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				# Running the Bitcoin ABC node software inside a Docker container

				## Building your Docker image

				From this directory:
				1. [Download](https://www.bitcoinabc.org/releases/) the release archive for your target system.
				This example assumes that you downloaded the file `bitcoin-abc-0.22.3-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz`
				2. Build the image:

				```shell
				docker build -t bitcoin-abc:0.22.3 --build-arg RELEASE_ARCHIVE=bitcoin-abc-0.22.3-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz .
				```

				## Running the node software

				By default the container will execute `bitcoind`:

				```shell
				docker run bitcoin-abc:0.22.3
				```

				To pass options to `bitcoind`, pass them as arguments to the container:

				```shell
				docker run bitcoin-abc:0.22.3 bitcoind -version
				```

				You can also run another tool by specifying it as an argument to the container:

				```shell
				docker run bitcoin-abc:0.22.3 bitcoin-cli -version
				```

				## Persistent data directory

				The container uses `/data` volume as the default data directory.
				To make this directory persistent across container runs, you can bind the
				volume to your local filesystem:

				```shell
				mkdir ~/bitcoin-abc-data
				docker run -v ~/bitcoin-abc-data:/data bitcoin-abc:0.22.3
				```

				Note: Make sure the container has write access to you local folder.

				## Communication between bitcoin-cli and bitcoind

				In order to make `bitcoin-cli` and `bitcoind` communicate together, they need to
				use the same network. By using the same data directory, they also share the
				authentication cookie:

				```shell
				# Run the bitcoind container in the background
				docker run --name bitcoind -v ~/bitcoin-abc-data:/data --rm -d bitcoin-abc:0.22.3
				docker run --network container:bitcoind -v ~/bitcoin-abc-data:/data --rm bitcoin-abc:0.22.3 bitcoin-cli getnetworkinfo
				docker stop bitcoind
				```