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

#Daemon configuration

celestia-appd config node https://rpc.lavenderfive.com:443/celestia
celestia-appd config chain-id celestia

#🔑 Key management

#Add new key

celestia-appd keys add wallet

#Recover existing key

celestia-appd keys add wallet --recover

#List all keys

celestia-appd keys list

#Delete key

celestia-appd keys delete wallet

#Export key to the file

celestia-appd keys export wallet

#Import key from the file

celestia-appd keys import wallet wallet.backup

#Query wallet balance

celestia-appd q bank balances $(celestia-appd keys show wallet -a)

#👷 Validator management

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

#Create new validator

celestia-appd tx staking create-validator \
--amount 0.002utia \
--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 \
--gas-prices 0.002utia \
-y

#Edit existing validator

celestia-appd tx staking edit-validator \
--new-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 \
--gas-prices 0.002utia \
-y

#Unjail validator

celestia-appd tx slashing unjail --from wallet --chain-id celestia --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.002utia -y

#Jail 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 | nl

#List 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 | nl

#View validator details

celestia-appd q staking validator $(celestia-appd keys show wallet --bech val -a)

#💲 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 --gas-prices 0.002utia -y

#Withdraw 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 --gas-prices 0.002utia -y

#Delegate tokens to yourself

celestia-appd tx staking delegate $(celestia-appd keys show wallet --bech val -a) 0.002utia --from wallet --chain-id celestia --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.002utia -y

#Delegate tokens to validator

celestia-appd tx staking delegate  0.002utia --from wallet --chain-id celestia --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.002utia -y

#Redelegate tokens to another validator

celestia-appd tx staking redelegate $(celestia-appd keys show wallet --bech val -a)  0.002utia --from wallet --chain-id celestia --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.002utia -y

#Unbond tokens from your validator

celestia-appd tx staking unbond $(celestia-appd keys show wallet --bech val -a) 0.002utia --from wallet --chain-id celestia --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.002utia -y

#Send tokens to the wallet

celestia-appd tx bank send wallet  0.002utia --from wallet --chain-id celestia --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.002utia -y

#🗳 Governance

#List all proposals

celestia-appd query gov proposals

#View proposal by id

celestia-appd query gov proposal 1

#Vote 'Yes'

celestia-appd tx gov vote 1 yes --from wallet --chain-id celestia --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.002utia -y

#Vote 'No'

celestia-appd tx gov vote 1 no --from wallet --chain-id celestia --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.002utia -y

#Vote 'Abstain'

celestia-appd tx gov vote 1 abstain --from wallet --chain-id celestia --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.002utia -y

#Vote 'NoWithVeto'

celestia-appd tx gov vote 1 NoWithVeto --from wallet --chain-id celestia --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.002utia -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}66\"%" $HOME/.celestia-appd/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${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-appd/config/app.toml

#Update Indexer

Disable indexer

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

Enable indexer

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

#Update pruning

sed -i \
  -e 's|^pruning *=.*|pruning = "custom"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-keep-recent *=.*|pruning-keep-recent = "107"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-keep-every *=.*|pruning-keep-every = "0"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-interval *=.*|pruning-interval = "13"|' \
  $HOME/.celestia-appd/config/app.toml

#🚨 Maintenance

#Get validator info

celestia-appd status 2&gt;&amp;1 | jq .ValidatorInfo

#Get sync info

celestia-appd status 2&gt;&amp;1 | jq .SyncInfo

#Get node peer

echo $(celestia-appd tendermint show-node-id)'@'$(curl -s ifconfig.me)':'$(cat $HOME/.celestia-appd/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) ]] &amp;&amp; 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:11657/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 = \"0.002utia\"/" $HOME/.celestia-appd/config/app.toml

#Enable prometheus

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

#Reset chain data

celestia-appd tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.celestia-appd --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 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-appd
rm -rf $HOME/celestia-appd

#⚙️ Service Management

#Reload celestia-appd configuration

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

#Enable celestia-appd

sudo systemctl enable celestia-appd

#Disable celestia-appd

sudo systemctl disable celestia-appd

#Start celestia-appd

sudo systemctl start celestia-appd

#Stop celestia-appd

sudo systemctl stop celestia-appd

#Restart celestia-appd

sudo systemctl restart celestia-appd

#Check celestia-appd status

sudo systemctl status celestia-appd

#Check celestia-appd logs

sudo journalctl -u celestia-appd -f --no-hostname -o cat

Chain ID:

The unique identifier for the blockchain network.

celestia

Latest Version:

The latest version of the chain software.

v2.1.2

Github:

The Github repository hosting the code for the network in question.

celestiaorg/celestia-app

Public endpoints

Public endpoints are rate limited but can be used for basic CLI usage, node syncing or testing environments. Request an API key for enhanced access limits, we offer free trial periods of 14 days and cheap shared access plans from $50 a month.

REST/LCD

REST endpoint for querying blockchain data through the REST framework. Often available for Cosmos chains but also the main framework for Aleo as an example.

rest.lavenderfive.com:443/celestia

RPC

Remote Procedure Call endpoint for the consensus client of a blockchain. This is not an EVM endpoint (we call this json RPC) but the main framework for blockchain frameworks like Cosmos, Aptos, Sui and Near.

rpc.lavenderfive.com:443/celestia

gRPC

High-performance RPC endpoint for blockchain communication using the Google gRPC framework. This is often standard gRPC and not the "WEB" framework which is sometimes also accesible.

celestia.lavenderfive.com:443

WebSocket

WebSocket endpoint for real-time blockchain updates of the consensus client. This is not the EVM websocket integration, we name and expose that separately. WS is commonly available for Cosmos and Move networks that also expose a REST endpoint.

wss://rpc.lavenderfive.com:443/celestia/ws

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