# Chapter Nineteen: 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.

In this chapter you'll be ready to continue begin working with the `lightning-cli` command-line interface. You'll create invoices,  permorm payments and close channels.

## Objectives for This Chapter

Supporting objectives include the ability to:

   * Use Basic Informational Commands.
   * Create and understang Lightning channels.
   * Perform payments on the lightning network.
   * Pay and describe invoices.
   
## Table of Contents

* [Section One: Generate a payment request](19_1_Generate_a_Payment_Request.md)
* [Section Two: Paying an invoice](19_2_Paying_a_Invoice.md)
* [Section Three: Closing a Channel](19_3_Closing_a_Channel.md)