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SYSTEMD SUPPORT IN BITCOIN
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Packagers can find a .service file in this repo in order to integrate bitcoin's
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daemon into systemd based distributions.
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bitcoind.service file is located in contrib/systemd/ folder.
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1. Users
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This .service file assumes bitcoind user and group exist in the system, so packager
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should make sure they are created on installation.
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2. Files
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The .service file assumes several paths that might need to be adjusted according
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to packager's needs.
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Daemon's config file is assumed to be located at /etc/bitcoind.conf (you can
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use contrib/debian/examples/bitcoin.conf as an example). Once installed, users
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must edit the file in order to update at least these two
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values: rpcuser and rpcpassword . Failing to do so will make the daemon fail
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to boot. However, the message written to /var/lib/bitcoind/debug.log file is
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very helpful and no default values should be set:
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YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:DD Error: To use the "-server" option, you must set a rpcpassword in the configuration file:
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/etc/bitcoind.conf
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It is recommended you use the following random password:
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rpcuser=bitcoinrpc
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rpcpassword=HdYZ5HGtAF7mx8aTw6uCATtD2maMAK4E12Ysp4YNZQcX
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(you do not need to remember this password)
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The username and password MUST NOT be the same.
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If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions.
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It is also recommended to set alertnotify so you are notified of problems;
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for example: alertnotify=echo %s | mail -s "Bitcoin Alert" admin@foo.com
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Daemon's data and pid files will be stored in /var/lib/bitcoind directory, so it
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should be created on installation and make bitcoind user/group it's owner.
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3. Installing .service file
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Installing this .service file consists on just copying it to /usr/lib/systemd/system
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directory, followed by the command "systemctl daemon-reload" in order to update
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running systemd configuration.
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