akraycek / bitcoinautonode

A script to run (ideally just after starting up a new server/vps) to automatically setup bitcoind and have it start on boot. It is not intended you use the same machine for anything other than as a node.

BitcoinAutoNode

A script to run (ideally just after starting up a new server/vps) to automatically setup bitcoind and have it start on boot.

This script runs bitcoind under the bitcoin user. An alias (btc) is added to the current user's .bashrc. Where you'd normally type bitcoin-cli you can type btc, eg: btc getinfo.

It has been tested on Ubuntu Server 14.04 and 15.04. It is intended for use only on these distros.

One Liner

wget https://raw.github.com/XertroV/BitcoinAutoNode/master/bitcoinAutoNode.sh ; sudo bash bitcoinAutoNode.sh

You should really check out the code before running that though.

Super Lazy Method

If you want to run one command then disconnect (nearly) straight away, use this:

wget https://raw.github.com/XertroV/BitcoinAutoNode/master/stub.sh ; sudo bash stub.sh ; exit

It should drop the connection once it's started. You can view the setup with screen -r bitcoinInstaller and detach (when viewing) with Ctrl+a d.

Notes

Currently Bitcoin XT is cloned from git and compiled. If you would like to set use Bitcoin Core instead you can find the last version to support installing from PPA here.

Previously, the script would prompt you to change your password and would install the ufw (and allow ports 8333 and 22). However, I've removed that. All that happens now is installing bitcoind and dependencies.

Pruning is used and by default set to a maximum of ~60% of the / volume, ensuring it can be run on a small VPS. For this reason a 2 GB swap file is also instantiated.