bitcoind Ubuntu Upstart Configuration

bitcoind.conf

# bitcoind - Bitcoin core daemon
#
# Ubuntu upstart service configuration for
# Bitcoin Core Network Node. 

description "Bitcoin Core daemon"
author "Alain Wolf"

# Start after network and filesystem
start on filesystem and static-network-up
stop on runlevel [016]

# Allow upto 5 minutes shutdown-time
kill timeout 300

respawn
respawn limit 5 30
console log
nice 15
setuid bitcoin
setgid bitcoin
expect fork

env pidfile=/var/lib/bitcoin/bitcoind.pid
env conf=/etc/bitcoin/bitcoind.conf
env datadir=/var/lib/bitcoin

exec \
	start-stop-daemon --start \
					  --pidfile $pidfile \
					  --exec /usr/bin/bitcoind \
					  -- \
					  	-conf=$conf \
					  	-pid=$pidfile \
					  	-datadir=$datadir \
					  	-daemon

pre-stop exec \
			/usr/bin/bitcoin-cli -conf=$conf -datadir=$datadir stop