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69 sats \ 3 replies \ @sancristrader 2h \ on: Official Alby Hub guide meta
I am running the Hub in the Docker container on my server. Configured everything per this guide, and the send/receive wallets show green:
The hub portal however says that I must open a channel first, to receive anything:
Is this required, or SN will open a channel to my hub when I withdraw?
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12 sats \ 2 replies \ @sox OP 2h
You do have to open a channel either with us (but this gets expensive very quickly) or with a provider.
I missed this in the guide! will update in the coming days 🫡
In the meantime, you can follow Alby’s guides on how to open a channel.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @sancristrader 2h
  • Can you explain why it gets expensive when I open a channel with SN directly?
  • What are the cheapest channel to open? And how do I fund this wallet, it has 0 sats and no channels open.
Also, another thing for the guide is that it is probably wise to not run the config portal on a public IP, to expose the node config to the open internet? I run Docker bound to localhost
docker run -d \
  --privileged \
  --name albyhub \
  -v /nail/alby/data:/data \
  -e WORK_DIR='/data' \
  -p 127.0.0.1:8080:8080 \
  ghcr.io/getalby/hub:latest
then ssh'd to my server with an SSH tunnel
ssh -L 8080:localhost:8080 me@myserver.com
and then accessed the portal via http://localhost:8080/ in my browser
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @sancristrader 2h
Also, I see this in the SN FAQ:
there could be an issue paying your receiving wallet if the zap is small and you don't have a direct channel to SN, the routing fee may exceed SN's 3% max fee
So there seems to be an advantage in opening a direct channel?
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