Provision a bitcoin node!

bitcoin-bootstrap.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# JSON-RPC user (see bitcoind -rpcuser)
RCP_USER='changeme'

# JSON-RPC password (see bitcoind -rpcpassword)
RPC_PASSWORD='changeme'

# JSON-RPC IP whitelist (see bitcoind -rpcallowip)
RPC_ALLOWED_IPS='127.0.0.1'

# Directory to store bitcoind database
DATA_DIR=/data/bitcoin

mkdir -p "$DATA_DIR"

# Update the system
apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade -y

# Install bitcoind
apt-add-repository -y ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
apt-get update && apt-get install -y bitcoind

# Create bitcoind system user
adduser --system --home /data/bitcoin --shell /bin/sh --gecos Bitcoin bitcoin

# Create initial configuration
cat >/etc/bitcoind.conf <<EOF
rpcuser=$RPC_USER
rpcpassword=$RPC_PASSWORD
rpcallowip=$RPC_ALLOWED_IPS

datadir=$DATA_DIR
server=1
txindex=1
EOF

# Create upstart job
cat >/etc/init/bitcoind.conf <<'EOF'
description "bitcoind"

start on startup
stop on shutdown

respawn
respawn limit 15 5

exec start-stop-daemon --start --make-pidfile --pidfile /var/run/bitcoind.pid --chuid bitcoin --exec /usr/bin/bitcoind -- -conf=/etc/bitcoind.conf
EOF

# Reload upstart config
initctl reload-configuration

# Get this shiz started!
start bitcoind