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CLI Cheatsheet

Essential CLI commands for managing your Axelar node and validator.

Key Management​

Add New Key​

axelard keys add KEY

Recover Key (via existing mnemonic)​

axelard keys add KEY --recover

List All Keys​

axelard keys list

Delete Key​

axelard keys delete KEY

Wallet Operations​

Check Wallet Balance​

axelard q bank balances $(axelard keys show KEY -a) --node https://t-axelar-rpc.ruangnode.com:443

Send Tokens​

axelard tx bank send YOUR_KEY RECEIVER_ADDRESS 1000000uaxl \
  --chain-id axelar-testnet-lisbon-3 \
  --node https://t-axelar-rpc.ruangnode.com:443 --fees 700uaxl \
  --from KEY

Withdraw Rewards from All Validators​

axelard tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards \
  --chain-id axelar-testnet-lisbon-3 \
  --node https://t-axelar-rpc.ruangnode.com:443 --fees 700uaxl \
  --from KEY

Withdraw Rewards Including Commission​

axelard tx distribution withdraw-rewards VALIDATOR_ADDRESS \
  --commission \
  --chain-id axelar-testnet-lisbon-3 \
  --node https://t-axelar-rpc.ruangnode.com:443 --fees 700uaxl \
  --from KEY

Staking Operations​

Delegate Tokens to Yourself​

axelard tx staking delegate $(axelard keys show KEY --bech val -a) 1000000uaxl \
  --chain-id axelar-testnet-lisbon-3 \
  --node https://t-axelar-rpc.ruangnode.com:443 --fees 700uaxl \
  --from KEY

Delegate Tokens to Validator​

axelard tx staking delegate VALIDATOR_ADDRESS 1000000uaxl \
  --chain-id axelar-testnet-lisbon-3 \
  --node https://t-axelar-rpc.ruangnode.com:443 --fees 700uaxl \
  --from KEY

Redelegate Tokens to Another Validator​

axelard tx staking redelegate $(axelard keys show KEY --bech val -a) VALIDATOR_ADDRESS 1000000uaxl \
  --chain-id axelar-testnet-lisbon-3 \
  --node https://t-axelar-rpc.ruangnode.com:443 --fees 700uaxl \
  --from KEY

Unbond Tokens from Your Validator​

axelard tx staking unbond $(axelard keys show KEY --bech val -a) 1000000uaxl \
  --chain-id axelar-testnet-lisbon-3 \
  --node https://t-axelar-rpc.ruangnode.com:443 --fees 700uaxl \
  --from KEY

Governance​

List All Proposals​

axelard query gov proposals --node https://t-axelar-rpc.ruangnode.com:443

Check Vote​

axelard query gov proposal PROPOSAL_NUMBER \
  --chain-id axelar-testnet-lisbon-3 \
  --node https://t-axelar-rpc.ruangnode.com:443 \
  --output json | jq

Vote on Proposal​

Vote options: yes, no, no_with_veto, abstain

axelard tx gov vote PROPOSAL_NUMBER VOTE_OPTION \
  --chain-id axelar-testnet-lisbon-3 \
  --node https://t-axelar-rpc.ruangnode.com:443 --fees 700uaxl \
  --from KEY

Validator Management​

Create Validator​

axelard tx staking create-validator \
  --amount 1000000uaxl \
  --commission-max-change-rate "0.05" \
  --commission-max-rate "0.10" \
  --commission-rate "0.05" \
  --min-self-delegation "1" \
  --pubkey=$(axelard tendermint show-validator) \
  --moniker "YOUR_MONIKER" \
  --website "https://yourwebsite.com" \
  --identity "YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
  --details "YOUR_DETAILS" \
  --security-contact="your@email.com" \
  --chain-id axelar-testnet-lisbon-3 \
  --node https://t-axelar-rpc.ruangnode.com:443 --fees 700uaxl \
  --from KEY

Edit 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-testnet-lisbon-3 \
  --commission-rate 0.05 \
  --from KEY \
  --node https://t-axelar-rpc.ruangnode.com:443 --fees 700uaxl

Unjail Validator​

axelard tx slashing unjail \
  --chain-id axelar-testnet-lisbon-3 \
  --node https://t-axelar-rpc.ruangnode.com:443 --fees 700uaxl \
  --from KEY

Check Jail Reason​

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

Get Validator Details​

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

Node 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 KEY --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 https://t-axelar-rpc.ruangnode.com:443/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

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

Remove Node​

Complete Node Removal​

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