Bitcoin Cookbook

This cookbook downloads, installs and configures Bitcoin Core as a full node.

Requirements

platforms

Note that it only works on x86_64 architectures at the moment.

network

In order to actively contribute to the Bitcoin network, you will need to open your TCP port 8333.
This cookbook does not make sure your port 8333 is open since this is very much dependant on your networking setup.

Usage

bitcoin::package recipe

Configures repository from http://www.ringingliberty.com/bitcoin/ and installs pre-packaged binary with bitcoin systemd service.

Pros:

• proper packaging
• SELinux support

Cons:

• supports only RHEL, CentOS and Fedora for now

bitcoin::binary recipe

Downloads the official binary from https://bitcoin.org/ and copies it along with a wrapper script to start, stop, restart and get the status of bitcoind.

Pros:

• official binary from https://bitcoin.org/
• supports most distributions

Cons:

• no SELinux support
• no init.d/systemd-like script to manage bitcoind as a Unix service

License

MIT