Node Management
Monitor and manage your Lightning node directly from the LNbits admin interface.
If your funding source supports it, LNbits provides a node management interface.
Enabling node UI
bash
LNBITS_NODE_UI=trueThe node management page appears in the admin navigation.
Supported backends
Node management features are available with:
- LND (gRPC and REST) - full support
- Core Lightning - full support
- Other backends - limited or no node management
Available information
Node info
bash
curl https://your-lnbits.com/node/api/v1/info \
-H "X-Api-Key: ADMIN_KEY"Returns:
- Node alias and public key
- Network (mainnet/testnet)
- Block height
- Number of channels and peers
- Total capacity
Channels
bash
curl https://your-lnbits.com/node/api/v1/channels \
-H "X-Api-Key: ADMIN_KEY"Peers
bash
curl https://your-lnbits.com/node/api/v1/peers \
-H "X-Api-Key: ADMIN_KEY"Public node info
A public endpoint (no auth required) for sharing your node's basic info:
bash
curl https://your-lnbits.com/node/public/api/v1/infoBest practices
- Monitor channel balances regularly
- Keep sufficient inbound and outbound liquidity
- Use the audit endpoint to track the delta between LNbits internal balances and actual node balance