lnd does not accept bitcoind.rpc* variables in lnd.conf

[oitdmser]

Background

I run lnd and bitcoind under their own users on the same physical machine in preparation for having them run on separate physical machines. As part of my setup lnd does not have read privileges to the bitcoind .cookie, so I'm trying to configure lnd to use RPCauth.

Your environment

• version of lnd: commit=v0.5-beta-285-gc3546c280d0e59157848a2e82440bc2ea98bc2a3
• which operating system (uname -a on *Nix): Debian Stretch
• version of btcd, bitcoind, or other backend: v0.17.0.1
• any other relevant environment details

Steps to reproduce

When I use the following options in my lnd.conf as described in the lnd documentation:

bitcoind.rpchost=127.0.0.1:8332
bitcoind.rpcuser=joeblow
bitcoind.rpcpass=superSecretPasswordByRPAUTH.py
bitcoind.zmqpubrawblock=127.0.0.1:28332
bitcoind.zmqpubrawtx=127.0.0.1:28333

Expected behaviour

lnd should run using the RPCauth credentials entered in lnd.conf

Actual behaviour

lnd errors out:

lnd.conf:16: unknown option: bitcoind.rpchost
lnd.conf:17: unknown option: bitcoind.rpcuser
etc

lnd runs fine if I specify the above options using the command line like this:

lnd -bitcoind.rpchost=127.0.0.1:8332 -bitcoind.rpcuser=joeblow ... etc

This means typing in the RPC password in the command-line and command-line options can be seen by users running 'top' or task manager. This exposes RPC password to users other than 'lnd.' Having RPC password in lnd.conf is moderately more secure because the file can be locked down with chmod.

[Roasbeef]

lnd.conf:16: unknown option: bitcoind.rpchost

Check the rest of your conf for any errors. The parser atm is very forgiving, and doesn't always call out errors as it finds them.

[oitdmser]

The '16' in the error corresponds to the line with bitcoind.rpchost, so it would seem that is the line that has the error.

If I comment out all lines with bitcoind.rpc* lnd loads without errors. Wouldn't that indicate the problem is with the bitcoind.rpc* variables?

[oitdmser]

my lnd.conf

[Application Options]
debuglevel=info
debughtlc=false
maxpendingchannels=5
alias=WittyAlias
color=#000300
maxlogfiles=3

[Bitcoin]
bitcoin.active=1
bitcoin.node=bitcoind
bitcoin.mainnet=1

[autopilot]
autopilot.active=1
autopilot.maxchannels=16
autopilot.allocation=0.1

#RPC Stuff **doesn't seem to work as of 0.5beta**
#instead use at command line or to modify the exec command in the .service file
#rpccookiefile=/tmp/.cookie
#rpchost=127.0.0.1:8332
bitcoind.rpcuser=wittyusername
bitcoind.rpcpass=VerySecretSuperDuperRPCauthPassword
bitcoind.zmqpubrawblock=127.0.0.1:28332
bitcoind.zmqpubrawtx=127.0.0.1:28333

[wpaulino]

The bitcoind specific options need to be under a [Bitcoind] tag.

[oitdmser]

FIXED. Thank you!

Edited lnd.conf looks like this:

[Application Options]
debuglevel=info
debughtlc=false
maxpendingchannels=5
alias=WittyAlias
color=#000300
maxlogfiles=3

[Bitcoin]
bitcoin.active=1
bitcoin.node=bitcoind
bitcoin.mainnet=1

[autopilot]
autopilot.active=1
autopilot.maxchannels=16
autopilot.allocation=0.1

[Bitcoind]
bitcoind.rpchost=127.0.0.1:8332
bitcoind.rpcuser=wittyusername
bitcoind.rpcpass=VerySecretSuperDuperRPCauthPassword
bitcoind.zmqpubrawblock=127.0.0.1:28332
bitcoind.zmqpubrawtx=127.0.0.1:28333