Install using docker compose
The Ark server software is called captaind. To run captaind, you need: - a postgres database - a bitcoind node - optionally, a Core-Lightning (CLN) node with the hold plugin.
The Compose file handles all boot-time dependencies and initializations automatically using depends_on and health checks.
The shared volumes are:
- captaind: persistent data for captaind.
- postgres: PostgreSQL database files for captaind.
- bark: data for bark.
- bitcoind: blockchain and wallet data.
- cln: lightning node data.
To bring up all services:
docker compose -f contrib/docker/docker-compose.yml up
Once everything is up and initialized, you can run bark commands like:
docker compose -f contrib/docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm bark bark ark-info
An example bitcoin-cli command:
docker compose -f contrib/docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm bitcoind bitcoin-cli -regtest -rpcuser=second -rpcpassword=ark -rpcconnect=bitcoind getblockchaininfo
An example captaind command:
In git bash (on windows):
docker compose -f contrib/docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm captaind captaind --config //root/captaind/captaind.toml get-mnemonic
docker compose -f contrib/docker/docker-compose.yml run --rm captaind captaind --config /root/captaind/captaind.toml get-mnemonic
An example CLN command:
docker compose -f contrib/docker/docker-compose.yml exec cln lightning-cli --regtest getinfo