README.md

Groestlcoind for Docker

Docker image that runs the Groestlcoin groestlcoind node in a container for easy deployment.

Requirements

• Physical machine, cloud instance, or VPS that supports Docker (i.e. Vultr, Digital Ocean, KVM or XEN based VMs) running Ubuntu 14.04 or later (not OpenVZ containers!)
• At least 5 GB to store the block chain files (and always growing!)
• At least 1 GB RAM + 2 GB swap file

Really Fast Quick Start

One liner for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS machines with JSON-RPC enabled on localhost and adds upstart init script:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Groestlcoin/docker-groestlcoind/master/bootstrap-host.sh | sh -s trusty

Quick Start

1. Create a groestlcoind-data volume to persist the groestlcoind blockchain data, should exit immediately. The groestlcoind-data container will store the blockchain when the node container is recreated (software upgrade, reboot, etc):

    docker volume create --name=groestlcoind-data
    docker run -v groestlcoind-data:/groestlcoin/.groestlcoin --name=groestlcoind-node -d \
        -p 1331:1331 \
        -p 127.0.0.1:1441:1441 \
        groestlcoin/groestlcoind
   

2. Verify that the container is running and groestlcoind node is downloading the blockchain

    $ docker ps
    CONTAINER ID        IMAGE                         COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS              PORTS                                              NAMES
    d0e1076b2dca        groestlcoin/groestlcoind:latest     "grs_oneshot"       2 seconds ago       Up 1 seconds        127.0.0.1:1441->1441/tcp, 0.0.0.0:1331->1331/tcp   groestlcoind-node
   

3. You can then access the daemon's output thanks to the docker logs command

    docker logs -f groestlcoind-node
   

4. Install optional init scripts for upstart and systemd are in the init directory.

Documentation

• Additional documentation in the docs folder.