# Adding Watchtower **URL:** \ **Category:** Bitcoin and Lightning\ **Created:** [May 14, 2021, 8:46am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/adding-watchtower/885 "2021-05-14T08:46:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vilas1979](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/vilas1979/32/336_2.png) [@Vilas1979](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Vilas1979)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 8:46am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/adding-watchtower/885/1 "2021-05-14T08:46:48Z")
I have myNode with Watchtower ON. I would like this node to watch my Umbrel. I found this guide how watchtowers works: [https://blog.bitmex.com/lightning-network-part-4-all-adopt-the-watchtower/](https://blog.bitmex.com/lightning-network-part-4-all-adopt-the-watchtower/) Is it safe to add this line into lnd.conf file: wtclient.private-tower-uris=tower-public-key@ip-address:9911 Will it work? Questioning first, I don’t want broke my Umbrel. Would you recommend this setup? I’m not routing any payments, maybe it’s redundant? Both nodes are on UPS. Thanks for reply. ---
**Author:** ![DarthCoin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/darthcoin/32/1628_2.png) [@DarthCoin](https://community.umbrel.com/u/DarthCoin)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 10:53am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/adding-watchtower/885/2 "2021-05-14T10:53:21Z")
The wtclient.private-tower-uris option has been deprecated as of v0.8.0-beta and will be removed in v0.9.0-beta. To setup watchtowers for the client, set wtclient.active and run lncli wtclient -h for more information. I suggest to look into [https://github.com/talaia-labs/python-teos](https://github.com/talaia-labs/python-teos) ---
**Author:** ![Carlos](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/carlos/32/46_2.png) [@Carlos](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Carlos)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/adding-watchtower/885/3 "2021-07-03T16:05:29Z")
I’m looking to add a few watchtowers to my Umbrel node. Is there any easy to follow guide on how to add a watchtower to monitor your Umbrel node? Is it enough to activate the client by adding the following text at the end of lnd.conf [Wtclient] (or [Watchtower]???) wtclient.active=1 And then to add a tower use command: lncli wtclient add pubkey@address (Replace “pubkey@address” with the tower’s uri.) Is that possible with the containers? Does that work with Tor? What happens with updates? ---
**Author:** ![lukeonchain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@lukeonchain](https://community.umbrel.com/u/lukeonchain)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/adding-watchtower/885/4 "2022-06-03T22:01:01Z")
It’s already been posted before, just search around for “Watchtower guide” > [@Umbrel Troubleshooting Guide](https://community.umbrel.com/t/umbrel-troubleshooting-guide/3632/1): > > How to add a WatchTower to my node? ---
**Author:** ![Ratzefummel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9a28c/32.png) [@Ratzefummel](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Ratzefummel)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/adding-watchtower/885/5 "2022-08-07T12:21:15Z")
**This is for Umbrel 0.5.1** ssh -t umbrel@Your\_local\_umbrel\_IP sudo nano /home/umbrel/umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd/lnd.conf Insert at the bottom at lnd.conf [wtclient] wtclient.active=true **Then lnd restart** /home/umbrel/umbrel/scripts/app compose lightning restart lnd **Go to the Umbrel app-store and install LNDg** **Go to the link _Watchtower_ in LNDg and insert the Watchtower:** 023bad37e5795654cecc69b43599da8bd5789ac633c098253f60494bde602b60bf@iiu4epqzm6cydqhezueenccjlyzrqeruntlzbx47mlmdgfwgtrll66qd.onion:9911 Thats all 🙂 If you like my work donate some sats to: LNURL1DP68GURN8GHJ7MRWW4EXCTNRDAKJ7MRWW4EXCUP0V9CXJTMKXYHKCMN4WFKZ7V33XS6S73NN0G Thanks, Ratzefummel ---
**Author:** ![xXTankeXx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xXTankeXx](https://community.umbrel.com/u/xXTankeXx)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/adding-watchtower/885/6 "2022-09-04T16:30:35Z")
Hey thanks for the guidance! where can i see if the towers are working? at umbrel 0.5.1 ---
**Author:** ![swizly12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@swizly12](https://community.umbrel.com/u/swizly12)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 8:33am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/adding-watchtower/885/7 "2022-09-05T08:33:18Z")
Install LNDg, click the ‘Towers’ link, there you can see your active Watchtower and stats. ---
**Author:** ![Tomas81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tomas81](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Tomas81)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/adding-watchtower/885/8 "2022-10-28T15:48:33Z")
when I open LNDg via tor it opens up just this site with following # [My Lnd Overview](http://5qga5526gqqi57uj3tqnrj4tgmdqckpks5vc5b2agnyq25wcs5xmdwad.onion/) # An error has occured! ## LNDg cannot reach the gRPC for LND. Make sure LND is running and/or your gRPC settings are correct. #### Error Code: StatusCode.UNAVAILABLE LNDg v1.3.0 ---
**Author:** ![thalysgarcia](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/thalysgarcia/32/3614_2.png) [@thalysgarcia](https://community.umbrel.com/u/thalysgarcia)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/adding-watchtower/885/9 "2022-12-30T19:36:25Z")
I do that but it takes a long time and it doesn’t load, how to fix it?