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Managing a Validator

System Service

Disable the service from starting on boot

Terminal window
sudo systemctl disable tachyon-validator

Start the service

Terminal window
sudo systemctl start tachyon-validator

Check the service status

Terminal window
sudo systemctl status tachyon-validator

Logs

View the validator logs

Terminal window
tail -f /home/ubuntu/validator.log

If you encounter any issues, check the service logs for errors.

Terminal window
sudo journalctl -t tachyon-validator -f

To check synchronization status:

Terminal window
solana catchup --our-localhost

Monitor Node Performance

Monitor you validator

Terminal window
tachyon-validator --ledger ./ledger monitor

See all network-connected nodes:

Terminal window
solana gossip

See all validators:

Terminal window
solana validators