doc: suggest using timeoutstopsec in systemd file during IBD #15268

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d3spwn commented at 11:06 AM on January 26, 2019: none

A naive user may run into trouble when using the provided systemd service file. By default, systemd will kill a process if it hasn't stopped after 90 seconds, which may be to short during Initial Block Download. This PR adds a suggestion to increase the timeout during IBD.
Add TimeoutStopSec for IBD 4c1eebcb67
Add note about TimeoutStopSec during IBD e62454165b
fanquake added the label Docs on Jan 26, 2019
promag commented at 12:28 PM on January 27, 2019: member

You mean that during IBD it doesn't quit with SIGINT within 90sec?
d3spwn commented at 2:09 PM on January 27, 2019: none

You mean that during IBD it doesn't quit with SIGINT within 90sec?

Yes, it may not. Especially with slow hardware and/or large dbcache (which is often recommended for IBD).
Fix typo 596e449cd9

in doc/init.md:89 in e62454165b outdated

  85 | @@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ To test, run `systemctl start bitcoind` and to enable for system startup run
  86 |  
  87 |  NOTE: When installing for systemd in Debian/Ubuntu the .service file needs to be copied to the /lib/systemd/system directory instead.
  88 |  
  89 | +NOTE: Systemd can be very agressive in killing processes that don't stop in a reasonable amount of time. This can be a problem during Initial Block Download where it can take several minutes to flush cached data to disk. Therefore consider adding `TimeoutStopSec=infinity` to the file during IBD.

practicalswift commented at 10:06 PM on January 27, 2019:

I don't mean to be aggressive but you're missing a "g" in "aggressive"111

d3spwn commented at 1:12 PM on January 31, 2019:

Sorry. Fixed.

practicalswift commented at 8:12 PM on February 1, 2019: contributor

Perhaps the default value should be changed?

What would be a reasonable default for TimeoutStopSec that can be expected to work also during IBD in the general case?
DrahtBot commented at 1:57 PM on August 8, 2019: member


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DrahtBot commented at 10:56 AM on October 8, 2019: member

Needs rebase
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GChuf commented at 11:27 AM on October 23, 2019: contributor

Maybe the default timestopsec value should be changed in another PR? This could get merged for now.
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