rpc json outside localhost

Question

I tried to to host bitcoin core json-rpc to listen other than localhost but it would not work even i set it to listen to ip 0.0.0.0

My config (for bitcoin.conf)

testnet=1
server=1
daemon=1
listen=1
rpcuser=something
rpcpassword=secret
rpcport=8332
rpcconnect=0.0.0.0

So how do i make it so that it will listen to ip other than localhost or 127.0.0.1?

VPS informations:

Ubuntu 16.04

Latest Core (just installed it today)

client is remote

Some more details could help, such as operating system, where are you running the client, which version, etc. — Jimmy Johnson, Jan 20 '18 at 17:54
Alright: Ubuntu 16.04 Latest Version (just installed it today) Client is over internet — zhiyan114, Jan 20 '18 at 18:11

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 21 '18 at 01:17

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The listen option is for the P2P network connection, not the RPC service.

The option you want is rpcallowip=<ip>. To allow all IP addresses to connect to your node's RPC port, you can use rpcallowip=0.0.0.0. Note that doing so is not recommended as it is insecure.

Don't set rpcconnect as that will make it impossible for bitcoin-cli to interact with Bitcoin Core.

answered Jan 21 '18 at 01:17

Andrew Chow

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`rpcallowip=0.0.0.0/0` – Meglio Mar 21 '23 at 02:57

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