Monitoring-Sync-Bitcoind-Nodes

Monitoring Latest Block and the difference between Bitcoin Block Number and LatestBlock

Installing Dependencies

Bitcoin Core

Download bitcoin core binaries

wget https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.16.0/test.rc3/bitcoin-0.16.0rc3-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz

Extract bitcoin core

tar xzf bitcoin-0.16.0rc3-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz

Install bitcoin core

sudo install -m 0755 -o root -g root -t /usr/local/bin bitcoin-0.16.0/bin/*

Start bitcoin core

bitcoind -daemon

Influxdb

Download InfluxDB

wget https://dl.influxdata.com/influxdb/releases/influxdb_1.4.0_amd64.deb

Install InfluxDB

sudo dpkg -i influxdb_1.4.0_amd64.deb

Start InfluxDB

sudo systemctl start influxdb

Verify that InfluxDB is Running

Using the SHOW DATABASES curl command, verify that InfluxDB is up and running:

curl "http://localhost:8086/query?q=show+databases"

If InfluxDB is running, you should see an object that contains the _internal database:

{"results":[{"statement_id":0,"series":[{"name":"databases","columns":["name"],"values":[["_internal"]]}]}]}

Python Dependencies

• Install requirements: Run pip install -r requirements.txt on the working directory (you almost certainly want to do this in a virtualenv).

Running the Program

Create Logs directory by running mkdir logs in working directory.

Set the following environment variables if configured else DO NOT.

export RPC_HOST=<host(localhost)>

export RPC_PORT=<port(8332)>

export RPC_USER=<user(root)>

export RPC_PASSWORD=<password>

export INFLUXDB_HOST=<host(localhost)>

export PORT=<port(8086)>

export DATABASE_NAME=<dbname>

export CALL_TIMEOUT=<timeout(600)>

From the working directory, run python main.py.