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Sui Validator CLI

The Sui CLI validator command provides command-level access to validator features of the Sui network.

Commands

Typing sui validator --help into your terminal or console displays the following information on available commands.

Usage: sui validator [OPTIONS] [COMMAND]

Commands:
make-validator-info
become-candidate
join-committee
leave-committee
display-metadata
update-metadata
update-gas-price Update gas price that is used to calculate Reference Gas Price
report-validator Report or un-report a validator
serialize-payload-pop Serialize the payload that is used to generate Proof of Possession. This is useful to take the payload offline for an Authority protocol
keypair to sign
display-gas-price-update-raw-txn Print out the serialized data of a transaction that sets the gas price quote for a validator
help Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:
--client.config <CONFIG> Sets the file storing the state of our user accounts (an empty one will be created if missing)
--json Return command outputs in json format
-y, --yes
-h, --help Print help

Examples

The following examples demonstrate some of the most often used commands.

Update gas price for next epoch

$ sui validator  update-gas-price 500

Toggle output

----- Transaction Digest ----
A8z83EqjmgwRNFV6sme6A5tTTTQPjiLgiW76neyvhLud

----- Transaction Data ----
╭────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Transaction Data │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Sender: 0xf...3d9 │
│ Gas Owner: 0xf...3d9 │
│ Gas Budget: 200000000 MIST │
│ Gas Price: 1000 MIST │
│ Gas Payment: │
│ ┌── │
│ │ ID: 0x8...19e │
│ │ Version: 1 │
│ │ Digest: 8UEiGYe3KL3S6JPs8uP2sbbx7sMCtzi8yJJ6SyTe9V1x │
│ └── │
│ │
│ Transaction Kind : Programmable │
│ Inputs: [Object(SharedObject { object_id: 0x0...005, initial_shared_version: SequenceNumber(1), mutable: true }), Object(ImmOrOwnedObject { object_id: 0x4...dbe, version: SequenceNumber(1), digest: o#82z9UUX9iD2Mq9zvciD56kmmDYqjF3iwaFadi3Mk16eJ }), Pure(SuiPureValue { value_type: Some(U64), value: "500" })] │
│ Commands: [ │
│ MoveCall(0x0...003::sui_system::request_set_gas_price(Input(0),Input(1),Input(2))), │
│ ] │
│ │
│ │
│ Signatures: │
│ j2FE7GNkHm9+ey0zTQrgfaTXJgGu1vYWmivrVxbUfP56vIrxMFA4XxqEyw7Q8pM1FR+JDPgCsE1kgZRGH6TZDg== │
│ │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
----- Transaction Effects ----
╭───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Transaction Effects │
├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Digest: A8z83EqjmgwRNFV6sme6A5tTTTQPjiLgiW76neyvhLud │
│ Status: Success │
│ Executed Epoch: 5 │
│ │
│ Mutated Objects: │
│ ┌── │
│ │ ID: 0x0...005 │
│ │ Owner: Shared │
│ │ Version: 16 │
│ │ Digest: ER2L6MxrqKNAsaRd9pWdMwvLzXG3ocGQnytnP9s5QLeh │
│ └── │
│ ┌── │
│ │ ID: 0x4...dbe │
│ │ Owner: Account Address ( 0xf45...3d9 ) │
│ │ Version: 16 │
│ │ Digest: 4yDkecsKPe8SnacWdECmq1yVDt7MzvpXCxbRGs74PGaB │
│ └── │
│ ┌── │
│ │ ID: 0x5...8d1 │
│ │ Owner: Object ID: ( 0x000...005 ) │
│ │ Version: 16 │
│ │ Digest: BBu5zHWWX7nnb1XcFu5VLVnKZEU6AqRRarDDjEeBtqWy │
│ └── │
│ ┌── │
│ │ ID: 0x8...19e │
│ │ Owner: Account Address ( 0xf45...3d9 ) │
│ │ Version: 16 │
│ │ Digest: 4WQp6FYctutMFzf6f2EX68xut71AMubewJ6c7GxpzX7e │
│ └── │
│ │
│ Shared Objects: │
│ ┌── │
│ │ ID: 0x0...005 │
│ │ Version: 15 │
│ │ Digest: 6vdobiuiDQpJguDxVbbMNW5ddRqEFkP67C3FWrAVYYuZ │
│ └── │
│ │
│ Gas Object: │
│ ┌── │
│ │ ID: 0x8...19e │
│ │ Owner: Account Address ( 0xf45...3d9 ) │
│ │ Version: 16 │
│ │ Digest: 4WQp6FYctutMFzf6f2EX68xut71AMubewJ6c7GxpzX7e │
│ └── │
│ │
│ Gas Cost Summary: │
│ Storage Cost: 31479200 │
│ Computation Cost: 1000000 │
│ Storage Rebate: 0 │
│ Non-refundable Storage Fee: 0 │
│ │
│ Transaction Dependencies: │
│ 2gqHgPZbjTkDWM9GnVuWU5kT9z2SWN2ggwK3ryxf8aUX │
│ EmW6DhJWRACNZAvupiTNVacZFLoZxbNJ88mrKVv9DeiJ │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

Set gas price for the next epoch

tip

Beginning with the Sui v1.24.1 release, the --gas-budget flag is no longer required for CLI commands.

$ sui validator request_set_gas_price --args 0x5 \"42\" --gas-budget GAS-BUDGET-AMOUNT>

Display the validator information

$ sui validator display-metadata 0x3...de5

Toggle output

0x3...de5's valdiator status: Active
SuiValidatorSummary {
sui_address: 0x3...de5,
protocol_pubkey_bytes: [
167,
93,
42,
177,
79,
244,
192,
168,
26,
242,
55,
119,
232,
131,
191,
112,
92,
219,
204,
109,
234,
107,
124,
116,
79,
200,
221,
159,
185,
142,
173,
161,
122,
214,
113,
183,
240,
124,
205,
8,
157,
110,
31,
85,
16,
106,
16,
34,
9,
254,
125,
36,
83,
125,
35,
231,
245,
203,
204,
43,
137,
70,
229,
201,
64,
157,
189,
203,
220,
222,
1,
121,
138,
139,
41,
108,
106,
57,
116,
212,
208,
249,
215,
18,
22,
237,
214,
179,
71,
192,
93,
89,
255,
51,
56,
158,
],
network_pubkey_bytes: [
118,
14,
165,
223,
145,
150,
130,
74,
212,
160,
218,
170,
134,
2,
206,
72,
228,
87,
35,
114,
40,
217,
206,
35,
29,
194,
81,
61,
186,
215,
56,
215,
],
worker_pubkey_bytes: [
84,
171,
204,
100,
81,
92,
16,
207,
151,
167,
70,
138,
104,
92,
100,
75,
53,
47,
212,
209,
92,
2,
109,
120,
66,
146,
180,
116,
144,
22,
139,
57,
],
proof_of_possession_bytes: [
137,
134,
236,
79,
232,
146,
206,
45,
136,
245,
8,
42,
114,
154,
128,
148,
60,
137,
214,
92,
177,
46,
118,
246,
37,
159,
183,
233,
122,
49,
121,
227,
136,
76,
48,
122,
119,
187,
194,
169,
114,
7,
16,
225,
104,
211,
100,
198,
],
name: "Staked",
description: "The leading provider of staking infrastructure",
image_url: "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/38704373",
project_url: "https://staked.us/",
net_address: "/dns/sui-mainnet.prod-eks-eu-west-1.staked.cloud/tcp/8080/http",
p2p_address: "/dns/sui-mainnet-udp.prod-eks-eu-west-1.staked.cloud/udp/8084",
primary_address: "/dns/sui-mainnet-udp.prod-eks-eu-west-1.staked.cloud/udp/8081",
worker_address: "/dns/sui-mainnet-udp.prod-eks-eu-west-1.staked.cloud/udp/8082",
next_epoch_protocol_pubkey_bytes: None,
next_epoch_proof_of_possession: None,
next_epoch_network_pubkey_bytes: None,
next_epoch_worker_pubkey_bytes: None,
next_epoch_net_address: None,
next_epoch_p2p_address: None,
next_epoch_primary_address: None,
next_epoch_worker_address: None,
voting_power: 53,
operation_cap_id: 0x4...217,
gas_price: 1000,
commission_rate: 1000,
next_epoch_stake: 42223548570491465,
next_epoch_gas_price: 1000,
next_epoch_commission_rate: 1000,
staking_pool_id: 0xc...932,
staking_pool_activation_epoch: Some(
0,
),
staking_pool_deactivation_epoch: None,
staking_pool_sui_balance: 42926894529549497,
rewards_pool: 1047712965206377,
pool_token_balance: 41704322845739375,
pending_stake: 0,
pending_total_sui_withdraw: 703345959058032,
pending_pool_token_withdraw: 683314441220777,
exchange_rates_id: 0x5...65d,
exchange_rates_size: 231,

Report a bad / non-performant validator

$ sui validator report-validator  0xf...3d9

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----- Transaction Digest ----
8jVYrpuRBmdSLP37MsQGRqUqE3kE2m8XiSS4TG4aJwXf

----- Transaction Data ----
╭────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Transaction Data │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Sender: 0xf...3d9 │
│ Gas Owner: 0xf...3d9 │
│ Gas Budget: 200000000 MIST │
│ Gas Price: 1000 MIST │
│ Gas Payment: │
│ ┌── │
│ │ ID: 0x8...19e │
│ │ Version: 16 │
│ │ Digest: 4WQp6FYctutMFzf6f2EX68xut71AMubewJ6c7GxpzX7e │
│ └── │
│ │
│ Transaction Kind : Programmable │
│ Inputs: [Object(SharedObject { object_id: 0x0...005, initial_shared_version: SequenceNumber(1), mutable: true }), Object(ImmOrOwnedObject { object_id: 0x4...dbe, version: SequenceNumber(16), digest: o#4yDkecsKPe8SnacWdECmq1yVDt7MzvpXCxbRGs74PGaB }), Pure(SuiPureValue { value_type: Some(Address), value: "0xf...3d9" })] │
│ Commands: [ │
│ MoveCall(0x0...003::sui_system::report_validator(Input(0),Input(1),Input(2))), │
│ ] │
│ │
│ │
│ Signatures: │
│ 7lJ9ezA1qjGk7nyFCESgLlg/tkVSy46dDkRgJzwgWP3qA+kAjJV8YVWFjJf2r6aLgWgCZCKnka9bkcp1V5jBAA== │
│ │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
----- Transaction Effects ----
╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Transaction Effects │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Digest: 8jVYrpuRBmdSLP37MsQGRqUqE3kE2m8XiSS4TG4aJwXf │
│ Status: Failure { error: "MoveAbort(MoveLocation { module: ModuleId { address: 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003, name: Identifier(\"sui_system_state_inner\") }, function: 16, instruction: 12, function_name: Some(\"report_validator_impl\") }, 3) in command 0" } │
│ Executed Epoch: 8 │
│ │
│ Mutated Objects: │
│ ┌── │
│ │ ID: 0x0...005 │
│ │ Owner: Shared │
│ │ Version: 25 │
│ │ Digest: 5N5zyTyFCqAkyz44FGrpr6cYdXcwk4eUCHKzyAZqehMB │
│ └── │
│ ┌── │
│ │ ID: 0x4...dbe │
│ │ Owner: Account Address ( 0xf...3d9 ) │
│ │ Version: 25 │
│ │ Digest: HCEr5bcJhKo5jfRx2gsXxGSkpcq6tm8nFGSxxwoPpkNz │
│ └── │
│ ┌── │
│ │ ID: 0x8...19e │
│ │ Owner: Account Address ( 0xf...3d9 ) │
│ │ Version: 25 │
│ │ Digest: BTzMmVABwEKXoiLsTZ79Li97Eo6HPtNtWTvib8Eq1yrH │
│ └── │
│ │
│ Shared Objects: │
│ ┌── │
│ │ ID: 0x0...005 │
│ │ Version: 24 │
│ │ Digest: BiS4pKAX3KGXbJrk4oZijy6ggKHDZJd9qPUDWxLEoNR1 │
│ └── │
│ │
│ Gas Object: │
│ ┌── │
│ │ ID: 0x8...19e │
│ │ Owner: Account Address ( 0xf...3d9 ) │
│ │ Version: 25 │
│ │ Digest: BTzMmVABwEKXoiLsTZ79Li97Eo6HPtNtWTvib8Eq1yrH │
│ └── │
│ │
│ Gas Cost Summary: │
│ Storage Cost: 4195200 │
│ Computation Cost: 1000000 │
│ Storage Rebate: 31164408 │
│ Non-refundable Storage Fee: 314792 │
│ │
│ Transaction Dependencies: │
│ 2gqHgPZbjTkDWM9GnVuWU5kT9z2SWN2ggwK3ryxf8aUX │
│ A8z83EqjmgwRNFV6sme6A5tTTTQPjiLgiW76neyvhLud │
│ B8p4pVC5pzFQRVpZ73nZfAWMt7sL4iH4x4AbDviYWuzF │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

Help

Each command has its own help section. For example sui validator report-validator --help will display the following prompt:

$ sui validator report-validator --help
Report or un-report a validator

Usage: sui validator report-validator [OPTIONS] <reportee-address>

Arguments:
<reportee-address> The Sui Address of the validator is being reported or un-reported

Options:
--operation-cap-id <operation-cap-id> Optional when sender is reporter validator itself and it holds the Cap object. Required when sender is not the reporter validator itself.
Validator's OperationCap ID can be found by using the `display-metadata` subcommand
--undo-report <undo-report> If true, undo an existing report [possible values: true, false]
--gas-budget <gas-budget> Gas budget for this transaction
--json Return command outputs in json format
-h, --help Print help