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authorFlorian Schmaus <flo@geekplace.eu>2017-06-05 10:38:42 +0200
committerFlorian Schmaus <flo@geekplace.eu>2017-06-05 12:10:08 +0200
commit16be7ddbaa7cb0de99c84fac2d33d713e03301cf (patch)
treef13ac87bca88127e2832ea15290b147bfa6071fb /contrib/init
parent400fdd08cc95f1e85afafd07ddd9c0bed11483ea (diff)
downloadbitcoin-16be7ddbaa7cb0de99c84fac2d33d713e03301cf.tar.xz
Improve bitcoind systemd service file
Add comment how further options can be added or existing ones modified. Use /run/${RuntimeDirectory} for PID file. Remove TimeoutStopSec, TimeoutStartSec, StartLimitInterval, StartLimitBurst directives as those should be set indivdually. Remove Group to user the bitcoin user's default group. Changed Restart from 'always' to 'on-failure' (can also be overwritten individually).
Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/init')
-rw-r--r--contrib/init/bitcoind.service27
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/init/bitcoind.service b/contrib/init/bitcoind.service
index 9132957c38..ee113d7615 100644
--- a/contrib/init/bitcoind.service
+++ b/contrib/init/bitcoind.service
@@ -1,22 +1,25 @@
+# It is not recommended to modify this file in-place, because it will
+# be overwritten during package upgrades. If you want to add further
+# options or overwrite existing ones then use
+# $ systemctl edit bitcoind.service
+# See "man systemd.service" for details.
+
+# Note that almost all daemon options could be specified in
+# /etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf
+
[Unit]
-Description=Bitcoin's distributed currency daemon
+Description=Bitcoin daemon
After=network.target
[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/bitcoind -daemon -conf=/etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf -pid=/run/bitcoind/bitcoind.pid
+# Creates /run/bitcoind owned by bitcoin
+RuntimeDirectory=bitcoind
User=bitcoin
-Group=bitcoin
-
Type=forking
-PIDFile=/var/lib/bitcoind/bitcoind.pid
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/bitcoind -daemon -pid=/var/lib/bitcoind/bitcoind.pid \
--conf=/etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf -datadir=/var/lib/bitcoind -disablewallet
-
-Restart=always
+PIDFile=/run/bitcoind/bitcoind.pid
+Restart=on-failure
PrivateTmp=true
-TimeoutStopSec=60s
-TimeoutStartSec=2s
-StartLimitInterval=120s
-StartLimitBurst=5
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target