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

🔑 Key management
Add new key
lavad keys add walletRecover existing key
lavad keys add wallet --recoverList all keys
lavad keys listDelete key
lavad keys delete walletExport key to the file
lavad keys export walletImport key from the file
lavad keys import wallet wallet.backupQuery wallet balance
lavad q bank balances $(lavad keys show wallet -a)👷 Validator management
Create new validator
lavad tx staking create-validator \
--amount=1000000ulava \
--pubkey=$(lavad tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker="YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity="YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details="YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website="YOUR_WEBSITE_URL" \
--chain-id=lava-testnet-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=0ulava \
-yEdit existing validator
lavad tx staking edit-validator \
--moniker="YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity="YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details="YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website="YOUR_WEBSITE_URL"
--chain-id=lava-testnet-1 \
--commission-rate=0.05 \
--from=wallet \
--gas-adjustment=1.4 \
--gas=auto \
--gas-prices=0ulava \
-yUnjail validator
lavad tx slashing unjail --from wallet --chain-id lava-testnet-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0ulava -yJail reason
lavad query slashing signing-info $(lavad tendermint show-validator)List all active validators
lavad 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
lavad 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
lavad q staking validator $(lavad keys show wallet --bech val -a)💲 Token management
Withdraw rewards from all validators
lavad tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from wallet --chain-id lava-testnet-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0ulava -yWithdraw commission and rewards from your validator
lavad tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(lavad keys show wallet --bech val -a) --commission --from wallet --chain-id lava-testnet-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0ulava -yDelegate tokens to yourself
lavad tx staking delegate $(lavad keys show wallet --bech val -a) 1000000ulava --from wallet --chain-id lava-testnet-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0ulava -yDelegate tokens to validator
lavad tx staking delegate <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000ulava --from wallet --chain-id lava-testnet-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0ulava -yRedelegate tokens to another validator
lavad tx staking redelegate $(lavad keys show wallet --bech val -a) <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000ulava --from wallet --chain-id lava-testnet-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0ulava -yUnbond tokens from your validator
lavad tx staking unbond $(lavad keys show wallet --bech val -a) 1000000ulava --from wallet --chain-id lava-testnet-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0ulava -ySend tokens to the wallet
lavad tx bank send wallet <TO_WALLET_ADDRESS> 1000000ulava --from wallet --chain-id lava-testnet-1🗳 Governance
List all proposals
lavad query gov proposalsView proposal by id
lavad query gov proposal 1Vote 'Yes'
lavad tx gov vote 1 yes --from wallet --chain-id lava-testnet-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0ulava -yVote 'No'
lavad tx gov vote 1 no --from wallet --chain-id lava-testnet-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0ulava -yVote 'Abstain'
lavad tx gov vote 1 abstain --from wallet --chain-id lava-testnet-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0ulava -yVote 'NoWithVeto'
lavad tx gov vote 1 nowithveto --from wallet --chain-id lava-testnet-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0ulava -y⚡️ Utility
Update ports
CUSTOM_PORT=10
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${CUSTOM_PORT}658\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${CUSTOM_PORT}657\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:${CUSTOM_PORT}060\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}656\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":${CUSTOM_PORT}660\"%" $HOME/.lava/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}317\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":${CUSTOM_PORT}080\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}090\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}091\"%" $HOME/.lava/config/app.tomlUpdate Indexer
Disable indexer
sed -i -e 's|^indexer *=.*|indexer = "null"|' $HOME/.lava/config/config.tomlEnable indexer
sed -i -e 's|^indexer *=.*|indexer = "kv"|' $HOME/.lava/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/.lava/config/app.toml🚨 Maintenance
Get validator info
lavad status 2>&1 | jq .ValidatorInfoGet sync info
lavad status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfoGet node peer
echo $(lavad tendermint show-node-id)'@'$(curl -s ifconfig.me)':'$(cat $HOME/.lava/config/config.toml | sed -n '/Address to listen for incoming connection/{n;p;}' | sed 's/.*://; s/".*//')Check if validator key is correct
[[ $(lavad q staking validator $(lavad keys show wallet --bech val -a) -oj | jq -r .consensus_pubkey.key) = $(lavad 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:44657/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 = \"0ulava\"/" $HOME/.lava/config/app.tomlEnable prometheus
sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.lava/config/config.tomlReset chain data
lavad tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.lava --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 lavad
sudo systemctl disable lavad
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/lavad.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
rm -f $(which lavad)
rm -rf $HOME/.lava
rm -rf $HOME/lava⚙️ Service Management
Reload service configuration
sudo systemctl daemon-reloadEnable service
sudo systemctl enable lavadDisable service
sudo systemctl disable lavadStart service
sudo systemctl start lavadStop service
sudo systemctl stop lavadRestart service
sudo systemctl restart lavadCheck service status
sudo systemctl status lavadCheck service logs
sudo journalctl -u lavad -f --no-hostname -o catLast updated