Useful commands

🔑 Key management

Add new key

axelard keys add wallet

Recover existing key

axelard keys add wallet --recover

List all keys

axelard keys list

Delete key

axelard keys delete wallet

Export key to the file

axelard keys export wallet

Import key from the file

axelard keys import wallet wallet.backup

Query wallet balance

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

👷 Validator management

info

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

Create new validator

axelard tx staking create-validator \
--amount 1000000uaxl \
--pubkey $(axelard tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker "owlstake" \
--identity "6B73E2068E0C0C4C" \
--details "We are a Professional Validator of PoS Cryptocurrencies who helps investors and token holders gain profits from their assets by consistently increasing their yields via non-custodial staking. Join us, stake, and earn." \
--website "https://owlstake.com" \
--chain-id axelar-dojo-1 \
--commission-rate 0.05 \
--commission-max-rate 0.20 \
--commission-max-change-rate 0.1 \
--min-self-delegation 1 \
--from wallet \
--gas-adjustment 1.4 \
--gas auto \
--gas-prices 0.007uaxl \
-y

Edit existing validator

axelard tx staking edit-validator \
--new-moniker "YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity "YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details "YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website "YOUR_WEBSITE_URL" \
--chain-id axelar-dojo-1 \
--commission-rate 0.05 \
--from wallet \
--gas-adjustment 1.4 \
--gas auto \
--gas-prices 0.007uaxl \
-y

Unjail validator

axelard tx slashing unjail --from wallet --chain-id axelar-dojo-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.007uaxl -y

Jail reason

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

List all active validators

axelard 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

axelard 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

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

💲 Token management

Withdraw rewards from all validators

axelard tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from wallet --chain-id axelar-dojo-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.007uaxl -y

Withdraw commission and rewards from your validator

axelard tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(axelard keys show wallet --bech val -a) --commission --from wallet --chain-id axelar-dojo-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.007uaxl -y

Delegate tokens to yourself

axelard tx staking delegate $(axelard keys show wallet --bech val -a) 1000000uaxl --from wallet --chain-id axelar-dojo-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.007uaxl -y

Delegate tokens to validator

axelard tx staking delegate <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000uaxl --from wallet --chain-id axelar-dojo-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.007uaxl -y

Redelegate tokens to another validator

axelard tx staking redelegate $(axelard keys show wallet --bech val -a) <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000uaxl --from wallet --chain-id axelar-dojo-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.007uaxl -y

Unbond tokens from your validator

axelard tx staking unbond $(axelard keys show wallet --bech val -a) 1000000uaxl --from wallet --chain-id axelar-dojo-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.007uaxl -y

Send tokens to the wallet

axelard tx bank send wallet <TO_WALLET_ADDRESS> 1000000uaxl --from wallet --chain-id axelar-dojo-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.007uaxl -y

🗳 Governance

List all proposals

axelard query gov proposals

View proposal by id

axelard query gov proposal 1

Vote 'Yes'

axelard tx gov vote 1 yes --from wallet --chain-id axelar-dojo-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.007uaxl -y

Vote 'No'

axelard tx gov vote 1 no --from wallet --chain-id axelar-dojo-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.007uaxl -y

Vote 'Abstain'

axelard tx gov vote 1 abstain --from wallet --chain-id axelar-dojo-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.007uaxl -y

Vote 'NoWithVeto'

axelard tx gov vote 1 NoWithVeto --from wallet --chain-id axelar-dojo-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.007uaxl -y

⚡️ Utility

Update ports

CUSTOM_PORT=129
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\"%" $HOME/.axelar/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${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/.axelar/config/app.toml

Update Indexer

Disable indexer

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

Enable indexer

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

🚨 Maintenance

Get validator info

axelard status 2>&1 | jq .ValidatorInfo

Get sync info

axelard status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo

Get node peer

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

Check if validator key is correct

[[ $(axelard q staking validator $(axelard keys show wallet --bech val -a) -oj | jq -r .consensus_pubkey.key) = $(axelard 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:11757/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 = \"0.007uaxl\"/" $HOME/.axelar/config/app.toml

Enable prometheus

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

Reset chain data

axelard tendermint unsafe-reset-all --keep-addr-book --home $HOME/.axelar --keep-addr-book

Remove node

danger

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 axelard
sudo systemctl disable axelard
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/axelard.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
rm -f $(which axelard)
rm -rf $HOME/.axelar
rm -rf $HOME/axelar-core

⚙️ Service Management

Reload service configuration

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Enable service

sudo systemctl enable axelard

Disable service

sudo systemctl disable axelard

Start service

sudo systemctl start axelard

Stop service

sudo systemctl stop axelard

Restart service

sudo systemctl restart axelard

Check service status

sudo systemctl status axelard

Check service logs

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