Restore from ELECTRUM_MASTER_PRIVATE_KEY or ELECTRUM_MASTER_PUBLIC_KEY

README.md

@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ curl --data-binary '{"id":"1","method":"listaddresses"}' http://electrum:electru
 
 Always link electrum daemon to containers or bind to localhost directly and not expose 7000 port for security reasons.
 
+### 12 Factor
+You may also restore the wallet from a Master Private Key or Master Public Key by setting `ELECTRUM_MASTER_PRIVATE_KEY` or `ELECTRUM_MASTER_PUBLIC_KEY` env vars. This is useful in a setup like Kubernetes.
+
 ## API
 
 * [Electrum protocol specs](http://docs.electrum.org/en/latest/protocol.html)

docker-compose.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ services:
     build: .
     ports:
       - "7000:7000"
-    command: run.sh
+    command: /run.sh
     environment:
       ELECTRUM_RPCUSER: electrum
       ELECTRUM_RPCPASSWORD: electrumz
+      ELECTRUM_MASTER_PRIVATE_KEY: xprv9s21ZrQH143K2qhNXjGPHr6Rdz3h2N5dnt4sFspFnDqP8rPCXi5YPHq6hqQ2jSJb6XM4qwbfwMqxP5qsFRFRBKMPnE3WiAhFsBkVcMv2rYX
+      ELECTRUM_MASTER_PUBLIC_KEY: xpub661MyMwAqRbcFKmqdkoPez3AC1tBRpoVA6zU4GDsLZNN1eiM5FPnw69aZ6NbpahyLMsKeyjf2eqS64xSqYfsj9YWFWUpKtzbXmkLiAsRyCF

run.sh

@@ -10,7 +10,21 @@ electrum setconfig rpcpassword ${ELECTRUM_RPCPASSWORD}
 electrum setconfig rpcport 7777
 
 # run application
-electrum daemon start && socat -v TCP-LISTEN:7000,fork TCP:127.0.0.1:7777
+electrum daemon start
+
+if [ -n "$ELECTRUM_MASTER_PRIVATE_KEY" ];
+then
+  echo "Restoring and loading wallet from Master Private Key"
+  echo | electrum restore $ELECTRUM_MASTER_PRIVATE_KEY
+  electrum daemon load_wallet
+elif [ -n "$ELECTRUM_MASTER_PUBLIC_KEY" ];
+then
+  echo "Restoring and loading wallet from Master Public Key"
+  electrum restore $ELECTRUM_MASTER_PUBLIC_KEY
+  electrum daemon load_wallet
+fi
+
+socat -v TCP-LISTEN:7000,fork TCP:127.0.0.1:7777
 
 # wait forever
 while true; do