rpc json outside localhost

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I tried to to host bitcoin core json-rpc to listen other than localhost but it would not work even i set it to listen to ip 0.0.0.0

My config (for bitcoin.conf)

testnet=1
server=1
daemon=1
listen=1
rpcuser=something
rpcpassword=secret
rpcport=8332
rpcconnect=0.0.0.0

So how do i make it so that it will listen to ip other than localhost or 127.0.0.1?

VPS informations:

Ubuntu 16.04

Latest Core (just installed it today)

client is remote

zhiyan114

Posted 2018-01-20T17:33:01.217

Reputation: 528

Some more details could help, such as operating system, where are you running the client, which version, etc. – Moritz Knüppel – 2018-01-20T17:54:44.577

Alright:

Ubuntu 16.04

Latest Version (just installed it today)

Client is over internet – zhiyan114 – 2018-01-20T18:11:06.703

Answers

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The listen option is for the P2P network connection, not the RPC service.

The option you want is rpcallowip=<ip>. To allow all IP addresses to connect to your node's RPC port, you can use rpcallowip=0.0.0.0. Note that doing so is not recommended as it is insecure.

Don't set rpcconnect as that will make it impossible for bitcoin-cli to interact with Bitcoin Core.

Andrew Chow

Posted 2018-01-20T17:33:01.217

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