Useful commands

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

Chain ID: cosmoshub-4 | Latest Version Tag: v20.0.0

🔑 Key management

Add new key

gaiad keys add wallet

Recover existing key

gaiad keys add wallet --recover

List all keys

gaiad keys list

Delete key

gaiad keys delete wallet

Export key to the file

gaiad keys export wallet

Import key from the file

gaiad keys import wallet wallet.backup

Query wallet balance

gaiad q bank balances $(gaiad keys show wallet -a)

👷 Validator management

Please make sure you have adjusted moniker, identity, details and website to match your values.

Create new validator

gaiad tx staking create-validator \
--amount=1000000 \
--pubkey=$(gaiad tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker="YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity="YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details="YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website="YOUR_WEBSITE_URL"
--chain-id=cosmoshub-4 \
--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 \
-y

Edit existing validator

gaiad tx staking edit-validator \
--moniker="YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity="YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details="YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website="YOUR_WEBSITE_URL"
--chain-id=cosmoshub-4 \
--commission-rate=0.05 \
--from=wallet \
--gas-adjustment=1.4 \
--gas=auto \
-y

Unjail validator

gaiad tx slashing unjail --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y

Jail reason

gaiad query slashing signing-info $(gaiad tendermint show-validator)

List all active validators

gaiad 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 | nl

List all inactive validators

gaiad 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 | nl

View validator details

gaiad q staking validator $(gaiad keys show wallet --bech val

💲 Token management

Withdraw rewards from all validators

gaiad tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y

Withdraw commission and rewards from your validator

gaiad tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(gaiad keys show wallet --bech val -a) --commission --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --y

Delegate tokens to yourself

gaiad tx staking delegate $(gaiad keys show wallet --bech val -a) 1000000 --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y

Delegate tokens to validator

gaiad tx staking delegate <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000.gaia --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y

Redelegate tokens to another validator

gaiad tx staking redelegate $(gaiad keys show wallet --bech val <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000 --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y

Unbond tokens from your validator

gaiad tx staking unbond $(gaiad keys show wallet --bech val -a) 1000000 --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y

Send tokens to the wallet

gaiad tx bank send wallet <TO_WALLET_ADDRESS> 1000000 --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4

🗳 Governance

List all proposals

gaiad query gov proposals

View proposal by id

gaiad query gov proposal 1

Vote 'Yes'

gaiad tx gov vote 1 yes --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y

Vote 'No'

gaiad tx gov vote 1 no --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y

Vote 'Abstain'

gaiad tx gov vote 1 abstain --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y

Vote 'NoWithVeto'

gaiad tx gov vote 1 nowithveto --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y

⚡️ Utility

Update ports

CUSTOM_PORT=149
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\"%" $HOME/.gaia/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${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/.gaia/config/app.toml

Update Indexer

Disable indexer

sed -i -e 's|^indexer *=.*|indexer = "null"|' $HOME/.gaia/config/config.toml

Enable indexer

sed -i -e 's|^indexer *=.*|indexer = "kv"|' $HOME/.gaia/config/config.toml

Update 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/.gaia/config/app.toml

🚨 Maintenance

Get validator info

gaiad status 2>&1 | jq .ValidatorInfo

Get sync info

gaiad status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo

Get node peer

echo $(gaiad tendermint show-node-id)'@'$(curl -s ifconfig.me)':'$(cat $HOME/.gaia/config/config.toml | sed -n '/Address to listen for incoming connection/{n;p;}' | sed 's/.*://; s/".*//')

Check if validator key is correct

[[ $(gaiad q staking validator $(gaiad keys show wallet --bech val -a) -oj | jq -r .consensus_pubkey.key) = $(gaiad 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.gaia\"/" $HOME/.gaia/config/app.toml

Enable prometheus

sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.gaia/config/config.toml

Reset chain data

gaiad tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.gaia --keep-addr-book

Remove 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 gaiad
sudo systemctl disable gaiad
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/gaiad.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
rm -f $(which gaiad)
rm -rf $HOME/.gaia
rm -rf $HOME/cosmos

⚙️ Service Management

Reload service configuration

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Enable service

sudo systemctl enable gaiad

Disable service

sudo systemctl disable gaiad

Start service

sudo systemctl start gaiad

Stop service

sudo systemctl stop gaiad

Restart service

sudo systemctl restart gaiad

Check service status

sudo systemctl status gaiad

Check service logs

sudo journalctl -u gaiad -f --no-hostname -o cat