# Useful commands

{% hint style="info" %}
Please note that the values in <> must be changed to your own values
{% endhint %}

### Validator configuration

#### Create validator

```
namadac init-validator \
 --alias "<NAMADA_NODENAME>" \
 --account-keys "<NAMADA_WALLET>" \
 --signing-keys "<NAMADA_WALLET>" \
 --commission-rate 0.5 \
 --max-commission-rate-change 0.05 \
 --email "<EMAIL>"
```

#### View validator state

```
namadac validator-state --validator <NAMADA_NODENAME>
```

#### Unjail validator

```
namadac unjail-validator --validator <NAMADA_NODENAME>
```

### Token operations

#### Check balance

```
namadac balance --token NAM --owner <NAMADA_NODENAME>
```

#### Delegate token

```
namadac bond --source <NAMADA_WALLET> --validator <NAMADA_NODENAME> --amount 100
```

#### Undelegate tokens from staking

```
namadac unbond --source <NAMADA_WALLET>  --validator <NAMADA_NODENAME> --amount 100
```

#### Withdraw tokens

```
namadac withdraw --source <NAMADA_WALLET> --validator <NAMADA_NODENAME>
```

#### Claim rewards

```
namadac claim-rewards --validator <NAMADA_NODENAME>
```

### Governance

#### Vote "YES"

```
namadac vote-proposal --proposal-id 0 --vote yay --signing-keys <NAMADA_WALLET> 
```

#### Vote "NO"

```
namadac vote-proposal --proposal-id 0 --vote nay --signing-keys <NAMADA_WALLET> 
```

### General commands

#### Check node status

```
namadad status | jq
```

#### Check service status

```
sudo systemctl status namadad
```

#### Check logs

```
sudo journalctl -u namadad -f --no-hostname -o cat
```

#### Restart service

```
sudo systemctl restart namadad
```

#### Stop service

```
sudo systemctl stop namadad
```

#### Start service

```
sudo systemctl start namadad
```

#### Disable service

```
sudo systemctl disable namadad
```

#### Enable service

```
sudo systemctl enable namadad
```

#### Reload service after changes

```
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
```


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