Useful commands
Useful set of commands for node operators. From key management to chain governance.

Chain ID: celestia | Latest Version Tag: 2.3.1
🔑 Key management
Add new key
celestia-appd keys add walletRecover existing key
celestia-appd keys add wallet --recoverList all keys
celestia-appd keys listDelete key
celestia-appd keys delete walletExport key to the file
celestia-appd keys export walletImport key from the file
celestia-appd keys import wallet wallet.backupQuery wallet balance
celestia-appd q bank balances $(celestia-appd keys show wallet -a)👷 Validator management
Create new validator
celestia-appd tx staking create-validator \
--amount=1000000 \
--pubkey=$(celestia-appd tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker="YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity="YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details="YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website="YOUR_WEBSITE_URL"
--chain-id=celestia \
--commission-rate=0.05 \
--commission-max-rate=0.20 \
--commission-max-change-rate=0.01 \
--min-self-delegation=1 \
--from=wallet \
--gas-adjustment=1.4 \
--gas=auto \
-yEdit existing validator
celestia-appd tx staking edit-validator \
--moniker="YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity="YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details="YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website="YOUR_WEBSITE_URL"
--chain-id=celestia \
--commission-rate=0.05 \
--from=wallet \
--gas-adjustment=1.4 \
--gas=auto \
-yUnjail validator
celestia-appd tx slashing unjail --from wallet --chain-id celestia --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -yJail reason
celestia-appd query slashing signing-info $(celestia-appd tendermint show-validator)List all active validators
celestia-appd q staking validators -oj --limit=3000 | jq '.validators[] | select(.status=="BOND_STATUS_BONDED")' | jq -r '(.tokens|tonumber/pow(10; 6)|floor|tostring) + " \t " + .description.moniker' | sort -gr | nlList all inactive validators
celestia-appd q staking validators -oj --limit=3000 | jq '.validators[] | select(.status=="BOND_STATUS_UNBONDED")' | jq -r '(.tokens|tonumber/pow(10; 6)|floor|tostring) + " \t " + .description.moniker' | sort -gr | nlView validator details
celestia-appd q staking validator $(celestia-appd keys show wallet --bech val💲 Token management
Withdraw rewards from all validators
celestia-appd tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from wallet --chain-id celestia --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -yWithdraw commission and rewards from your validator
celestia-appd tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(celestia-appd keys show wallet --bech val -a) --commission --from wallet --chain-id celestia --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --yDelegate tokens to yourself
celestia-appd tx staking delegate $(celestia-appd keys show wallet --bech val -a) 1000000 --from wallet --chain-id celestia --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -yDelegate tokens to validator
celestia-appd tx staking delegate <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000.celestia-app --from wallet --chain-id celestia --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -yRedelegate tokens to another validator
celestia-appd tx staking redelegate $(celestia-appd keys show wallet --bech val <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000 --from wallet --chain-id celestia --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -yUnbond tokens from your validator
celestia-appd tx staking unbond $(celestia-appd keys show wallet --bech val -a) 1000000 --from wallet --chain-id celestia --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -ySend tokens to the wallet
celestia-appd tx bank send wallet <TO_WALLET_ADDRESS> 1000000 --from wallet --chain-id celestia🗳 Governance
List all proposals
celestia-appd query gov proposalsView proposal by id
celestia-appd query gov proposal 1Vote 'Yes'
celestia-appd tx gov vote 1 yes --from wallet --chain-id celestia --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -yVote 'No'
celestia-appd tx gov vote 1 no --from wallet --chain-id celestia --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -yVote 'Abstain'
celestia-appd tx gov vote 1 abstain --from wallet --chain-id celestia --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -yVote 'NoWithVeto'
celestia-appd tx gov vote 1 nowithveto --from wallet --chain-id celestia --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y⚡️ Utility
Update ports
CUSTOM_PORT=116
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${CUSTOM_PORT}58\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${CUSTOM_PORT}57\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:${CUSTOM_PORT}60\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}56\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":${CUSTOM_PORT}60\"%" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}17\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":${CUSTOM_PORT}80\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}90\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}91\"%" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/app.tomlUpdate Indexer
Disable indexer
sed -i -e 's|^indexer *=.*|indexer = "null"|' $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.tomlEnable indexer
sed -i -e 's|^indexer *=.*|indexer = "kv"|' $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.tomlUpdate pruning
sed -i \
-e 's|^pruning *=.*|pruning = "custom"|' \
-e 's|^pruning-keep-recent *=.*|pruning-keep-recent = "100"|' \
-e 's|^pruning-keep-every *=.*|pruning-keep-every = "0"|' \
-e 's|^pruning-interval *=.*|pruning-interval = "19"|' \
$HOME/.celestia-app/config/app.toml🚨 Maintenance
Get validator info
celestia-appd status 2>&1 | jq .ValidatorInfoGet sync info
celestia-appd status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfoGet node peer
echo $(celestia-appd tendermint show-node-id)'@'$(curl -s ifconfig.me)':'$(cat $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml | sed -n '/Address to listen for incoming connection/{n;p;}' | sed 's/.*://; s/".*//')Check if validator key is correct
[[ $(celestia-appd q staking validator $(celestia-appd keys show wallet --bech val -a) -oj | jq -r .consensus_pubkey.key) = $(celestia-appd status | jq -r .ValidatorInfo.PubKey.value) ]] && echo -e "\n\e[1m\e[32mTrue\e[0m\n" || echo -e "\n\e[1m\e[31mFalse\e[0m\n"Get live peers
curl -sS http://localhost:26657/net_info | jq -r '.result.peers[] | "\(.node_info.id)@\(.remote_ip):\(.node_info.listen_addr)"' | awk -F ':' '{print $1":"$(NF)}'Set minimum gas price
sed -i -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0.celestia-app\"/" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/app.tomlEnable prometheus
sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.tomlReset chain data
celestia-appd tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.celestia-app --keep-addr-bookRemove node
Please, before proceeding with the next step! All chain data will be lost! Make sure you have backed up your priv_validator_key.json!
cd $HOME
sudo systemctl stop celestia-appd
sudo systemctl disable celestia-appd
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/celestia-appd.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
rm -f $(which celestia-appd)
rm -rf $HOME/.celestia-app
rm -rf $HOME/celestia⚙️ Service Management
Reload service configuration
sudo systemctl daemon-reloadEnable service
sudo systemctl enable celestia-appdDisable service
sudo systemctl disable celestia-appdStart service
sudo systemctl start celestia-appdStop service
sudo systemctl stop celestia-appdRestart service
sudo systemctl restart celestia-appdCheck service status
sudo systemctl status celestia-appdCheck service logs
sudo journalctl -u celestia-appd -f --no-hostname -o catLast updated