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Add Alby to lightning access wallet list #647

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On the /lnd route and under the 'Access your Wallet' section, I added an Alby connector so that myNode users know that they can use their lightning node with Alby to send/receive sats on the web. Alby has a myNode specific connector during setup and it gives instructions on where to find the connection information on myNode. So this should be an easy to use service for myNode users with no additional guide necessary. ⚡ 🐝

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  • tested successfully on local MyNode, if yes, list the device(s) below
  • mentioned related open issue, if any

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tehelsper commented Apr 2, 2022

Did you try the code for LND REST + Local IP or Tor? I tried one and it paired with Zeus, but couldn't connect with Alby. I'm getting a "Connection Failed: Are you credentials correct?" message.

Thanks for the PR.

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Good point, lets debug this. For connecting over Tor you need to also use the Alby companion app which is here: https://github.com/getAlby/alby-companion-rs

But for the Local IP there is sometimes an extra step users need to do to get LND working with Alby. They have to visit the IP address:port in the browser and then click the 'proceed although unsafe' message that comes up because of not being HTTPS.

However when I try to visit the IP address and REST port that my LND wallet is running on for myNode I don't actually get that page, I get a 'page not found' message. So this makes we wonder if the IP address and port that is showing on myNode is correct? What do you think? I should be able to visit that address and see it on the same network right?

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bumi commented Apr 11, 2022

for Tor: you should be prompted in Alby to install the companion app. You find it for MacOS and Windows - the app only needs to be installed the browser will take care of anything else afterwards (so it does not need to run).

the Link above (https://github.com/getAlby/alby-companion-rs) is basically what is running under the hood.

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secondl1ght commented May 7, 2022

We now have an installer for the Linux Tor companion app as well: https://github.com/getAlby/alby-installer-linux

I was able to connect to myNode with Alby over Tor using the REST + Tor lndconnect string. I was using Firefox browser, if you are using Brave browser there are some known connection issues we are working on now.

Edit: @bumi just pushed a fix for the Linux installer, there is now a ./brave.sh script you can run to get it working for Brave.

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