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Run Sig

Run Sig with zig or execute the binary you already built:

zig build run -- --help
./zig-out/bin/sig --help

These commands will be abbreviated as sig throughout the rest of this document.

Validator​

Startup the validator with the following command:

sig validator

Identity​

Sig stores its private key in ~/.sig/identity.key. On its first run, Sig will automatically generate a key if no key exists. To see the public key, use the identity subcommand.

sig identity

Gossip​

To run Sig as a Solana gossip client, use the gossip subcommand. Specify entrypoints to connect to a cluster. Optionally use -p to specify a custom listening port (default is 8001). For more info about gossip, see the readme.

sig gossip -p <PORT> --entrypoint <IP>:<PORT>

The following IP addresses were resolved from domains found at https://docs.solana.com/clusters.

mainnet​

sig gossip \
    --entrypoint entrypoint.mainnet-beta.solana.com:8001 \
    --entrypoint entrypoint2.mainnet-beta.solana.com:8001 \
    --entrypoint entrypoint3.mainnet-beta.solana.com:8001 \
    --entrypoint entrypoint4.mainnet-beta.solana.com:8001 \
    --entrypoint entrypoint5.mainnet-beta.solana.com:8001

devnet​

sig gossip \
    --entrypoint entrypoint.devnet.solana.com:8001 \
    --entrypoint entrypoint2.devnet.solana.com:8001 \
    --entrypoint entrypoint3.devnet.solana.com:8001 \
    --entrypoint entrypoint4.devnet.solana.com:8001 \
    --entrypoint entrypoint5.devnet.solana.com:8001

testnet​

sig gossip \
    --entrypoint entrypoint.testnet.solana.com:8001 \
    --entrypoint entrypoint2.testnet.solana.com:8001 \
    --entrypoint entrypoint3.testnet.solana.com:8001

Download a snapshot​

sig download_snapshot \
    # where to save snapshot
    -s test_data/tmp \
    # gossip peers to join network from
    --entrypoint 34.83.231.102:8001 \
    --entrypoint 145.40.67.83:8001 \
    # pubkeys of validators whos snapshot hashes you trust
    --trusted_validator x19btgySsrjuo25CJCj7oE7DREwezDhnx7pZkj2v69Nk
    # minimum MB/s speed when downloading snapshot
    --min-snapshot-download-speed 50 \