Intro

PyBitmessage is a client of the Bitmessages P2P communication protocol used to send encrypted messages to another person or to many subscribers.

PyBitmessage client running as a daemon in docker container with XML-RPC API enabled.

Usage

The container generates a Bitmessage Deterministic Addresses based on a BITMESSAGE_SEED_PHRASE variable.

Here are some example snippets to help you get started creating a container.

docker-compose

version: "3"
services:
  pybitmessage:
    image: bitdeals/pybitmessage
    environment:
      - BITMESSAGE_API_USER=<API username>
      - BITMESSAGE_API_PASSWORD=<API password>
      - BITMESSAGE_SEED_PHRASE=<passphrase>
      - BITMESSAGE_SEED_ADDRESSES=<1>
    ports:
      - 8442:8442

docker cli

docker run -d \
  -e BITMESSAGE_API_USER=api \
  -e BITMESSAGE_API_PASSWORD=changeme \
  -e BITMESSAGE_SEED_PHRASE=changeme \
  -e BITMESSAGE_SEED_ADDRESSES=1 \
  -p 8442:8442 \
  bitdeals/pybitmessage

Parameters

Container images are configured using parameters passed at runtime.

Parameter	Function
-p 8442	XML-RPC API port TCP
-e BITMESSAGE_API_USER=	XML-RPC API user. Default: api
-e BITMESSAGE_API_PASSWORD=	XML-RPC API password. Default: changeme
-e BITMESSAGE_SEED_PHRASE	Create Deterministic Addresses password. Default: changeme
-e BITMESSAGE_SEED_ADDRESSES	Number of Deterministic Addresses to generate. Default: 1