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Title: bitcoind.pid instance file is not being created Post by: simpic on November 29, 2022, 05:05:03 PM Hello, I have installed Bitcoin Core on Ubuntu 20 and I changed the path of ".bitcoin" folder. When I run "bitcoind" file it does not create "bitcoind.pid" file, as instead it does on another computer.
Since the current instance file is not created the client crashes: Quote 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Bitcoin Core version v23.0.0 (release build) 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Assuming ancestors of block 000000000000000000052d314a259755ca65944e68df6b12a067ea8f1f5a7091 have valid signatures. 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Setting nMinimumChainWork=00000000000000000000000000000000000000002927cdceccbd5209e81e80db 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Using the 'arm_shani(1way,2way)' SHA256 implementation 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Default data directory /root/.bitcoin 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Using data directory /mnt/media/<UUID>/.bitcoin 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Config file: /mnt/media/<UUID>/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Config file arg: bind="0.0.0.0" 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Config file arg: checkblocks="24" 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Config file arg: checklevel="0" 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Config file arg: dbcache="64" 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Config file arg: disablewallet="1" 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Config file arg: listen="1" 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Config file arg: maxconnections="64" 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Config file arg: par="2" 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Config file arg: port="8333" 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Config file arg: rpcallowip="127.0.0.1" 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Config file arg: rpcbind=**** 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Config file arg: rpccookiefile="/root/bitcoin-core/.bitcoin/.cookie" 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Config file arg: rpcport="8332" 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Config file arg: upnp="1" 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Command-line arg: conf="/mnt/media/<UUID>/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf" 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Command-line arg: daemon="" 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Command-line arg: datadir="/mnt/media/<UUID>/.bitcoin" 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Using at most 64 automatic connections (32768 file descriptors available) 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Using 16 MiB out of 32/2 requested for signature cache, able to store 524288 elements 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Using 16 MiB out of 32/2 requested for script execution cache, able to store 524288 elements 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Script verification uses 1 additional threads 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Wallet disabled! 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z scheduler thread start 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z HTTP: creating work queue of depth 16 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Using random cookie authentication. 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Unable to open cookie authentication file /root/bitcoin-core/.bitcoin/.cookie.tmp for writing 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Error: Unable to start HTTP server. See debug log for details. 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Shutdown: In progress... 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z scheduler thread exit 2022-11-29T16:56:38Z Shutdown: done Do you see any useful hint in this log file? Why the client still use default data directory for some paths? What could be the problem? I have also tried versione 24.0, but nothing changed. Title: Re: bitcoind.pid instance file is not being created Post by: BlackHatCoiner on November 29, 2022, 05:25:44 PM As far as I can see, you do have set the proper datadir and conf parameters (pointing to your external drive). The problem seems to be your cookie file. It tries to read the .cookie.tmp from the default root directory, and not from your pointed external datadir. It's unable to open it and so it shuts down.
Do you include the cookie location somewhere in the configuration file? Try backing that cookie file up, and delete it. Restart Core afterwards. Title: Re: bitcoind.pid instance file is not being created Post by: n0nce on November 29, 2022, 05:45:51 PM As what user are you running bitcoind?
Your log file hints at running it as root, which I'd highly discourage to do in the first place. Then, as BlackHatCoiner said, it tries to use / write the cookie to /root/bitcoin-core/.bitcoin/.cookie, as you passed that command-line parameter. Why are you doing that? It's possible that the process just can't write there or the directory /root/bitcoin-core/.bitcoin doesn't exist. Quote rpccookiefile="/root/bitcoin-core/.bitcoin/.cookie" I'd remove this altogether. Bitcoin Core will save the cookie in the data directory, which for all intents and purposes is where it should live. Also do consider sharing the command-line and / or service file that you use to run Bitcoin Core. Title: Re: bitcoind.pid instance file is not being created Post by: simpic on November 29, 2022, 06:31:37 PM It was hardcoded in "bitcoin.conf" file, I just removed it and now it works.
As said by n0nce, Bitcoin Core saves the cookie in the data directory... that I passed as parameter to "bitcoind" command. Thank you for your replies. Title: Re: bitcoind.pid instance file is not being created Post by: simpic on November 29, 2022, 07:07:25 PM Now I have tried to launch "bitcoin-cli getblockchaininfo" but it is still looking for default data dir:
Quote cannot create directories: File exists [/root/.bitcoin/wallets] bitcoin in AppInitRPC() How to change this behaviour? Here is the content of my "bitcoin.conf" file: Quote ### IPv4/IPv6 mode ### # This mode requires uPnP feature on your router to allow Bitcoin Core to accept incoming connections. bind=0.0.0.0 upnp=1 ### Tor mode ### # This mode requires tor (https://www.torproject.org/download/) to be running at the proxy address below. # No configuration is needed on your router to allow Bitcoin Core to accept incoming connections. #proxy=127.0.0.1:9050 #bind=127.0.0.1 #onlynet=onion listen=1 port=8333 maxconnections=64 dbcache=64 par=2 checkblocks=24 checklevel=0 disablewallet=1 #rpccookiefile=/root/bitcoin-core/.bitcoin/.cookie rpcbind=127.0.0.1 rpcport=8332 rpcallowip=127.0.0.1 And this is the command I run: Quote /root/bitcoin-core/bin/bitcoind -conf=/mnt/media/<UUID>/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf -datadir=/mnt/media/<UUID>/.bitcoin -daemon Title: Re: bitcoind.pid instance file is not being created Post by: n0nce on November 29, 2022, 09:51:59 PM Quote /root/bitcoin-core/bin/bitcoind -conf=/mnt/media/<UUID>/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf -datadir=/mnt/media/<UUID>/.bitcoin -daemon Code: datadir=/mnt/media/<UUID>/.bitcoin daemon=1 Remove the local .bitcoin folder (rm -rf /root/.bitcoin). You may need to add: Code: server=1 And tell bitcoin-cli where to find the conf (and thus all the data): Code: bitcoin-cli -conf=/mnt/media/<UUID>/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf getblockchaininfo Title: Re: bitcoind.pid instance file is not being created Post by: simpic on November 30, 2022, 11:09:01 AM Remove the local .bitcoin folder (rm -rf /root/.bitcoin). Why this?You may need to add: Code: server=1 Title: Re: bitcoind.pid instance file is not being created Post by: n0nce on November 30, 2022, 12:07:16 PM Remove the local .bitcoin folder (rm -rf /root/.bitcoin). Why this?You may need to add: Code: server=1 Without it, there is no RPC interface, which is what bitcoin-cli attaches to (or tries to do) to interact with Core. Code: bitcoin@localhost:~> bitcoind --help Bitcoin Core version v22.0 Copyright (C) 2009-2021 The Bitcoin Core developers Please contribute if you find Bitcoin Core useful. Visit <https://bitcoincore.org/> for further information about the software. The source code is available from <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin>. This is experimental software. Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying file COPYING or <https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT> Usage: bitcoind [options] Start Bitcoin Core Options: -? Print this help message and exit [...] RPC server options: [...] -server Accept command line and JSON-RPC commands Title: Re: bitcoind.pid instance file is not being created Post by: simpic on November 30, 2022, 04:21:30 PM Ok, I solved, thank you so much.
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