super-nathan/bitmessage-init

A Debian initscript to run bitmessage

INIT SCRIPT FOR BITMESSAGE

DESCRIPTION

If you want to help the cause and run bitmessage on a server to relay traffic you can use this script to make a Debian service.

INSTALATION

As root do the following

1. This script uses screen, so first you need to install it if you havn't already

   apt-get install screen

2. Install the initscript and make it executable

   cd /etc/init.d/ && wget https://raw.github.com/super-nathan/bitmessage-init/master/bitmessage && chmod +x bitmessage

3. In order to run as a daemon, you must have the option set in the the keys.dat file. You should add on a seperate line "daemon = true"

   $EDITOR /BITMESSAGEUSER/.config/Pybitmessage/keys.dat

4. Edit the script to use your install folder by changing "PBM_LOCATION".

   $EDITOR /etc/init.d/bitmessage

5. You really should have bitmessage run as an upriveledged user so change "USERNAME" to your bitmessage user

   $EDITOR /etc/init.d/bitmessage

6. Have it autostart (optional)

   update-rc.d bitmessage defaults update-rc.d bitmessage enable

7. Start bitmessage

   service bitmessage start