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This is an odd one. I am running bitcoind 0.9.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 and have this behaviour:

Doesn't work:

$ bitcoind getinfo
error: couldn't connect to server

(timeout after 30s)

Works fine:

$ curl --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "getinfo", "params": [] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://user:pass@localhost:8332/
{"result":{"version":90100,"protocolversion":70002,"walletversion":60000,"balance":0.00000000,"blocks":311140,"timeoffset":0,"connections":13,"proxy":"","difficulty":17336316978.50783157,"testnet":false,"keypoololdest":1402698503,"keypoolsize":102,"paytxfee":0.00000000,"errors":""},"error":null,"id":"curltest"}

Question:

Why does the bitcoind CLI not connect to the server, but curl does?

Driving me nuts. Something buggy in 0.9.1's JSON-RPC client implementation?

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  • I ended up setting up a new Bitcoin node at a different provider. With the same system config and bitcoin.conf there "bitcoind getinfo" works fine. I assume it has to do with firewall or loopback interface settings at the old provider.
    – meinhard
    Commented Jul 27, 2014 at 22:33
  • I turn off firewall and still get the same, that's not the answear in my opinion :/
    – Sebastian Xawery Wiśniowiecki
    Commented Dec 15, 2014 at 20:54
  • same problem when I start via /etc/rc.local (raspberry pi)
    – tobi
    Commented Mar 20, 2017 at 20:46

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