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diff --git a/doc/init.md b/doc/init.md index 5778b09d05..a6c9bb94d8 100644 --- a/doc/init.md +++ b/doc/init.md @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ All three configurations assume several paths that might need to be adjusted. Binary: `/usr/bin/bitcoind` Configuration file: `/etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf` Data directory: `/var/lib/bitcoind` -PID file: `/var/run/bitcoind/bitcoind.pid` (OpenRC and Upstart) or `/var/lib/bitcoind/bitcoind.pid` (systemd) +PID file: `/var/run/bitcoind/bitcoind.pid` (OpenRC and Upstart) or `/run/bitcoind/bitcoind.pid` (systemd) Lock file: `/var/lock/subsys/bitcoind` (CentOS) The configuration file, PID directory (if applicable) and data directory @@ -65,6 +65,22 @@ reasons to make the configuration file and data directory only readable by the bitcoin user and group. Access to bitcoin-cli and other bitcoind rpc clients can then be controlled by group membership. +NOTE: When using the systemd .service file, the creation of the aforementioned +directories and the setting of their permissions is automatically handled by +systemd. Directories are given a permission of 710, giving the bitcoin group +access to files under it _if_ the files themselves give permission to the +bitcoin group to do so (e.g. when `-sysperms` is specified). This does not allow +for the listing of files under the directory. + +NOTE: It is not currently possible to override `datadir` in +`/etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf` with the current systemd, OpenRC, and Upstart init +files out-of-the-box. This is because the command line options specified in the +init files take precedence over the configurations in +`/etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf`. However, some init systems have their own +configuration mechanisms that would allow for overriding the command line +options specified in the init files (e.g. setting `BITCOIND_DATADIR` for +OpenRC). + ### macOS Binary: `/usr/local/bin/bitcoind` diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-pr12255.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-pr12255.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5ac8b44283 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-pr12255.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +systemd init file +========= + +The systemd init file (`contrib/init/bitcoind.service`) has been changed to use +`/var/lib/bitcoind` as the data directory instead of `~bitcoin/.bitcoin`. This +change makes Bitcoin Core more consistent with other services, and makes the +systemd init config more consistent with existing Upstart and OpenRC configs. + +The configuration, PID, and data directories are now completely managed by +systemd, which will take care of their creation, permissions, etc. See +[`systemd.exec (5)`](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.exec.html#RuntimeDirectory=) +for more details. + +When using the provided init files under `contrib/init`, overriding the +`datadir` option in `/etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf` will have no effect. This is +because the command line arguments specified in the init files take precedence +over the options specified in `/etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf`. |