bitcoind.service

[glid092]

What do you think about this?

https://gist.github.com/oakwhiz/0312f1d6f94b519875773c1eb22ab523


Systemd escaping example (pay attention to shell vs elsewhere):

Code:

$ systemd-escape -p --suffix=mount "/var/lib/bitcoind-testnet"
var-lib-bitcoind\x2dtestnet.mount
$ sudo cat /etc/systemd/system/var-lib-bitcoind\\x2dtestnet.mount
...
Where=/var/lib/bitcoind-testnet
...
$ sudo cat /etc/systemd/system/bitcoind-testnet.service
...
After=network-online.target var-lib-bitcoind\x2dtestnet.mount
Wants=network-online.target var-lib-bitcoind\x2dtestnet.mount

and

Code:

# https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/NetworkTarget/
After=network-online.target var-lib-bitcoind.mount
Wants=network-online.target var-lib-bitcoind.mount

[ABCbits]

OP, it seems you fall into XY problem[1]. So it would be great if you ask how to achieve your goal rather than getting people's thought about that systemd service file.

What do you think about this?

https://gist.github.com/oakwhiz/0312f1d6f94b519875773c1eb22ab523

For many parts, the service file is similar with example on Bitcoin Core repository[2]. And while i may be wrong, i don't see benefit of bind mount with systemd rather than plain /etc/fstab.

[1] https://xyproblem.info/
[2] https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/contrib/init/bitcoind.service

[NotATether]

Bitcoin nodes are usually only auto-started like this when they are parts of a larger application that uses Bitcoin data, like BTCPayServer - it doesn't create unit files for Bitcoin Core but you can do that easily though.

I don't know anyone who auto-starts testnet nodes though unless they are mining.