How to create a Lightning Node Alias?

this link very util for my

Hey, I followed your instructions to set an alias and color for my lightning node. Iā€™m having a problem. I was able to get to application options and add the alias and color. I control x out. I confirm saving the buffer using Y. When I exit the editor and type cat umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd/lnd/lnd.conf i get ā€œ cat: umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd/lnd/lnd.conf: No such file or directoryā€

I rebooted anyway not knowing what to do, probably should have asked questions first in hindsight. My lightning node wonā€™t open now. Any ideas on what to try? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Iā€™m new to all this and just got a few channels opened.

below is what is in my config file. Iā€™m a union plasterer, not a programmer. lol

GNU nano 3.2 umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd/lnd.conf

[Application Options]
maxpendingchannels=3
minchansize=10000
accept-keysend=true
accept-amp=10
alias=Cheebug21
color=ff3c00

[Bitcoin]
bitcoin.defaultchanconfs=2

[rpcmiddleware]
rpcmiddleware.enable=true

The lnd.conf file is now located here: ~/umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd

The old location is here: ~umbrel/lnd/lnd.conf

Thank you for your quick response. Happy New Year!
hereā€™s what I tried.

when I enter: ~/umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd
I get: -bash: /home/umbrel/umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd: Is a directory

I tried: sudo nano ~/umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd
and it took me to an empty directory.

GNU nano 3.2            /home/umbrel/umbrel/lnd/lnd.conf            Modified  












         [ Directory '/home/umbrel/umbrel/lnd' does not exist ]

^G Get Help ^O Write Out ^W Where Is ^K Cut Text ^J Justify ^C Cur Pos
^X Exit ^R Read File ^\ Replace ^U Uncut Text^T To Spell

I exited out, is there supposed to be a directory? :grimacing:

I went back and deleted my name and color from
sudo nano umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd/lnd.conf

this is what I see,
GNU nano 3.2 umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd/lnd.conf

[Application Options]
maxpendingchannels=3
minchansize=10000
accept-keysend=true
accept-amp=10

[Bitcoin]
bitcoin.defaultchanconfs=2

[rpcmiddleware]
rpcmiddleware.enable=true

                           [ Read 11 lines ]

^G Get Help ^O Write Out ^W Where Is ^K Cut Text ^J Justify ^C Cur Pos
^X Exit ^R Read File ^\ Replace ^U Uncut Text^T To Spell ^_ Go To Line

I save and exit out, instead of
cat umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd/lnd/lnd.conf
I entered
cat umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd/lnd.conf
and I can see my changesā€¦

umbrel@umbrel:~ $ sudo nano umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd/lnd.conf

[sudo] password for umbrel:

umbrel@umbrel:~ $ cat umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd/lnd/lnd.conf

cat: umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd/lnd/lnd.conf: No such file or directory

umbrel@umbrel:~ $ cat umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd/lnd.conf

[Application Options]

maxpendingchannels=3

minchansize=10000

accept-keysend=true

accept-amp=10

[Bitcoin]

bitcoin.defaultchanconfs=2

[rpcmiddleware]

rpcmiddleware.enable=true

umbrel@umbrel:~ $

I reboot from settings in umbrel. once complete my lightning node boots up like 55% and stops, amboss indicates my node hasnā€™t updated in 15 hours. Is there a way to reset my node and access it through my private keys? Did I delete a directory? I did read through just about every other problem people have had and tried to relate it to what I have going on, Iā€™m just in over my head I think. Seems like everyone is able to figure it out but me :sweat_smile:

Again, happy new year. Thanks for the help if any.

Tim

ps. Iā€™d be happy to send you some sats for the help once Iā€™m back up and running

I just deleted the app, and recovered from seed phrase. Super easy, now do I manually open the channels or does channel recovery open them?

hey maybe change the ā€œcat umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd/lnd/lnd.confā€ command because there is two times /lnd/ which causes a >> No such file or directory <<
just to get the right checking command for everyone to easy check

cheers

You no longer have to rely on the terminal to update your Lightning Nodeā€™s alias. The Lightning Node app has been recently updated with a more user-friendly feature. Simply access the ā€œAdvanced Settingsā€ menu within the app and youā€™ll find an option to modify your alias and color.

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