cosmos-sdk/docs/light/getting_started.md

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# Getting Started
To start a REST server, we need to specify the following parameters:
| Parameter | Type | Default | Required | Description |
| ----------- | --------- | ----------------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| chain-id | string | null | 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 to run the rest server on |
| trust-node | bool | "false" | true | Whether this LCD is connected to a trusted full node |
| trust-store | DIRECTORY | "$HOME/.lcd" | false | directory for save checkpoints and validator sets |
Sample command:
```bash
gaiacli rest-server --chain-id=test \
--laddr=tcp://localhost:1317 \
--node tcp://localhost:46657 \
--trust-node=false
```
The server listens on HTTPS by default. You can set the SSL certificate to be used by the server with these additional flags:
```bash
gaiacli rest-server --chain-id=test \
--laddr=tcp://localhost:1317 \
--node tcp://localhost:46657 \
--trust-node=false \
--certfile=mycert.pem --keyfile=mykey.key
```
If no certificate/keyfile pair is supplied, a self-signed certificate will be generated and its fingerprint printed out.
Append `--insecure` to the command line if you want to disable the secure layer and listen on an insecure HTTP port.
## Gaia Light Use Cases
LCD could be very helpful for related service providers. For a wallet service provider, LCD could
make transaction faster and more reliable in the following cases.
### Create an account
![deposit](pics/create-account.png)
First you need to get a new seed phrase :[get-seed](api.md#keysseed---get)
After having new seed, you could generate a new account with it : [keys](api.md#keys---post)
### Transfer a token
![transfer](pics/transfer-tokens.png)
The first step is to build an asset transfer transaction. Here we can post all necessary parameters
to /create_transfer to get the unsigned transaction byte array. Refer to this link for detailed
operation: [build transaction](api.md#create_transfer---post)
Then sign the returned transaction byte array with users' private key. Finally broadcast the signed
transaction. Refer to this link for how to broadcast the signed transaction: [broadcast transaction](api.md#create_transfer---post)