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Title: Base/Fallback node setup - Tips & Hints Requested Post by: Mikej0h on January 05, 2013, 07:55:54 AM Hi all,
Not sure if I'm posting this in the right subforum, please move if needed. Since I like Bitcoin, I want to make a contribution to the network by making my servers which I own available as Bitcoin nodes. I not want to do any form of mining, and making profit out of it is definitely not the intention. I want to setup a reliable base-node (fallback node is the right term I suppose), which people can connect to. I suspect the 'usual' bitcoin-qt client might not be optimized for that. What software can I used best? I've linux and windows servers available. The servers are located in NL (Datacenter), and connected by Gbit Uplink. Please give me some suggestions. Thanks in advance. Title: Re: Base/Fallback node setup - Tips & Hints Requested Post by: grau on January 05, 2013, 08:14:51 AM Running bitcoind, the service behind qt is the simplest valuable contribution to the network.
Title: Re: Base/Fallback node setup - Tips & Hints Requested Post by: Mikej0h on January 08, 2013, 07:42:21 AM Running bitcoind, the service behind qt is the simplest valuable contribution to the network. Perfect, thanks for your suggestion. Using the bitcoind service is definitely the right way to go (didn't know this, as I was normally using the windows Qt client). I guess I should disable the default 8332 port (and open 8333), right? Also because I've to specify username/pass for that configuration, as this is unknown to user "Anonymous". My goal is to be a "supernode" for relaying blocks and transactions, and clients can use my server to download the blockchain. Could you guys give me a few hints regarding the configuration? Also regarding the fact this server is directly connected to the internet and has IPv4 & IPv6 available. Besides that, under the Windows client I'm often facing I'm not getting higher than 8 connected clients, of course I not want this for this "supernode" (the server used should be able of 1000+ connections). Any idea's regards to that issue, as using UPnP doesn't make sence (as it's directly connected to the internet)? Title: Re: Base/Fallback node setup - Tips & Hints Requested Post by: zvs on January 10, 2013, 09:10:25 PM Running bitcoind, the service behind qt is the simplest valuable contribution to the network. Perfect, thanks for your suggestion. Using the bitcoind service is definitely the right way to go (didn't know this, as I was normally using the windows Qt client). I guess I should disable the default 8332 port (and open 8333), right? Also because I've to specify username/pass for that configuration, as this is unknown to user "Anonymous". My goal is to be a "supernode" for relaying blocks and transactions, and clients can use my server to download the blockchain. Could you guys give me a few hints regarding the configuration? Also regarding the fact this server is directly connected to the internet and has IPv4 & IPv6 available. Besides that, under the Windows client I'm often facing I'm not getting higher than 8 connected clients, of course I not want this for this "supernode" (the server used should be able of 1000+ connections). Any idea's regards to that issue, as using UPnP doesn't make sence (as it's directly connected to the internet)? set a decent password, like 4o3@OJdmXZLF:M4 l23jO$:J343$OJCMZXLK:OIDPWJA and 8332 doesn't need to be disabled. there are some programs you might use where you'd want to have your rpc port open. change the port # if the password itself doesnt make you feel safe. 8333 needs to be open if you want to accept outgoing connections edit your ethernet settings to accomodate a thousand people sending mostly small bits of data Title: Re: Base/Fallback node setup - Tips & Hints Requested Post by: kjj on January 10, 2013, 09:47:20 PM Running bitcoind, the service behind qt is the simplest valuable contribution to the network. Perfect, thanks for your suggestion. Using the bitcoind service is definitely the right way to go (didn't know this, as I was normally using the windows Qt client). I guess I should disable the default 8332 port (and open 8333), right? Also because I've to specify username/pass for that configuration, as this is unknown to user "Anonymous". My goal is to be a "supernode" for relaying blocks and transactions, and clients can use my server to download the blockchain. Could you guys give me a few hints regarding the configuration? Also regarding the fact this server is directly connected to the internet and has IPv4 & IPv6 available. Besides that, under the Windows client I'm often facing I'm not getting higher than 8 connected clients, of course I not want this for this "supernode" (the server used should be able of 1000+ connections). Any idea's regards to that issue, as using UPnP doesn't make sence (as it's directly connected to the internet)? set a decent password, like 4o3@OJdmXZLF:M4 l23jO$:J343$OJCMZXLK:OIDPWJA and 8332 doesn't need to be disabled. there are some programs you might use where you'd want to have your rpc port open. change the port # if the password itself doesnt make you feel safe. 8333 needs to be open if you want to accept outgoing connections edit your ethernet settings to accomodate a thousand people sending mostly small bits of data If you don't need RPC, disable it. If you do need RPC, but only internally, block the RPC port at your firewall and specify only your internal IPs in the bitcoin.conf. If you need RPC from the internet, use a good password and SSL. |