Run a self-updating Monero node

monero.sh

#!/bin/bash

RPC_USER=username
RPC_PASS=password

run()
{
  docker rm -f "monerod"

  docker image rm -f xmrto/monero:latest
  docker pull xmrto/monero:latest

  docker run --restart=always -v ${PWD}/data:/home/monero/.bitmonero -itd -p 18081:18081 --name monerod xmrto/monero:latest monerod
}

if [ ! -d "$PWD/data" ]
then
  mkdir $PWD/data
  chmod -R 777 $PWD/data
  exec 3<> $PWD/data/bitmonero.conf
  echo "rpc-bind-ip=0.0.0.0" >&3
  echo "rpc-login=${RPC_USER}:${RPC_PASS}" >&3
  echo "confirm-external-bind=1" >&3
fi

current_latest_tags=""
while [ 1 = 1 ]
do
  latest_tags=`curl -X GET https://registry.hub.docker.com/v1/repositories/xmrto/monero/tags`

  if [ "$current_latest_tags" != "$latest_tags" ]
  then
    run
    current_latest_tags=$latest_tags
  fi

  docker start "monerod"
  rm $PWD/data/bitmonero.log

  sleep 3600s

done

You'll need to have docker installed to run this script. Modify the values for RPC_USER and RPC_PASS at the top of this script and then run it with something like pm2 or as a systemd service.

This script uses xmr.to's monero docker container