bitcoin: RPC Does not work after upgrading for me

Ever since I upgraded to the latest version I cannot get bitcoin-cli to run.

When I try bitcoin-cli -rpcuser=charlie -rpcpassword=rv-aoHugIGt28UvY0888888wpTVXLkXYayymj2VXjE= -rpcport=8332 getblockchaininfo

I get a response:

error: Could not connect to the server 127.0.0.1:8332
Make sure the bitcoind server is running and that you are connecting to the correct RPC port.

I have not changed anything besides download source, compile, replace bitcoind and bitcoin-cli files and that’s it. Not sure why this would break all of a sudden.

My bitcoin.conf file:

# [core]
testnet=1
daemon=1
maxconnections=10

# [configuration]
datadir=/mnt/volume-sgp1-02/.bitcoin/

# [wallet]
keypool=2048
paytxfee=0.0007

# [RPC]
server=1
rpcauth=charlie:b9412eabc19b0d4c6e7285c3d96ff87$a229e83490edf029e006a8a973431c52a98709250403117c2baf0f4f7ebb3bba
rpcclienttimeout=45
rpcport=8332

[testnet]
rpcport=8332

Versions:

Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)
Bitcoin Core Daemon version v0.17.0.0-ge1ed37edaedc85b8c3468bd9a726046344036243

About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created 6 years ago
Comments: 16 (9 by maintainers)

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Thanks, I’ve opened an issue for that in #14702.

fanquake on Nov 10, 2018

Shouldn’t we warn when the name of the section is not recognized?

maflcko on Nov 5, 2018

@tgreco I think section name should be [test] instead of [testnet].

AkioNak on Nov 1, 2018

It’s in the release notes: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.17.0.md#configuration-sections-for-testnet-and-regtest

Thank you. To save someone time in the future possibly:

If the following options are not in a section, they will only apply to mainnet: addnode=, connect=, port=, bind=, rpcport=, rpcbind= and wallet=. The options to choose a network (regtest= and testnet=) must be specified outside of sections.

really saved my time, I was wondering why regtest rpcport not work, remain default 18443, thanks!

lyhistory on Mar 12, 2019

It’s in the release notes: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.17.0.md#configuration-sections-for-testnet-and-regtest

Thank you. To save someone time in the future possibly:

If the following options are not in a section, they will only apply to mainnet: addnode=, connect=, port=, bind=, rpcport=, rpcbind= and wallet=. The options to choose a network (regtest= and testnet=) must be specified outside of sections.

tgreco on Nov 1, 2018