Validator Commands
14 min
Help
Check the help file.
Add --help behind ANY validator command to get help on that command or subcommand (ie xandeum validators --help)
xandeum --help
Gossip
Check the machines connected to the cluster
xandeum gossip
Validators
Check the current and delinquent validators, stake and software version.
xandeum validatorsThis will sort by highest skip-rate.
xandeum validators --sort skip-rate --reverse
Delinquent Validators
Show only delinquent validators by grep for the ⚠️ symbol
xandeum validators | grep -P '\x{26A0}'
LOGS
Follow the log file (it moves fast, can be combined with options such as pipe to grep)
tail -f xand-validator.logtail -f xand-validator.log | grep "search terms"
EXIT
To properly shut down a validator
Use exit command to:
- Check for upcoming leader slots
- Note: with our cluster size, we will almost always be missing leader slots by shutting down so we need to bypass this check with --min-idle-time
- Check cluster for delinquent stake
- Take local snapshot
- Stop your validator
xandeum-validator --ledger ~/ledger exit --max-delinquent-stake 10 --min-idle-time 0 --monitor
Exit is holding for upcoming leader slot
NOTE: If you have a system service set up on the machine, then you also need to stop the service or it will auto-restart!
sudo systemctl stop xand.servicesudo systemctl status xand.service
Get Config
xandeum config get