docker-bitcoin

A Dockerized Bitcoin instance for development and testing purposes.

Installation

Install Docker on Linux, OS X or Windows. Read "Getting started" with Docker.

$ git clone http://github.com/slickage/docker-bitcoind.git
$ cd docker-bitcoind
$ sudo docker build -t bitcoind .

Usage

• Edit your bitcoin.conf to suit your needs.
• Port 18332 is exposed for the JSON-RPC interface.

$ sudo docker run -p 18332 -d bitcoind

You'll see an ID output like:

b15dbb5003e7

Use this ID to check the port it's on:

$ sudo docker port b15dbb5003e7 18332

You can the visit the following URL in a browser on your host machine to get started:

https://127.0.0.1:<port>

Note: On OSX, the above IP should be the VM of the virtual machine running Docker since Docker requires the Linux kernel.