Running bitcoin node on a server

[Wed]

I have a nearly unused server. So I had the idea to run a fullnode on that server (bitcoind) and connect my local bitcoin-qt to that remote node.
Is that possible? If yes what I have to do to getting that working?
Would be great if someone could help me

Thanks!

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[BurtW]

I read this

https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node

and set up my full node in probably less than 15 minutes.

[Wed]

My problem isn't setting up a fullnode. My problem is how can I contact my local bitcoin core with my remote full node (bitcoind) to get rid of my local blockchain.
I dont want to use a lightweight wallet and I dont want to store whole blockchain on my local machine.

I'm not sure if this is possible.

[achow101]

My problem isn't setting up a fullnode. My problem is how can I contact my local bitcoin core with my remote full node (bitcoind) to get rid of my local blockchain.
I dont want to use a lightweight wallet and I dont want to store whole blockchain on my local machine.

I'm not sure if this is possible.

You could set up the data directory on that server as a network share and then set the data directory of your local bitcoin core to be that shared folder. It might run into some problems and I would advise against doing this. Otherwise, there is no way to connect Bitcoin Core to your server without having to download the entire blockchain.

[BurtW]

Sounds like you want a lightweight client and then hard code it to access your own personal server.  I have not done that but I am sure someone on here has.

[Wed]

Sounds like you want a lightweight client and then hard code it to access your own personal server.  I have not done that but I am sure someone on here has.

That's exactly what I want to do :-)

@knightdk
I have had already the same idea but I think that's no good solution.

[coinpr0n]

With the 'bitcoin-cli' version you can specify 'rpcconnect=...' to a remote server in the bitcoin.conf. I tried with bitcoin-qt but it didn't work. I do not think it's possible without having a network share, synced dropbox(?) or something then using datadir.

[shorena]

Sounds like you want a lightweight client and then hard code it to access your own personal server.  I have not done that but I am sure someone on here has.

That's exactly what I want to do :-)

@knightdk
I have had already the same idea but I think that's no good solution.

The only wallet I know that does this is mSIGNA.

[rjmacarthy]

Can't you just download the block chain and use JSONRPC to contact your server Bitcoin-cli instance?

How to install:

http://blog.cryptogrind.com/installing-bitcoin-on-ubuntu-command-line/

You can then use PHP or Node.js to contact the wallet over JSONRPC from a locally built application.

I can help you with this if you need.

[Hannu]

I have a nearly unused server. So I had the idea to run a fullnode on that server (bitcoind) and connect my local bitcoin-qt to that remote node.
Is that possible? If yes what I have to do to getting that working?
Would be great if someone could help me

Thanks!

If you have windows , all you need to install latest bitcoin core.   Ubuntu allso is easy to install bitcoin core.
Server make noise at night, if you have computer in same room where you sleep.