[jaonoctus]

Worked for me.

You could also create a file under /usr/local/bin/bos with this content:

#!/bin/bash

docker run -it --rm \
        --network="generated_default" \
        -v $HOME/.bos:/home/node/.bos \
        -e BOS_DEFAULT_SAVED_NODE=SAVEDNODENAME \
        alexbosworth/balanceofsatoshis "$@"

make sure to make it executable with $ chmod +x /usr/local/bin/bos

and then you'll be able to do just $ bos report or $ bos price usd for example

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I created a summary/short tutorial here