Add init scripts and docs for Upstart and OpenRC

contrib/init/bitcoind.openrc

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+#!/sbin/runscript
+
+# backward compatibility for existing gentoo layout 
+#
+if [ -d "/var/lib/bitcoin/.bitcoin" ]; then
+	BITCOIND_DEFAULT_DATADIR="/var/lib/bitcoin/.bitcoin"
+else
+	BITCOIND_DEFAULT_DATADIR="/var/lib/bitcoind"
+fi
+
+BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE=${BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE:-/etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf}
+BITCOIND_PIDDIR=${BITCOIND_PIDDIR:-/var/run/bitcoind}
+BITCOIND_PIDFILE=${BITCOIND_PIDFILE:-${BITCOIND_PIDDIR}/bitcoind.pid}
+BITCOIND_DATADIR=${BITCOIND_DATADIR:-${BITCOIND_DEFAULT_DATADIR}}
+BITCOIND_USER=${BITCOIND_USER:-bitcoin}
+BITCOIND_GROUP=${BITCOIND_GROUP:-bitcoin}
+BITCOIND_BIN=${BITCOIND_BIN:-/usr/bin/bitcoind}
+
+name="Bitcoin Core Daemon"
+description="Bitcoin crypto-currency p2p network daemon"
+
+command="/usr/bin/bitcoind"
+command_args="-pid=\"${BITCOIND_PIDFILE}\" \
+		-conf=\"${BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE}\" \
+		-datadir=\"${BITCOIND_DATADIR}\" \
+		-daemon \
+		${BITCOIND_OPTS}"
+
+required_files="${BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE}"
+start_stop_daemon_args="-u ${BITCOIND_USER} \
+			-N ${BITCOIND_NICE:-0} -w 2000"
+pidfile="${BITCOIND_PIDFILE}"
+retry=60
+
+depend() {
+	need localmount net
+}
+
+# verify
+# 1) that the datadir exists and is writable (or create it)
+# 2) that a directory for the pid exists and is writable
+# 3) ownership and permissions on the config file
+start_pre() {
+	checkpath \
+	-d \
+	--mode 0750 \
+	--owner "${BITCOIND_USER}:${BITCOIND_GROUP}" \
+	"${BITCOIND_DATADIR}"
+
+	checkpath \
+	-d \
+	--mode 0755 \
+	--owner "${BITCOIND_USER}:${BITCOIND_GROUP}" \
+	"${BITCOIND_PIDDIR}"
+
+	checkpath -f \
+	-o ${BITCOIND_USER}:${BITCOIND_GROUP} \
+	-m 0660 \
+	${BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE}
+
+	checkconfig || return 1
+}
+
+checkconfig()
+{
+	if ! grep -qs '^rpcpassword=' "${BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE}" ; then
+		eerror ""
+		eerror "ERROR: You must set a secure rpcpassword to run bitcoind."
+		eerror "The setting must appear in ${BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE}"
+		eerror ""
+		eerror "This password is security critical to securing wallets "
+		eerror "and must not be the same as the rpcuser setting."
+		eerror "You can generate a suitable random password using the following"
+		eerror "command from the shell:"
+		eerror ""
+		eerror "bash -c 'tr -dc a-zA-Z0-9 < /dev/urandom | head -c32 && echo'"
+		eerror ""
+		eerror "It is also recommended that you also set alertnotify so you are "
+		eerror "notified of problems:"
+		eerror ""
+		eerror "ie: alertnotify=echo %%s | mail -s \"Bitcoin Alert\"" \
+			"admin@foo.com"
+		eerror ""
+		return 1
+	fi
+}