Running bitcoind on VPS, won't speak to my web server

I have a VPS with bitcoind set up, synced the blocks and its all running fine. I have set up the bitcoin.conf file and allowed the IP of my web host server.

I am running a script on my web host that communicates to the wallet but it just won't connect!

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'Unable to connect to http://INVENT_A_UNIQUE_USERNAME:INVENT_A_UNIQUE_PASSWORD@VPSIP:8333/' in /home/1234/public_html/gm/install/driver_test.php:61 Stack trace: #0 /home/1234/public_html/gm/install/index.php(16): jsonRPCClient->__call('getbalance', Array) #1 /home/1234/public_html/gm/install/index.php(16): jsonRPCClient->getbalance() #2 {main} thrown in /home/1234/public_html/gm/install/driver_test.php on line 61

Any suggestions? I have run out of ideas.

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Tau11

Posted 2013-12-02T14:39:18.130

Reputation: 1

Answers

It looks like you are using the wrong port. The RPC server listens on port 8332 by default, so try that. Port 8333 is for bitcoin node traffic.

Bitlab.co

Posted 2013-12-02T14:39:18.130

Reputation: 724

Hi, thanks for the help. It does take a while to do something now and looks like it is connecting but after 40 seconds or so it comes up with the same error as above. Are there any tests I can do to find out what is happening? – Tau11 – 2013-12-02T16:18:25.740

Do not forget to restart the bitcoind whenever you make any changes to config file. Restart it by following command :

bitcoind stop
bitcoind

The content of the bitcoin.conf should be :

server=1
daemon=1
rpcuser=yourusername
rpcpassword=yourpassword
rpcallowip=123.123.123.123

Khan Shahrukh

Posted 2013-12-02T14:39:18.130

Reputation: 437