How do I setup a headless bitcoin server? - page 2.

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Quote from: kseistrup on May 01, 2011, 07:52:21 AM

Quote from: BitPorium on May 01, 2011, 07:38:29 AM

Makes the entire json api useless doesn't it.

It might, but it depends on the context. If you want to read account status or do transactions from within a webapp the JSON API is pretty handy and lightweight (the alternative would be to execute a bitcoind shell command and possibly parsing the output). For the everyday usage (like transferring bitcoins, generating new addresses) the commandline interface should be sufficient.

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The first example is exactly what i want to do, but it just doesnt work for me at all. I cant have server A connect to server B with the JSON api and the error messages are all the same.

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Quote from: BitPorium on May 01, 2011, 07:38:29 AM

Makes the entire json api useless doesn't it.

It might, but it depends on the context. If you want to read account status or do transactions from within a webapp the JSON API is pretty handy and lightweight (the alternative would be to execute a bitcoind shell command and possibly parsing the output). For the everyday usage (like transferring bitcoins, generating new addresses) the commandline interface should be sufficient.

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Sounds interesting. Makes the entire json api useless doesn't it. Im gonna have to give this a try. Seems like it will be more secure also. thanks for the help.

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Quote from: BitPorium on May 01, 2011, 06:31:42 AM

that got the server running but I cant conenct to it externally.
here is my conf file
rpcuser=xxx
rpcpassword=xxx
rpctimeout=30
rpcallowip=*.*.*.*
server=1
rpcport=8332

should it be different?
rpcallowip is like that so it takes all connection, i think.

My ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf only has

Code:

rpcuser=myUsername
rpcpassword=myPassword

This make bitcoind bind to localhost/127.0.0.1 and port 8332. You should only choose something else than localhost if you're on a trusted localnet.

To connect from an external host (example.com), use ssh:

Code:

me@home:~$ ssh [email protected] bitcoind getinfo

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that got the server running but I cant conenct to it externally.
here is my conf file
rpcuser=xxx
rpcpassword=xxx
rpctimeout=30
rpcallowip=*.*.*.*
server=1
rpcport=8332

should it be different?
rpcallowip is like that so it takes all connection, i think.
also, as soon as i close putty ssh connection the server goes down again. I have change to fedora 14.

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Quote from: BitPorium on May 01, 2011, 06:09:57 AM

Any ideas?

Code:

$ nohup bitcoind -server &

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that didnt work either. Any ideas?

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Quote from: BitPorium on May 01, 2011, 04:17:36 AM

Hello,
I am trying to setup a headless bitcoin server.I only have ssh access. I am using ubunto 9.10. when I do ./bitcoind64 I just get a blank line. and a blinking curser. I cant access it though. if i do ctrl + c and then do ./bitcoind help or getinfo it says it cannot connect to server. can someone help me out here?

Try: bitcoind -daemon

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Hello,
I am trying to setup a headless bitcoin server.I only have ssh access. I am using ubunto 9.10. when I do ./bitcoind64 I just get a blank line. and a blinking curser. I cant access it though. if i do ctrl + c and then do ./bitcoind help or getinfo it says it cannot connect to server. can someone help me out here?

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