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.TH "LIGHTNING\-CONNECT" "7" "03/12/2019" "\ \&" "\ \&"
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.SH "NAME"
lightning-connect \- Command for connecting to another lightning node\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBconnect\fR \fIid\fR [\fIhost\fR \fIport\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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The \fBconnect\fR RPC command establishes a new connection with another node in the Lightning Network\&.
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\fIid\fR represents the target node\(cqs public key\&. As a convenience, \fIid\fR may be of the form \fIid@host\fR or \fIid@host:port\fR\&. In this case, the \fIhost\fR and \fIport\fR parameters must be omitted\&.
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\fIhost\fR is the peer\(cqs hostname or IP address\&.
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If not specified, the \fIport\fR defaults to 9375\&.
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If \fIhost\fR is not specified, the connection will be attempted to an IP belonging to \fIid\fR obtained through gossip with other already connected peers\&.
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If \fIhost\fR begins with a \fI/\fR it is interpreted as a local path, and the connection will be made to that local socket (see \fBbind\-addr\fR in lightningd\-config(5))\&.
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Connecting to a node is just the first step in opening a channel with another node\&. Once the peer is connected a channel can be opened with lightning\-fundchannel(7)\&.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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On success the peer \fIid\fR is returned\&.
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The following error codes may occur:
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\-1\&. Catchall nonspecific error\&. This may occur if the host is not valid or there are problems communicating with the peer\&.
\fBconnect\fR
will make up to 10 attempts to connect to the peer before giving up\&.
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.SH "AUTHOR"
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Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp\&.com\&.au> is mainly responsible\&. Felix <fixone@gmail\&.com> is the original author of this manpage\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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lightning\-fundchannel(7), lightning\-listpeers(7), lightning\-listchannels(7), lightning\-disconnect(7)
.SH "RESOURCES"
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Main web site: https://github\&.com/ElementsProject/lightning