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Title: [NOT SOLVED] Monit not automatically starting bitcoind
Post by: Chick on July 18, 2011, 09:42:54 AM

I just setup monit on my Ubuntu 11.04 server, however, it does not start bitcoind when the system starts up, despite monit starting itself. However, it does start if I just let bitcoind start as root.

Here is what I have in /etc/monit/monitrc, the user uid & gid 1000 belongs the user I'm trying to run this on:

Code:

set daemon 120
set logfile /var/log/monit.log

check process bitcoind with pidfile "/var/run/bitcoind.pid"
        start program "/usr/local/bin/bitcoind -pid=/var/run/bitcoind.pid -datadir=/home/bitcoin/.bitcoin -daemon"
                as uid 1000 and gid 1000
        stop program "/usr/local/bin/bitcoind stop"
                as uid 1000 and gid 1000
        if 3 restarts within 5 cycles then timeout
        if failed port 8332 for 3 cycles then restart

Could anybody who has already gotten monit with bitcoin up help me? I've checked /var/log/monit.log but no useful information... Thanks!

Title: Re: Monit not automatically starting bitcoind
Post by: BCEmporium on July 18, 2011, 07:11:26 PM

Try to start your bitcoind manually and see if it starts, also make sure the datadir is world writable, as monit doesn't run under your user.

I normally do as so, for that setup:

sudo (or as root) mkdir /bitcoin
chmod 777 /bitcoin
start program "/usr/local/bin/bitcoind -pid=/var/run/bitcoind.pid -datadir=/bitcoin -daemon"

you can also chown and chgrp your /bitcoin folder to the user monits runs under if you don't want to have it with 777 permission.

Title: Re: Monit not automatically starting bitcoind
Post by: Chick on July 18, 2011, 08:07:41 PM

Quote from: BCEmporium on July 18, 2011, 07:11:26 PM

It runs fine when I manually start it.

The directory is read/write/executable by root.

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