Docker image that runs the axed node in a container for easy deployment.
- 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 4 GB to store the block chain files
- At least 1 GB RAM + 2 GB swap file
Recommended and tested on Vultr 1024 MB RAM/320 GB disk instance @ $8/mo. Vultr also accepts Bitcoin payments! May run on the 512 MB instance, but took forever (1+ week) to initialize due to swap and disk thrashing.
One liner for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS machines with JSON-RPC enabled on localhost and adds upstart init script:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/axerunners/docker-axed/master/bootstrap-host.sh | sh -s trusty
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Create a
axed-data
volume to persist the axed blockchain data, should exit immediately. Theaxed-data
container will store the blockchain when the node container is recreated (software upgrade, reboot, etc):docker volume create --name=axed-data docker run -v axed-data:/axe --name=axed-node -d \ -p 9937:9937 \ -p 127.0.0.1:9337:9337 \ axerunners/axed
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Verify that the container is running and axed node is downloading the blockchain
$ docker ps CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES d0e1076b2dca axerunners/axed:latest "axe_oneshot" 2 seconds ago Up 1 seconds 127.0.0.1:9337->9337/tcp, 0.0.0.0:9937->9937/tcp axed-node
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You can then access the daemon's output thanks to the docker logs command
docker logs -f axed-node
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Install optional init scripts for upstart and systemd are in the
init
directory.
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To run in testnet, add environment variable
TESTNET=1
todocker run
as such:docker run -v axed-data:/axe --name=axed-node -d \ --env TESTNET=1 \ -p 9937:9937 \ -p 127.0.0.1:9337:9337 \ axerunners/axed
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Additional documentation in the docs folder.
Original work by Kyle Manna https://github.com/kylemanna/docker-bitcoind. Modified to use AXE Core instead of Bitcoin Core.