Error On Launch

[devhumney]

I'm attempting to run an Electrum Personal Server on my Ubuntu Machine After reaching step 8 I get the following errors, here's a copy of my config.ini file with the appropriate credentials redacted:

config.ini:

Electrum Personal Server configuration file

Lines starting with # are called comments which are ignored.

For a line to have effect it must not start with

The most important options are towards the top of the file

[master-public-keys]

Add electrum wallet master public keys to this section

In electrum then go Wallet -> Information to get the mpk

wallet = xpub661My...

Multiple master public keys may be added by simply adding another line

#my_second_wallet = xpubanotherkey

Multisig wallets use format required-signatures [list of master pub keys]

this example is a 2-of-3 multisig wallet

#multisig_wallet = 2 xpub661MyMwAqRbcFseXCwRdRVkhVuzEiskg4QUp5XpUdNf2uGXvQmnD4zcofZ1MN6Fo8PjqQ5cemJQ39f7RTwDVVputHMFjPUn8VRp2pJQMgEF xpub661MyMwAqRbcFseXCwRdRVkhVuzEiskg4QUp5XpUdNf2uGXvQmnD4zcofZ1MN6Fo8PjqQ5cemJQ39f7RTwDVVputHMFjPUn8VRp2pJQMgEF xpub661MyMwAqRbcFseXCwRdRVkhVuzEiskg4QUp5XpUdNf2uGXvQmnD4zcofZ1MN6Fo8PjqQ5cemJQ39f7RTwDVVputHMFjPUn8VRp2pJQMgEF

[bitcoin-rpc]
host = 127.0.0.1
port = 8332
rpcuser = *****
rpcpassword = *******

#to be used with the multi-wallet feature

see https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.15.0.md#multi-wallet-support

empty means default file, for when using a single wallet file

wallet_filename =

how often in seconds to poll for new transactions when electrum not connected

poll_interval_listening = 30

how often in seconds to poll for new transactions when electrum is connected

poll_interval_connected = 1

Parameters for dealing with deterministic wallets

how many addresses to import first time, should be big because if you import too little you may have to rescan again

initial_import_count = 1000

number of unused addresses kept at the head of the wallet

gap_limit = 25

[electrum-server]

0.0.0.0 to accept connections from any IP

#127.0.0.1 to accept from only localhost
host = 127.0.0.1
port = 50002

space-separated whitelist of IP addresses

accepts CIDR notation eg 192.168.0.0/16 or 2a01:4f8:1f1::/120

star (*) means all are accepted

generally requires host binding (above) to be 0.0.0.0

ip_whitelist = *

#SSL certificate
#uses the default one, which is fine because by default nobody should be

allowed to connect to your server or scan your packets

#to generate another certificate see https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum-server/blob/ce1b11d7f5f7a70a3b6cc7ec1d3e552436e54ffe/HOWTO.md#step-8-create-a-self-signed-ssl-cert
certfile = certs/cert.crt
keyfile = certs/cert.key

Option for disabling the fee histogram calculation

It improves server responsiveness but stops mempool-based Electrum features

This is useful on low powered devices at times when the node mempool is large

disable_mempool_fee_histogram = false

How often in seconds to update the mempool

this mempool is used to calculate the mempool fee histogram

mempool_update_interval = 60

Parameter for broadcasting unconfirmed transactions

Options are:

* tor-or-own-node (use tor if tor is running locally, otherwise own-node)

* own-node (broadcast using the connected full node)

* tor (broadcast to random nodes over tor)

* system %s (save transaction to file, and invoke system command

with file path as parameter %s)

broadcast_method = tor-or-own-node

For tor broadcasting (broadcast_method = tor) configure

the tor proxy host and port below

tor_host = localhost
tor_port = 9050

= Notes on tor broadcasting =

If using tor broadcasting, make sure you set walletbroadcast=0 in

your bitcoin.conf file

If your full node is connected to the internet only via tor then you dont

need separate tor broadcasting

[watch-only-addresses]
#Add individual addresses to this section, for example paper wallets
#Dont use this section for adding entire wallets, instead use the

above section master-public-keys

#addr = 1DuqpoeTB9zLvVCXQG53VbMxvMkijk494n

A space separated list is also accepted

#my_test_addresses = 3Hh7QujVLqz11tiQsnUE5CSL16WEHBmiyR 1PXRLo1FQoZyF1Jhnz4qbG5x8Bo3pFpybz bc1qar0srrr7xfkvy5l643lydnw9re59gtzzwf5mdq

multiple addresses may also be added in separate lines (like master public keys above)

#addr2 = 3anotheraddress

[logging]

Section for configuring the logging output

The log level. Logging messages less severe than this will not be displayed

#options are 'DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARNING', 'ERROR', 'CRITICAL'
#Information printed to the log file is always at level DEBUG
log_level_stdout = INFO

Location of log file, leave empty to use the default location in temp dir

log_file_location =

Whether to append to log file or delete and overwrite on startup

append_log = false

Format to use for logging messages

#see docs https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.html#formatter-objects
log_format = %(levelname)s:%(asctime)s: %(message)s

---

ERRORS:

after removing the datadir section entirely

electrum-personal-server config.ini
INFO:2023-07-10 15:01:11,515: Starting Electrum Personal Server 0.2.4
INFO:2023-07-10 15:01:11,516: Logging to /tmp/electrumpersonalserver.log
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/configparser.py", line 790, in get
value = d[option]
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/collections/init.py", line 986, in getitem
return self.missing(key) # support subclasses that define missing
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/collections/init.py", line 978, in missing
raise KeyError(key)
KeyError: 'rpc_user'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/anonymous/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/electrumpersonalserver/server/common.py", line 413, in main
rpc_u = config.get("bitcoin-rpc", "rpc_user")
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/configparser.py", line 793, in get
raise NoOptionError(option, section)
configparser.NoOptionError: No option 'rpc_user' in section: 'bitcoin-rpc'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/configparser.py", line 790, in get
value = d[option]
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/collections/init.py", line 986, in getitem
return self.missing(key) # support subclasses that define missing
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/collections/init.py", line 978, in missing
raise KeyError(key)
KeyError: 'datadir'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/anonymous/.local/bin/electrum-personal-server", line 8, in
sys.exit(main())
File "/home/anonymous/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/electrumpersonalserver/server/common.py", line 417, in main
cookie_path = obtain_cookie_file_path(config.get(
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/configparser.py", line 793, in get
raise NoOptionError(option, section)
configparser.NoOptionError: No option 'datadir' in section: 'bitcoin-rpc'

ERRORS2:

after just commenting out datadir

electrum-personal-server config.ini
INFO:2023-07-10 14:55:18,510: Starting Electrum Personal Server 0.2.4
INFO:2023-07-10 14:55:18,510: Logging to /tmp/electrumpersonalserver.log
WARNING:2023-07-10 14:55:18,511: Unable to find .cookie file, try setting datadir config