Bitcoin Cookbook
This cookbook downloads, installs and configures Bitcoin as a full node.
Requirements
network
In order to actively contribute to the Bitcoin network, you will need to open your TCP port 8333. This cookbook does not make sure your port 8333 is open since this is very much dependant on your networking setup.
Usage
Comparison table
recipe: | package | binary | source |
---|---|---|---|
supported distributions | RHEL & CentOS | any | any |
supported architectures | x86_64 & aarch64 | x86_64 | any |
supported variants | ABC, Core & XT | ABC, Core & Unlimited (Cash) | ABC, Core & Unlimited (Cash) |
The matrix of supported configurations can be found there.
You must select a Bitcoin fork/variant using node['bitcoin']['variant'] = 'foobar'
.
The valid variants are abc
, bucash
, core
, unlimited
, and xt
.
bitcoin::package
recipe
Configures repository from http://www.ringingliberty.com/bitcoin/ and installs pre-packaged binary with bitcoin
systemd service.
bitcoin::binary
recipe
Downloads the binary and copies it along with an systemd service script.
bitcoin::source
recipe
Downloads the release from GitHub and compiles it along with an systemd service script.
Caution: you'll need at least 1 GB of free RAM to compile it (setting make_options
to -j1
can help too).
License
MIT