btcd for Docker

Docker image that runs btcd in a container for easy deployment.

The image contains the latest btcd daemon.

Quick Start

1. Create a btcd-data volume to persist the btcd blockchain data, should exit immediately. The btcd-data container will store the blockchain when the node container is recreated (software upgrade, reboot, etc):

   docker volume create --name=btcd-data
   docker run -v btcd-data:/btcd --name=btcd-node -d \
       -p 8333:8333 \
       -p 127.0.0.1:8334:8334 \
       lnzap/btcd
   

2. Verify that the container is running and btcd node is downloading the blockchain

   $ docker ps
   CONTAINER ID        IMAGE                         COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS              PORTS                                              NAMES
   d0e1076b2dca        lnzap/btcd:latest            "btcd_oneshot"       2 seconds ago       Up 1 seconds        127.0.0.1:8334->8334/tcp, 0.0.0.0:8333->8333/tcp   btcd-node
   

3. You can then access the daemon's output thanks to the docker logs command

   docker logs -f btcd-node
   

4. Install optional init scripts for upstart and systemd are in the init directory.

Documentation

• Additional documentation in the docs folder.