nix-bitcoin

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nixbitcoin e2c6eb6681 joinmarket: create bitcoind wallet Starting with 0.21.0, bitcoin no longer automatically creates and loads a default wallet. This was being ignored because of a JoinMarket issue [1] in CI builds prior to this version. Now a watch-only Bitcoin Core wallet is created in ExecStartPost. [1] https://github.com/JoinMarket-Org/joinmarket-clientserver/issues/812		2021-08-10 10:12:37 +00:00
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krops	examples: add krops deployment method	2021-03-15 18:53:07 +01:00
nixops	Remove nixops examples and documentation	2021-03-15 12:42:47 +00:00
qemu-vm	examples/qemu: disable hardened preset	2021-03-15 12:42:52 +00:00
.gitignore	docs: various improvements to installation tutorial	2021-03-15 19:02:58 +01:00
configuration.nix	joinmarket: create bitcoind wallet	2021-08-10 10:12:37 +00:00
deploy-container-minimal.sh	examples: add deploy-container-minimal.sh	2020-10-20 12:35:23 +02:00
deploy-container.sh	examples: improve robustness of deploy scripts	2021-03-16 12:46:18 +01:00
deploy-krops.sh	examples: improve robustness of deploy scripts	2021-03-16 12:46:18 +01:00
deploy-qemu-vm.sh	examples: improve robustness of deploy scripts	2021-03-16 12:46:18 +01:00
krops-vm-configuration.nix	examples: add deploy-krops.sh	2021-03-15 19:02:58 +01:00
minimal-configuration.nix	secrets: add option 'generateSecrets'	2021-03-15 12:42:52 +00:00
nix-bitcoin-release.nix	Add fetch-release script	2020-04-08 07:01:35 +00:00
README.md	run-tests: add 'vm' command	2021-03-26 23:23:22 +01:00
shell.nix	examples/shell.nix: minor improvements	2021-03-16 12:46:18 +01:00
start-bash-session.sh	examples: add option --interactive\|-i	2020-10-18 13:42:58 +02:00

README.md

Examples

The easiest way to try out nix-bitcoin is to use one of the provided examples.

git clone https://github.com/fort-nix/nix-bitcoin
cd nix-bitcoin/examples/
nix-shell

The following example scripts set up a nix-bitcoin node according to configuration.nix and then shut down immediately. They leave no traces (outside of /nix/store) on the host system.
By default, configuration.nix enables bitcoind and clightning.

./deploy-container.sh creates a NixOS container.
This is the fastest way to set up a node.
Requires: Nix, a systemd-based Linux distro and root privileges
./deploy-qemu-vm.sh creates a QEMU VM.
Requires: Nix
./deploy-krops.sh creates a QEMU VM and deploys a nix-bitcoin configuration to it using krops.
Requires: Nix
./deploy-container-minimal.sh creates a container defined by minimal-configuration.nix that doesn't use the secure-node.nix preset. Also shows how to use nix-bitcoin in an existing NixOS config.
Requires: Nix, a systemd-based Linux distro and root privileges

Run the examples with option --interactive or -i to start a shell for interacting with the node:

./deploy-qemu-vm.sh -i

Tests

The internal test suite is also useful for exploring features.
The following run-tests.sh commands leave no traces (outside of /nix/store) on the host system.

git clone https://github.com/fort-nix/nix-bitcoin
cd nix-bitcoin/test

# Run a node in a VM. No tests are executed.
./run-tests.sh vm
systemctl status bitcoind

# Run a Python test shell inside a VM node
./run-tests.sh debug
print(succeed("systemctl status bitcoind"))
run_test("bitcoind")

# Run a node in a container. Requires systemd and root privileges.
./run-tests.sh container
c systemctl status bitcoind

# Explore a single feature
./run-tests.sh --scenario electrs container

# Run a command in a container
./run-tests.sh --scenario '{
  services.clightning.enable = true;
  nix-bitcoin.nodeinfo.enable = true;
}' container --run c nodeinfo

See run-tests.sh for a complete documentation.