Topic: Bitcoin-CLI - Cannot connect to the server (Read 133 times)

There is a chance you've screwed it up with reproduction, and have a logical error (which wouldn't appear after compiling). But, I doubt that's the case.

Does it print it if you delete bitcoin.conf?

user1@UBUNTU-DESKTOP:~/code/bitcoin$ bitcoind -debug -printtoconsole -regtest
2022-12-19T18:36:05Z Bitcoin Core version v24.99.0-968f03e65c98-dirty (release build)
2022-12-19T18:36:05Z Using the 'sse4(1way),sse41(4way)' SHA256 implementation
2022-12-19T18:36:05Z Default data directory /home/user1/.bitcoin
2022-12-19T18:36:05Z Using data directory /home/user1/.bitcoin/regtest
2022-12-19T18:36:05Z Config file: /home/user1/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf (not found, skipping)
2022-12-19T18:36:05Z Command-line arg: debug=""
2022-12-19T18:36:05Z Command-line arg: printtoconsole=""
2022-12-19T18:36:05Z Command-line arg: regtest=""
2022-12-19T18:36:05Z Using at most 125 automatic connections (1024 file descriptors available)
2022-12-19T18:36:05Z Using 16 MiB out of 16 MiB requested for signature cache, able to store 524288 elements
2022-12-19T18:36:05Z Using 16 MiB out of 16 MiB requested for script execution cache, able to store 524288 elements
2022-12-19T18:36:05Z Script verification uses 1 additional threads
2022-12-19T18:36:05Z scheduler thread start
2022-12-19T18:36:05Z [http] Allowing HTTP connections from: 127.0.0.0/8 ::1/128
2022-12-19T18:36:05Z [libevent:debug] event_add: event: 0x563eb981fe30 (fd 10), EV_READ    call 0x7ffa0786d1c0
2022-12-19T18:36:05Z [libevent:debug] Epoll ADD(1) on fd 10 okay. Old events were 0; read change was 1 (add); write change was 0 (none); close change was 0 (none)
2022-12-19T18:36:05Z Binding RPC on address ::1 port 19084
2022-12-19T18:36:05Z [libevent:debug] event_add: event: 0x563eb98205d8 (fd 11), EV_READ    call 0x7ffa0787a230
2022-12-19T18:36:05Z [libevent:debug] Epoll ADD(1) on fd 11 okay. Old events were 0; read change was 1 (add); write change was 0 (none); close change was 0 (none)
2022-12-19T18:36:05Z [libevent:debug] Bound to port 19084 - Awaiting connections ...
2022-12-19T18:36:05Z Binding RPC on address 127.0.0.1 port 19084
2022-12-19T18:36:05Z [libevent:debug] event_add: event: 0x563eb980a6b8 (fd 12), EV_READ    call 0x7ffa0787a230
2022-12-19T18:36:05Z [libevent:debug] Epoll ADD(1) on fd 12 okay. Old events were 0; read change was 1 (add); write change was 0 (none); close change was 0 (none)
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2022-12-19T18:39:25Z Shutdown: done

It's normal there is no genesis black since I'm trying to locally generate a blockchain based Bitcoin Core. For this purpose, I have changed the port, reproduce a Genesis block hash, etc. and succesfully rebuilt and compile without error.

The above error message started after I've created the bitcoin.conf file.

I supposed Bitcoin Core automatically generate a local genesis block if is this last does not exist.

There's your problem.

And what logs says?


On the other hand - is .cookie file created? Did you try to connect to server using that file instead of hardcoded password?

Then this should be solved first before the original question since this must be the vey reason why bitcoin-cli can't query bitcoind.

For that, provide the whole logs as instructed above.

2022-12-19T10:43:03Z Bitcoin Core version v24.99.0-968f03e65c98-dirty (release build)
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z Using the 'sse4(1way),sse41(4way)' SHA256 implementation
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z Default data directory /home/user1/. bitcoin
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z Using data directory /home/user1/. bitcoin
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z Config file: /home/user1/. bitcoin/ bitcoin.conf
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z Config file arg: rpcallowip="127.0.0.1"
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z Config file arg: rpcbind=****
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z Config file arg: rpcpassword=****
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z Config file arg: rpcport="19084"
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z Config file arg: rpcuser=****
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z Config file arg: server="1"
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z Command-line arg: daemon=""
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z Command-line arg: debug=""
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z Using at most 125 automatic connections (1024 file descriptors available)
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z Using 16 MiB out of 16 MiB requested for signature cache, able to store 524288 elements
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z Using 16 MiB out of 16 MiB requested for script execution cache, able to store 524288 elements
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z Script verification uses 1 additional threads
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z scheduler thread start
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z [http] Allowing HTTP connections from: 127.0.0.0/8 ::1/128 127.0.0.1/32
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z [libevent:debug] event_add: event: 0x55ade8d64610 (fd 10), EV_READ    call 0x7f981e6d81c0
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z [libevent:debug] Epoll ADD(1) on fd 10 okay. Old events were 0; read change was 1 (add); write change was 0 (none); close change was 0 (none)
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z Binding RPC on address 127.0.0.1 port 19084
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z [libevent:debug] event_add: event: 0x55ade8d64708 (fd 11), EV_READ    call 0x7f981e6e5230
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z [libevent:debug] Epoll ADD(1) on fd 11 okay. Old events were 0; read change was 1 (add); write change was 0 (none); close change was 0 (none)
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z [libevent:debug] Bound to port 19084 - Awaiting connections ...
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z [http] Initialized HTTP server
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z [http] creating work queue of depth 16
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z [rpc] Starting RPC
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z [rpc] Starting HTTP RPC server
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z Config options rpcuser and rpcpassword will soon be deprecated. Locally-run instances may remove rpcuser to use cookie-based auth, or may be replaced with rpcauth. Please see share/rpcauth for rpcauth auth generation.
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z [http] Registering HTTP handler for / (exactmatch 1)
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z [http] Registering HTTP handler for /wallet/ (exactmatch 0)
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z [http] Starting HTTP server
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z [http] starting 4 worker threads
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z [http] Entering http event loop
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z Using wallet directory /home/user1/. bitcoin/wallets
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z init message: Verifying wallet(s)…
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z Using /16 prefix for IP bucketing
2022-12-19T10:43:03Z init message: Loading P2P addresses…
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [addrman] CheckAddrman: new 709, tried 0, total 709 started
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [addrman] CheckAddrman: completed (4.03ms)
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z Loaded 709 addresses from peers.dat  64ms
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z init message: Loading banlist…
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [net] Loaded 0 banned node addresses/subnets  0ms
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [net] setting try another outbound peer=false
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z SetNetworkActive: true
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [estimatefee] Reading estimates: 190 buckets counting confirms up to 48 blocks
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [estimatefee] Reading estimates: 190 buckets counting confirms up to 12 blocks
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [estimatefee] Reading estimates: 190 buckets counting confirms up to 1008 blocks
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z Cache configuration:
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z * Using 2.0 MiB for block index database
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z * Using 8.0 MiB for chain state database
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z * Using 440.0 MiB for in-memory UTXO set (plus up to 286.1 MiB of unused mempool space)
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z init message: Loading block index…
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z Validating signatures for all blocks.
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z Setting nMinimumChainWork=00000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [leveldb] LevelDB using max_open_files=1000 (default=1000)
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z Opening LevelDB in /home/user1/. bitcoin/blocks/index
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [leveldb:debug] Recovering log #44
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [leveldb:debug] Delete type=0 #44
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [leveldb:debug] Delete type=3 #43
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z Opened LevelDB successfully
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z Using obfuscation key for /home/user1/. bitcoin/blocks/index: 0000000000000000
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z LoadBlockIndexDB: last block file = 0
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z LoadBlockIndexDB: last block file info: CBlockFileInfo(blocks=1, size=293, heights=0...0, time=2009-01-03...2009-01-03)
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z Checking all blk files are present...
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z Error: Incorrect or no genesis block found. Wrong datadir for network?
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [http] Interrupting HTTP server
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [rpc] Interrupting HTTP RPC server
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [rpc] Interrupting RPC
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z Shutdown: In progress...
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [rpc] Stopping HTTP RPC server
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [http] Unregistering HTTP handler for / (exactmatch 1)
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [http] Unregistering HTTP handler for /wallet/ (exactmatch 0)
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [rpc] Stopping RPC
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [rpc] RPC stopped.
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [http] Stopping HTTP server
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [http] Waiting for HTTP worker threads to exit
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [libevent:debug] event_del: 0x55ade8d64708 (fd 11), callback 0x7f981e6e5230
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [libevent:debug] Epoll DEL(1) on fd 11 okay. Old events were 2; read change was 2 (del); write change was 0 (none); close change was 0 (none)
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [http] Waiting for HTTP event thread to exit
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [libevent:debug] event_del: 0x55ade8d64708 (fd 11), callback 0x7f981e6e5230
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [libevent:debug] Epoll DEL(1) on fd 11 okay. Old events were 2; read change was 2 (del); write change was 0 (none); close change was 0 (none)
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [http] Waiting for HTTP event thread to exit
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [libevent:debug] epoll_dispatch: epoll_wait reports 1
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [libevent:debug] event_active: 0x55ade8d64610 (fd 10), res 2, callback 0x7f981e6d81c0
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [libevent:debug] event_process_active: event: 0x55ade8d64610, EV_READ   call 0x7f981e6d81c0
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [libevent:debug] event_base_loop: no events registered.
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [http] Exited http event loop
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [libevent:debug] event_del: 0x55ade8d64610 (fd 10), callback 0x7f981e6d81c0
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [libevent:debug] Epoll DEL(1) on fd 10 okay. Old events were 2; read change was 2 (del); write change was 0 (none); close change was 0 (none)
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [libevent:debug] event_base_free_: 0 events freed
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [http] Stopped HTTP server
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z scheduler thread exit
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z [estimatefee] Recorded 0 unconfirmed txs from mempool in 7e-07s
2022-12-19T10:43:04Z Shutdown: done



2022-12-19T12:42:12Z Bitcoin Core version v24.99.0-968f03e65c98-dirty (release build)
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z Using the 'sse4(1way),sse41(4way)' SHA256 implementation
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z Default data directory /home/user1/. bitcoin
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z Using data directory /home/user1/. bitcoin
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z Config file: /home/user1/. bitcoin/ bitcoin.conf
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z Config file arg: rpcallowip="127.0.0.1"
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z Config file arg: rpcbind=****
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z Config file arg: rpcpassword=****
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z Config file arg: rpcport="19084"
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z Config file arg: rpcuser=****
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z Config file arg: server="1"
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z Using at most 125 automatic connections (1024 file descriptors available)
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z Using 16 MiB out of 16 MiB requested for signature cache, able to store 524288 elements
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z Using 16 MiB out of 16 MiB requested for script execution cache, able to store 524288 elements
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z Script verification uses 1 additional threads
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z scheduler thread start
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z Binding RPC on address 127.0.0.1 port 19084
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z [http] creating work queue of depth 16
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z Config options rpcuser and rpcpassword will soon be deprecated. Locally-run instances may remove rpcuser to use cookie-based auth, or may be replaced with rpcauth. Please see share/rpcauth for rpcauth auth generation.
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z [http] starting 4 worker threads
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z Using wallet directory /home/user1/. bitcoin/wallets
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z init message: Verifying wallet(s)…
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z Using /16 prefix for IP bucketing
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z init message: Loading P2P addresses…
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z Loaded 709 addresses from peers.dat  8ms
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z init message: Loading banlist…
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z SetNetworkActive: true
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z Cache configuration:
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z * Using 2.0 MiB for block index database
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z * Using 8.0 MiB for chain state database
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z * Using 440.0 MiB for in-memory UTXO set (plus up to 286.1 MiB of unused mempool space)
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z init message: Loading block index…
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z Validating signatures for all blocks.
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z Setting nMinimumChainWork=00000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
2022-12-19T12:42:12Z Opening LevelDB in /home/user1/. bitcoin/blocks/index
2022-12-19T12:42:13Z Opened LevelDB successfully
2022-12-19T12:42:13Z Using obfuscation key for /home/user1/. bitcoin/blocks/index: 0000000000000000
2022-12-19T12:42:13Z LoadBlockIndexDB: last block file = 0
2022-12-19T12:42:13Z LoadBlockIndexDB: last block file info: CBlockFileInfo(blocks=1, size=293, heights=0...0, time=2009-01-03...2009-01-03)
2022-12-19T12:42:13Z Checking all blk files are present...
2022-12-19T12:42:13Z Error: Incorrect or no genesis block found. Wrong datadir for network?
2022-12-19T12:42:13Z Shutdown: In progress...
2022-12-19T12:42:13Z scheduler thread exit
2022-12-19T12:42:13Z Shutdown: done

but apparently bitcoind stopped running for an unknown reason.

Bitcoin Core starting

error: timeout on transient error: Could not connect to the server
127.0.0.1:19084

Make sure the bitcoind server is running and that you are
connecting to the correct RPC port.

USER       PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
root         1  0.0  0.0    896   532 ?        Sl   05:10   0:00 /init
root       212  0.0  0.0    896    88 ?        Ss   07:22   0:00 /init
root       213  0.0  0.0    896    88 ?        R    07:22   0:00 /init
username   214  0.0  0.1  10288  5548 pts/0    Ss   07:22   0:02 -bash
root       248  0.0  0.0    896    88 ?        Ss   07:30   0:00 /init
root       249  0.0  0.0    896    88 ?        S    07:30   0:00 /init
username   250  0.0  0.1  10176  5404 pts/1    Ss   07:30   0:00 -bash
username   296  0.0  0.3  23572  9756 pts/1    S+   07:33   0:01 vi bitcoin.conf
root       367  0.0  0.0    896    88 ?        Ss   09:26   0:00 /init
root       368  0.0  0.0    896    88 ?        S    09:26   0:00 /init
username   369  0.0  0.1  10176  5572 pts/2    Ss+  09:26   0:01 -bash
username  1035  0.0  0.1  10856  3460 pts/0    R+   10:51   0:00 ps -aux