startup script for centos, with documentation.

contrib/init/README.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ SystemD: bitcoind.service
 Upstart: bitcoind.conf
 OpenRC:  bitcoind.openrc
          bitcoind.openrcconf
+CentOS:  bitcoind.init
 
 have been made available to assist packagers in creating node packages here.
 

contrib/init/bitcoind.init

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+#  bitcoind The bitcoin core server.
+#
+#
+# chkconfig: 345 80 20
+# description: bitcoind
+# processname: bitcoind
+#
+
+# Source function library.
+. /etc/init.d/functions
+
+# you can override defaults in /etc/sysconfig/bitcoind, see below
+if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/bitcoind ]; then
+        . /etc/sysconfig/bitcoind
+fi
+
+RETVAL=0
+
+prog=bitcoind
+# you can override the lockfile via BITCOIND_LOCKFILE in /etc/sysconfig/bitcoind
+lockfile=${BITCOIND_LOCKFILE-/var/lock/subsys/bitcoind}
+
+# bitcoind defaults to /usr/bin/bitcoind, override with BITCOIND_BIN
+bitcoind=${BITCOIND_BIN-/usr/bin/bitcoind}
+
+# bitcoind opts default to -disablewallet, override with BITCOIND_OPTS
+bitcoind_opts=${BITCOIND_OPTS--disablewallet}
+
+start() {
+    echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
+    daemon $DAEMONOPTS $bitcoind $bitcoind_opts
+    RETVAL=$?
+    echo
+    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $lockfile
+    return $RETVAL
+}
+
+stop() {
+    echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
+    killproc $prog
+    RETVAL=$?
+    echo
+    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f $lockfile
+    return $RETVAL
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+    start)
+        start
+        ;;
+    stop)
+        stop
+        ;;
+    status)
+        status $prog
+        ;;
+    restart)
+        stop
+        start
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Usage: service $prog {start|stop|status|restart}"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac

doc/init.md

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ can be found in the contrib/init folder.
     contrib/init/bitcoind.openrc:     OpenRC compatible SysV style init script
     contrib/init/bitcoind.openrcconf: OpenRC conf.d file
     contrib/init/bitcoind.conf:       Upstart service configuration file
+    contrib/init/bitcoind.init:       CentOS compatible SysV style init script
 
 1. Service User
 ---------------------------------
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ Configuration file:  /etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf
 Data directory:      /var/lib/bitcoind
 PID file:            /var/run/bitcoind/bitcoind.pid (OpenRC and Upstart)
                      /var/lib/bitcoind/bitcoind.pid (systemd)
+Lock file:           /var/lock/subsys/bitcoind (CentOS)
 
 The configuration file, PID directory (if applicable) and data directory
 should all be owned by the bitcoin user and group.  It is advised for security
@@ -81,7 +83,15 @@ Drop bitcoind.conf in /etc/init.  Test by running "service bitcoind start"
 it will automatically start on reboot.
 
 NOTE: This script is incompatible with CentOS 5 and Amazon Linux 2014 as they
-use old versions of Upstart and do not supply the start-stop-daemon uitility.
+use old versions of Upstart and do not supply the start-stop-daemon utility.
+
+4d) CentOS
+
+Copy bitcoind.init to /etc/init.d/bitcoind. Test by running "service bitcoind start".
+
+Using this script, you can adjust the path and flags to the bitcoind program by 
+setting the BITCOIND and FLAGS environment variables in the file 
+/etc/sysconfig/bitcoind. You can also use the DAEMONOPTS environment variable here.
 
 5. Auto-respawn
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