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Re: The Lightning Network FAQ
by
Rath_
on 06/11/2021, 00:32:24 UTC
⭐ Merited by n0nce (3) ,JayJuanGee (2) ,ETFbitcoin (2)
Yeah, I'm not sure / confident about the whole backup & restore of the channel states and all, though..

There's a great entry in the documentation about various backup practices. You will probably end up using the backup plugin with a remote directory or some removable drive.

I would just get the new drive, close my channels and reinstall

You could simply copy your hsm_secret and lightningd.sqlite3 files to your new node. This way, you wouldn't have to close your channels. Just make sure to copy lightnind.sqlite3 while your node is not running and don't turn it on afterwards.