Bitcoind daemon synchronizing error on VPS(debian)

[Ervin]

I have bitcoind installed on a VPS debian server, i started running bitcoind 2 days ago for syncronizing with bitcoin network but i got the following error today.

Code:

        root@vps:~# bitcoind getinfo
    {
        "version" : 32400,
        "balance" : 0.00000000,
        "blocks" : 258354,
        "connections" : 9,
        "proxy" : "",
        "generate" : false,
        "genproclimit" : -1,
        "difficulty" : 112628548.66634709,
        "hashespersec" : 0,
        "testnet" : false,
        "keypoololdest" : 1397553052,
        "paytxfee" : 0.00000000,
        "errors" : "EXCEPTION: 11DbException       
\nDb::put: Cannot allocate memory       \nbitcoin in ProcessMessage()       \n"
    }

I have no idea what this error mean, or how can i resolve this kind of error.

[mriou]

Your VPS doesn't have enough memory. You'll need to upgrade.

[Ervin]

well, i really don't know .. maybe there is another problem.
 Last week i run bitcoind syncronization on my personal computer(over windows) with  lower configuration than my rented  VPS, and I did't get such error.

[cr1776]

How much RAM does the system have?  You may be able to enable swap on the machine and fix the issue if you can allocate a few more GBs in swap space.  As mriou says, this is a memory issue.

e.g.
swapon /var/swap.img

once you've created the swap image file.
[edit: see https://wiki.debian.org/Swap  ]

You might also be able to decrease the number of connections which I've heard may decrease memory usage.  I haven't tried that, I just make sure the machine has enough memory with some swap space too.


This should probably be in the tech support thread too, btw.

[cr1776]

The part highlighted also looks odd.  You may want to download and build from github because that version looks really old.

Did you by any chance do an apt-get for bitcoin?  iirc that version is way out of date.

...
       "version" : 32400,
  ...
I have no idea what this error mean, or how can i resolve this kind of error.

[Ervin]

VPS configuration

Code:

	Disk	     14.65 GB	 48.83 GB	
		Inode	        50002	 25600000	
		Memory	 216 MB	 4 GB	
		Backup	       0	 1	
		Traffic	 28.4 GB	 2929.69 GB	
		LTraffic	 0 MB	 -	
		CPU0 speed	 0.3GHz	 -	
		CPU1 speed	 0.3GHz	 -	
		CPU2 speed	 0.3GHz	 -	
		CPU3 speed	 0.3GHz	 -	
		CPU4 speed	 0.3GHz	 -	
		CPU5 speed	 0.3GHz	 -

i don't have any swap area on VPS.

[Ervin]

I tried to create swap area but unfortonetly i haven't right to create.
I got the following error "swapon: /swap: swapon failed: Operation not permitted"

Is there any another solution, or i have to discuss this problem via VPS hosting administrators?

[dserrano5]

"RAM" isn't enough. I mean, I have an openvz VPS with 4 Gb "RAM" but when examining the file /proc/user_beancounters I find some draconian limits that make it difficult to run bitcoind. You might be in a similar situation. There's more than "RAM" to it.

[dewdeded]

Set "maxconnections" to 10 or 8 or 5. The highest number it wont crash with.

[cr1776]

I tried to create swap area but unfortonetly i haven't right to create.
I got the following error "swapon: /swap: swapon failed: Operation not permitted"

Is there any another solution, or i have to discuss this problem via VPS hosting administrators?

Given that the error is "Cannot allocate memory", it is memory issue.  You'd have to ask the admins or switch to a different provider - digital ocean has some nice options, btw. 

As I, and someone else said above, try limiting the connections. 

Also, as I said above, check the version - the current is 0.9.1 and your version is showing 32400 which is 0.3.2.4 iirc.  The newer versions may handle memory better.

[Ervin]

Well i must talk with administrator, but before it, i would like to try this solution:

Set "maxconnections" to 10 or 8 or 5. The highest number it wont crash with.

where can i  configure bitcoind's max connections? (maybe in boitcoind.conf ? )

[somic]

Well i must talk with administrator, but before it, i would like to try this solution:

Set "maxconnections" to 10 or 8 or 5. The highest number it wont crash with.

where can i  configure bitcoind's max connections? (maybe in boitcoind.conf ? )

net.cpp

[dewdeded]

where can i  configure bitcoind's max connections? (maybe in boitcoind.conf ? )

yeah, see https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin

[VossArtesian]

The part highlighted also looks odd.  You may want to download and build from github because that version looks really old.

Did you by any chance do an apt-get for bitcoin?  iirc that version is way out of date.

...
       "version" : 32400,
  ...
I have no idea what this error mean, or how can i resolve this kind of error.

I got this same memory error, get stuck at the same block, and have the same version 32400.  That is however, the version installed from the bitcoin ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin

[kjj]

The part highlighted also looks odd.  You may want to download and build from github because that version looks really old.

Did you by any chance do an apt-get for bitcoin?  iirc that version is way out of date.

...
       "version" : 32400,
  ...
I have no idea what this error mean, or how can i resolve this kind of error.

I got this same memory error, get stuck at the same block, and have the same version 32400.  That is however, the version installed from the bitcoin ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin

Yeah, don't use that.  It is ancient.