Light Client Daemon (LCD REST Server)

The Light Client Daemon (LCD), also known as "Terra-Lite", is a REST server that enables other applications and services to communicate with your local running terrad instance and interact the Terra network through HTTP. To start the LCD, you'll need to specify the following parameters:

Parameter	Type	Default	Required	Description
chain-id	string	""	true	chain id of the full node to connect
node	URL	tcp://localhost:46657	true	address of the full node to connect
laddr	URL	tcp://localhost:1317	true	address for the REST server to listen to requests
trust-node	bool	false	true	whether this LCD is connected to a trusted full node
trust-store	path	$HOME/.lcd	false	directory for save checkpoints and validator sets

For example:

terracli rest-server --chain-id=test \
    --laddr=tcp://localhost:1317 \
    --node tcp://localhost:26657 \
    --trust-node=false

You can enable the secure layer by adding the --tls flag. By default a self-signed certificate will be generated and its fingerprint printed out. You can configure the server to use a SSL certificate by passing the certificate and key files via the --ssl-certfile and --ssl-keyfile flags:

terracli rest-server --chain-id=test \
    --laddr=tcp://localhost:1317 \
    --node tcp://localhost:26657 \
    --trust-node=false \
    --tls \
    --ssl-certfile=mycert.pem --ssl-keyfile=mykey.key

For more information about the Terra-Lite RPC, see the swagger documentation.