Useful commands

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

🔑 Key management

Add new key

althea keys add wallet

Recover existing key

althea keys add wallet --recover

List all keys

althea keys list

Delete key

althea keys delete wallet

Export key to the file

althea keys export wallet

Import key from the file

althea keys import wallet wallet.backup

Query wallet balance

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

👷 Validator management

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

Create new validator

althea tx staking create-validator \
--amount 1000000ualthea \
--pubkey $(althea tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker "YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity "YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details "YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website "YOUR_WEBSITE_URL" \
--chain-id althea_7357-1 \
--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 0ualthea \
-y

Edit existing validator

althea tx staking edit-validator \
--new-moniker "YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity "YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details "YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website "YOUR_WEBSITE_URL" \
--chain-id althea_7357-1 \
--commission-rate 0.05 \
--from wallet \
--gas-adjustment 1.4 \
--gas auto \
--gas-prices 0ualthea \
-y

Unjail validator

althea tx slashing unjail --from wallet --chain-id althea_7357-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0ualthea -y

Jail reason

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

List all active validators

althea 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

althea 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

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

💲 Token management

Withdraw rewards from all validators

althea tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from wallet --chain-id althea_7357-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0ualthea -y

Withdraw commission and rewards from your validator

althea tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(althea keys show wallet --bech val -a) --commission --from wallet --chain-id althea_7357-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0ualthea -y

Delegate tokens to yourself

althea tx staking delegate $(althea keys show wallet --bech val -a) 1000000ualthea --from wallet --chain-id althea_7357-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0ualthea -y

Delegate tokens to validator

althea tx staking delegate <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000ualthea --from wallet --chain-id althea_7357-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0ualthea -y

Redelegate tokens to another validator

althea tx staking redelegate $(althea keys show wallet --bech val -a) <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000ualthea --from wallet --chain-id althea_7357-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0ualthea -y

Unbond tokens from your validator

althea tx staking unbond $(althea keys show wallet --bech val -a) 1000000ualthea --from wallet --chain-id althea_7357-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0ualthea -y

Send tokens to the wallet

althea tx bank send wallet <TO_WALLET_ADDRESS> 1000000ualthea --from wallet --chain-id althea_7357-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0ualthea -y

🗳 Governance

List all proposals

althea query gov proposals

View proposal by id

althea query gov proposal 1

Vote 'Yes'

althea tx gov vote 1 yes --from wallet --chain-id althea_7357-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0ualthea -y

Vote 'No'

althea tx gov vote 1 no --from wallet --chain-id althea_7357-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0ualthea -y

Vote 'Abstain'

althea tx gov vote 1 abstain --from wallet --chain-id althea_7357-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0ualthea -y

Vote 'NoWithVeto'

althea tx gov vote 1 NoWithVeto --from wallet --chain-id althea_7357-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0ualthea -y

⚡️ Utility

Update ports

CUSTOM_PORT=110
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\"%" $HOME/.althea/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${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/.althea/config/app.toml

Update Indexer

Disable indexer

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

Enable indexer

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

🚨 Maintenance

Get validator info

althea status 2>&1 | jq .ValidatorInfo

Get sync info

althea status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo

Get node peer

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

Check if validator key is correct

[[ $(althea q staking validator $(althea keys show wallet --bech val -a) -oj | jq -r .consensus_pubkey.key) = $(althea 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:15257/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 = \"0ualthea\"/" $HOME/.althea/config/app.toml

Enable prometheus

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

Reset chain data

althea tendermint unsafe-reset-all --keep-addr-book --home $HOME/.althea --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 althea
sudo systemctl disable althea
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/althea.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
rm -f $(which althea)
rm -rf $HOME/.althea
rm -rf $HOME/althea-chain

⚙️ Service Management

Reload service configuration

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Enable service

sudo systemctl enable althea

Disable service

sudo systemctl disable althea

Start service

sudo systemctl start althea

Stop service

sudo systemctl stop althea

Restart service

sudo systemctl restart althea

Check service status

sudo systemctl status althea

Check service logs

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