3 files changed, 72 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/init/README.md b/contrib/init/README.md
index d3fa966583..0d19da3039 100644
--- a/contrib/init/README.md
+++ b/contrib/init/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ SystemD: bitcoind.service
 Upstart: bitcoind.conf
 OpenRC:  bitcoind.openrc
          bitcoind.openrcconf
+CentOS:  bitcoind.init
 
 have been made available to assist packagers in creating node packages here.
 
diff --git a/contrib/init/bitcoind.init b/contrib/init/bitcoind.init
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db5061874b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/init/bitcoind.init
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+#  bitcoind The bitcoin core server.
+#
+#
+# chkconfig: 345 80 20
+# description: bitcoind
+# processname: bitcoind
+#
+
+# Source function library.
+. /etc/init.d/functions
+
+# you can override defaults in /etc/sysconfig/bitcoind, see below
+if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/bitcoind ]; then
+        . /etc/sysconfig/bitcoind
+fi
+
+RETVAL=0
+
+prog=bitcoind
+# you can override the lockfile via BITCOIND_LOCKFILE in /etc/sysconfig/bitcoind
+lockfile=${BITCOIND_LOCKFILE-/var/lock/subsys/bitcoind}
+
+# bitcoind defaults to /usr/bin/bitcoind, override with BITCOIND_BIN
+bitcoind=${BITCOIND_BIN-/usr/bin/bitcoind}
+
+# bitcoind opts default to -disablewallet, override with BITCOIND_OPTS
+bitcoind_opts=${BITCOIND_OPTS--disablewallet}
+
+start() {
+    echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
+    daemon $DAEMONOPTS $bitcoind $bitcoind_opts
+    RETVAL=$?
+    echo
+    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $lockfile
+    return $RETVAL
+}
+
+stop() {
+    echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
+    killproc $prog
+    RETVAL=$?
+    echo
+    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f $lockfile
+    return $RETVAL
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+    start)
+        start
+        ;;
+    stop)
+        stop
+        ;;
+    status)
+        status $prog
+        ;;
+    restart)
+        stop
+        start
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Usage: service $prog {start|stop|status|restart}"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
diff --git a/contrib/init/bitcoind.openrc b/contrib/init/bitcoind.openrc
index 1f7758c920..b0ac5e31e1 100644
--- a/contrib/init/bitcoind.openrc
+++ b/contrib/init/bitcoind.openrc
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE=${BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE:-/etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf}
 BITCOIND_PIDDIR=${BITCOIND_PIDDIR:-/var/run/bitcoind}
 BITCOIND_PIDFILE=${BITCOIND_PIDFILE:-${BITCOIND_PIDDIR}/bitcoind.pid}
 BITCOIND_DATADIR=${BITCOIND_DATADIR:-${BITCOIND_DEFAULT_DATADIR}}
-BITCOIND_USER=${BITCOIND_USER:-bitcoin}
+BITCOIND_USER=${BITCOIND_USER:-${BITCOIN_USER:-bitcoin}}
 BITCOIND_GROUP=${BITCOIND_GROUP:-bitcoin}
 BITCOIND_BIN=${BITCOIND_BIN:-/usr/bin/bitcoind}
+BITCOIND_NICE=${BITCOIND_NICE:-${NICELEVEL:-0}}
+BITCOIND_OPTS="${BITCOIND_OPTS:-${BITCOIN_OPTS}}"
 
 name="Bitcoin Core Daemon"
 description="Bitcoin crypto-currency p2p network daemon"
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ command_args="-pid=\"${BITCOIND_PIDFILE}\" \
 
 required_files="${BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE}"
 start_stop_daemon_args="-u ${BITCOIND_USER} \
-			-N ${BITCOIND_NICE:-0} -w 2000"
+			-N ${BITCOIND_NICE} -w 2000"
 pidfile="${BITCOIND_PIDFILE}"
 retry=60