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# Chapter Eighteen: Understanding Your Lighting Setup # Chapter 18: Understanding Your Lighting Setup
> :information_source: **NOTE:** This is a draft in progress, so that I can get some feedback from early reviewers. It is not yet ready for learning. > :information_source: **NOTE:** This is a draft in progress, so that I can get some feedback from early reviewers. It is not yet ready for learning.
In this chapter you'll be ready to begin working with the `lightning-cli` command-line interface. But that first requires that you understand your c-lightning setup and its features, which is what will be explained with some examples and basic configuration. The previous chapter concluded our work with Bitcoin proper, through CLI, scripting, and programming languages. However, there are many other utilities within the Bitcoin ecosystem: this chapter and the cover the largest. Here you'll begin work with the `lightning-cli` command-line interface, first by understanding c-lightning setup and its features — which is what will be explained with some examples and basic configuration.
For this and future chapters, we presume that you have a VPS with c-lightning installed, running `lightningd` courtersy of [Bitcoin Standup Scripts](https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/Bitcoin-Standup-Scripts) on Testnet.
## Objectives for This Chapter ## Objectives for This Chapter
After working through this chapter, a developer will be able to: After working through this chapter, a developer will be able to:
* Demonstrate that their c-lightning Node is Installed and Up-to-date * Assess that a C-lightning Node is Installed and Up-to-date
* Use basic wallet Commands * Perform Casic Lightning Wallet Commands
* Setting up a channel. * Create a LIghtning Channel
* Pay an invoice
* Generate a payment request. Supporting objectives include the ability to:
* Understand the Basic Lightning Configuration
## Table of Contents ## Table of Contents