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description: Pantheon command line interface reference

Pantheon Command Line

!!! important "Breaking Changes in v0.9" In v0.9, the command line changed to improve usability. These are breaking changes; that is, in many cases the v0.8 command line options no longer work. This reference and the rest of the documentation has been updated to reflect these changes. The release notes include a mapping of the previous command line options to the new options.

This reference describes the syntax of the Pantheon Command Line Interface (CLI) options and subcommands.

pantheon [OPTIONS] [COMMAND]

Runs the Pantheon Ethereum full node client.

!!!tip Use a configuration file to save the command line options in a file.

Options

banned-node-ids

--banned-node-ids=<bannedNodeId>[,<bannedNodeId>...]...

--banned-nodeids=0xc35c3...d615f,0xf42c13...fc456

banned-nodeids=["0xc35c3...d615f","0xf42c13...fc456"]

List of node IDs with which this node will not peer. The node ID is the public key of the node. You can specify the banned node IDs with or without the 0x prefix.

!!!tip The singular --banned-node-id and plural --banned-node-ids are available and are two names for the same option.

bootnodes

--bootnodes[=<enode://id@host:port>[,<enode://id@host:port>...]...]

--bootnodes=enode://c35c3...d615f@1.2.3.4:30303,enode://f42c13...fc456@1.2.3.5:30303

bootnodes=["enode://c35c3...d615f@1.2.3.4:30303","enode://f42c13...fc456@1.2.3.5:30303"]

--bootnodes

List of comma-separated enode URLs for P2P discovery bootstrap.

When connecting to MainNet or public testnets, the default is a predefined list of enode URLs.

On custom networks defined by --genesis-file option, an empty list of bootnodes is defined by default unless you define custom bootnodes as described in private network documentation.

!!! note Specifying that a node is a bootnode must be done on the command line using --bootnodes option without value, not in a configuration file.

config-file

--config-file=<FILE>

--config-file=/home/me/me_node/config.toml

The path to the TOML configuration file. The default is none.

!!!note This option is not used when running Pantheon from the Docker image or in a configuration file.

data-path

--data-path=<PATH>

--data-path=/home/me/me_node

data-path="/home/me/me_node"

The path to the Pantheon data directory. The default is the /build/distributions/pantheon-<version> directory in the Pantheon installation directory.

!!!note This option is not used when running Pantheon from the Docker image.

discovery-enabled

--discovery-enabled=false

discovery-enabled=false

Enables or disables P2P peer discovery. The default is true.

genesis-file

Genesis file is used to create a custom network.

!!!tip To use a public Ethereum network such as Rinkeby, use the --network option. The network option defines the genesis file for public networks.

--genesis-file=<FILE>

--genesis-file=/home/me/me_node/customGenesisFile.json

genesis-file="/home/me/me_node/customGenesisFile.json"

The path to the genesis file.

!!!important The --genesis-file and --network option can't be used at the same time.

!!!note This option is not used when running Pantheon from the Docker image.

host-whitelist

--host-whitelist=<hostname>[,<hostname>...]... or * or all

--host-whitelist=medomain.com,meotherdomain.com

host-whitelist=["medomain.com", "meotherdomain.com"]

Comma-separated list of hostnames to allow access to the JSON-RPC API. By default, access from localhost and 127.0.0.1 is accepted.

!!!tip To allow all hostnames, use * or all. We don't recommend allowing all hostnames for production code.

max-peers

--max-peers=<INTEGER>

--max-peers=42

max-peers=42

Specifies the maximum P2P peer connections that can be established. The default is 25.

metrics-category

--metrics-category=<metrics-category>[,metrics-category...]...

--metrics-category=BLOCKCHAIN,PEERS,PROCESS

metrics-category=["BLOCKCHAIN","PEERS","PROCESS"]

Comma separated list of categories for which to track metrics. The default is all categories: BIG_QUEUE, BLOCKCHAIN, EXECUTORS, JVM, NETWORK, PEERS, PROCESS, ROCKSDB, RPC, SYNCHRONIZER.

metrics-enabled

--metrics-enabled

metrics-enabled=true

Set to true to enable the metrics exporter. The default is false.

--metrics-enabled cannot be specified with --metrics-push-enabled. That is, either Prometheus polling or Prometheus push gateway support can be enabled but not both at once.

metrics-host

--metrics-host=<HOST>

--metrics-host=127.0.0.1

metrics-host="127.0.0.1"

Specifies the host on which Prometheus accesses Pantheon metrics. The metrics server respects the --host-whitelist option.

The default is 127.0.0.1.

metrics-port

--metrics-port=<PORT>

--metrics-port=6174

metrics-port="6174"

Specifies the port (TCP) on which Prometheus accesses Pantheon metrics. The default is 9545. Ports must be exposed appropriately.

metrics-push-enabled

--metrics-push-enabled[=<true|false>]

--metrics-push-enabled

metrics-push-enabled="true"

Set to true to start the push gateway integration.

--metrics-push-enabled cannot be specified with --metrics-enabled. That is, either Prometheus polling or Prometheus push gateway support can be enabled but not both at once.

metrics-push-host

--metrics-push-host=<HOST>

--metrics-push-host=127.0.0.1

metrics-push-host="127.0.0.1"

Host of the Prometheus Push Gateway. The default is 127.0.0.1. The metrics server respects the --host-whitelist option.

!!! note When pushing metrics, ensure --metrics-push-host is set to the machine on which the push gateway is. Generally, this will be a different machine to the machine on which Pantheon is running.

metrics-push-interval

--metrics-push-interval=<INTEGER>

--metrics-push-interval=30

metrics-push-interval=30

Interval in seconds to push metrics when in push mode. The default is 15.

metrics-push-port

--metrics-push-port=<PORT>

--metrics-push-port=6174

metrics-push-port="6174"

Port (TCP) of the Prometheus Push Gateway. The default is 9001. Ports must be exposed appropriately.

metrics-push-prometheus-job

--metrics-prometheus-job=<metricsPrometheusJob>

--metrics-prometheus-job="my-custom-job"

metrics-prometheus-job="my-custom-job"

Job name when in push mode. The default is pantheon-client.

miner-coinbase

--miner-coinbase=<Ethereum account address>

--miner-coinbase=fe3b557e8fb62b89f4916b721be55ceb828dbd73

--miner-coinbase="0xfe3b557e8fb62b89f4916b721be55ceb828dbd73"

Account to which mining rewards are paid. You must specify a valid coinbase when you enable mining using the --miner-enabled option or the miner_start JSON RPC-API method.

!!!note This option is ignored in networks using Clique and IBFT 2.0 consensus protocols.

miner-enabled

--miner-enabled

miner-enabled=true

Enables mining when the node is started. Default is false.

miner-extra-data

--miner-extra-data=<Extra data>

--miner-extra-data=0x444F4E27542050414E4943202120484F444C2C20484F444C2C20484F444C2021

miner-extra-data="0x444F4E27542050414E4943202120484F444C2C20484F444C2C20484F444C2021"

A hex string representing the 32 bytes to be included in the extra data field of a mined block. The default is 0x.

min-gas-price

--min-gas-price=<minTransactionGasPrice>

--min-gas-price=1337

min-gas-price="1337"

The minimum price that a transaction offers for it to be included in a mined block. The default is 1000.

network

--network=<NETWORK>

--network=rinkeby

network="rinkeby"

Predefined network configuration. The default is mainnet.

Possible values are :

mainnet: Main Ethereum network
ropsten: PoW test network similar to current main Ethereum network.
rinkeby: PoA test network using Clique.
goerli: PoA test network using Clique.
dev: PoW development network with a very low difficulty to enable local CPU mining.

!!!note Values are case insensitive, so either mainnet or MAINNET works.

!!!important The --network and --genesis-file option cannot be used at the same time.

network-id

--network-id=<INTEGER>

--network-id=8675309

network-id="8675309"

P2P network identifier.

This option can be used to override the default network ID. The default value is the network chain ID defined in the genesis file.

node-private-key-file

--node-private-key-file=<FILE>

--node-private-key-file=/home/me/me_node/myPrivateKey

node-private-key-file="/home/me/me_node/myPrivateKey"

<FILE> is the path of the private key file of the node. The default is the key file in the data directory. If no key file exists, a key file containing the generated private key is created; otherwise, the existing key file specifies the node private key.

!!!attention The private key is not encrypted.

!!!note This option is not used when running Pantheon from the Docker image.

p2p-enabled

--p2p-enabled=<true|false>

--p2p-enabled=false

p2p-enabled=false

Enables or disables all p2p communication. The default is true.

p2p-host

--p2p-host=<HOST>

# to listen on all interfaces
--p2p-host=0.0.0.0

p2p-host="0.0.0.0"

Specifies the host on which P2P listens. The default is 127.0.0.1.

!!!note This option is not used when running Pantheon from the Docker image.

p2p-port

--p2p-port=<PORT>

# to listen on port 1789
--p2p-port=1789

p2p-port="1789"

Specifies the P2P listening ports (UDP and TCP). The default is 30303. Ports must be exposed appropriately.

!!!note This option is not used when running Pantheon from the Docker image.

permissions-accounts-enabled

--permissions-accounts-enabled[=<true|false>]

--permissions-accounts-enabled

permissions-accounts-enabled=true

Set to enable account level permissions.

The default is false.

permissions-config-file

--permissions-config-file=<FILE>

--permissions-config-file=/home/me/me_configFiles/myPermissionsFile

permissions-config-file="/home/me/me_configFiles/myPermissionsFile"

Path to the permissions configuration file. The default is the permissions_config.toml file in the data directory.

!!!note This option is not used when running Pantheon from the Docker image.

permissions-nodes-enabled

--permissions-nodes-enabled[=<true|false>]

--permissions-nodes-enabled

permissions-nodes-enabled=true

Set to enable node level permissions. The default is false.

privacy-enabled

--privacy-enabled[=<true|false>]

--privacy-enabled=false

privacy-enabled=false

Set to enable private transactions. The default is false.

!!!note Privacy is under development and will be available in v1.1.

privacy-precompiled-address

--privacy-precompiled-address=<privacyPrecompiledAddress>

Address to which the privacy pre-compiled contract is mapped. The default is 126.

!!!note Privacy is under development and will be available in v1.1.

privacy-public-key-file

--privacy-public-key-file=<privacyPublicKeyFile>

Path to the public key for the enclave.

!!!note Privacy is under development and will be available in v1.1.

!!!note This option is not used when running Pantheon from the Docker image.

privacy-url

--privacy-url=<privacyUrl>

URL on which enclave is running.

!!!note Privacy is under development and will be available in v1.1.

rpc-http-api

--rpc-http-api=<api name>[,<api name>...]...

--rpc-http-api=ETH,NET,WEB3

rpc-http-api=["ETH","NET","WEB3"]

Comma-separated APIs to enable on the HTTP JSON-RPC channel. When you use this option, the --rpc-http-enabled option must also be specified. The available API options are: ADMIN, ETH, NET, WEB3, CLIQUE, IBFT, PERM, DEBUG, MINER, EEA, and TXPOOL. The default is: ETH, NET, WEB3.

!!!note EEA methods are for privacy features. Privacy features are under development and will be available in v1.1.

!!!tip The singular --rpc-http-api and plural --rpc-http-apis are available and are two names for the same option.

rpc-http-authentication-credentials-file

--rpc-http-authentication-credentials-file=<FILE>

--rpc-http-authentication-credentials-file=/home/me/me_node/auth.toml

rpc-http-authentication-credentials-file="/home/me/me_node/auth.toml"

Credentials file for JSON-RPC API authentication.

!!!note This option is not used when running Pantheon from the Docker image.

rpc-http-authentication-enabled

--rpc-http-authentication-enabled

--rpc-http-authentication-enabled

rpc-http-authentication-enabled=true

Set to true to require authentication for the HTTP JSON-RPC service.

rpc-http-cors-origins

--rpc-http-cors-origins=<url>[,<url>...]... or all or *

# You can whitelist one or more domains with a comma-separated list.

--rpc-http-cors-origins="http://medomain.com","https://meotherdomain.com"

rpc-http-cors-origins=["http://medomain.com","https://meotherdomain.com"]

# The following allows Remix to interact with your Pantheon node.

--rpc-http-cors-origins="http://remix.ethereum.org"

Specifies domain URLs for CORS validation. Domain URLs must be enclosed in double quotes and comma-separated.

Listed domains can access the node using JSON-RPC. If your client interacts with Pantheon using a browser app (such as Remix or a block explorer), you must whitelist the client domains.

The default value is "none". If you don't whitelist any domains, browser apps cannot interact with your Pantheon node.

!!!note To run a local Pantheon node as a backend for MetaMask and use MetaMask anywhere, set --rpc-http-cors-origins to "all" or "*". To allow a specific domain to use MetaMask with the Pantheon node, set --rpc-http-cors-origins to the client domain.

!!!tip For development purposes, you can use "all" or "*" to accept requests from any domain, but we don't recommend this for production code.

rpc-http-enabled

--rpc-http-enabled

rpc-http-enabled=true

Set to true to enable the HTTP JSON-RPC service. The default is false.

rpc-http-host

--rpc-http-host=<HOST>

# to listen on all interfaces
--rpc-http-host=0.0.0.0

rpc-http-host="0.0.0.0"

Specifies the host on which HTTP JSON-RPC listens. The default is 127.0.0.1.

To allow remote connections, set to 0.0.0.0

!!! caution Setting the host to 0.0.0.0 exposes the RPC connection on your node to any remote connection. In a production environment, ensure you are using a firewall to avoid exposing your node to the internet.

!!!note This option is not used when running Pantheon from the Docker image.

rpc-http-port

--rpc-http-port=<PORT>

# to listen on port 3435
--rpc-http-port=3435

rpc-http-port="3435"

Specifies HTTP JSON-RPC listening port (TCP). The default is 8545. Ports must be exposed appropriately.

!!!note This option is not used when running Pantheon from the Docker image.

rpc-ws-api

--rpc-ws-api=<api name>[,<api name>...]...

--rpc-ws-api=ETH,NET,WEB3

rpc-ws-api=["ETH","NET","WEB3"]

Comma-separated APIs to enable on WebSockets channel. When you use this option, the --rpc-ws-enabled option must also be specified. The available API options are: ADMIN,ETH, NET, WEB3, CLIQUE, IBFT, PERM', DEBUG, MINER, EEA, and TXPOOL. The default is: ETH, NET, WEB3.

!!!note EEA methods are for privacy features. Privacy features are under development and will be available in v1.1.

!!!tip The singular --rpc-ws-api and plural --rpc-ws-apis are available and are just two names for the same option.

rpc-ws-authentication-credentials-file

--rpc-ws-authentication-credentials-file=<FILE>

--rpc-ws-authentication-credentials-file=/home/me/me_node/auth.toml

rpc-ws-authentication-credentials-file="/home/me/me_node/auth.toml"

Credentials file for JSON-RPC API authentication.

!!!note This option is not used when running Pantheon from the Docker image.

rpc-ws-authentication-enabled

--rpc-ws-authentication-enabled

--rpc-ws-authentication-enabled

rpc-ws-authentication-enabled=true

Set to true to require authentication for the WebSockets JSON-RPC service.

!!! note wscat does not support headers. Authentication requires an authentication token to be passed in the request header. To use authentication with WebSockets, an app that supports headers is required.

rpc-ws-enabled

--rpc-ws-enabled

rpc-ws-enabled=true

Set to true to enable the WebSockets JSON-RPC service. The default is false.

rpc-ws-host

--rpc-ws-host=<HOST>

# to listen on all interfaces
--rpc-ws-host=0.0.0.0

rpc-ws-host="0.0.0.0"

Host for Websocket WS-RPC to listen on. The default is 127.0.0.1.

To allow remote connections, set to 0.0.0.0

!!!note This option is not used when running Pantheon from the Docker image.

rpc-ws-port

--rpc-ws-port=<PORT>

# to listen on port 6174
--rpc-ws-port=6174

rpc-ws-port="6174"

Specifies Websockets JSON-RPC listening port (TCP). The default is 8546. Ports must be exposed appropriately.

!!!note This option is not used when running Pantheon from the Docker image.

help

-h, --help

Show the help message and exit.

logging

-l, --logging=<LEVEL>

--logging=DEBUG

logging="DEBUG"

Sets the logging verbosity. Log levels are OFF, FATAL, WARN, INFO, DEBUG, TRACE, ALL. Default is INFO.

version

  -V, --version

Print version information and exit.

Commands

Pantheon subcommands are:

blocks

This command provides blocks related actions.

import

$ pantheon blocks import --from=<block-file>

$ pantheon blocks import --from=/home/me/me_project/mainnet.blocks

Imports blocks from the specified file into the blockchain database

public-key

This command provides node public key related actions.

export

$ pantheon public-key export [--to=<key-file>]

$ pantheon --data-path=<node data path> public-key export

$ pantheon --data-path=<node data path> public-key export --to=/home/me/me_project/not_precious_pub_key

Outputs the node public key to standard output or writes it to the specified file if --to=<key-file> is specified.

export-address

$ pantheon public-key export-address [--to=<address-file>]

$ pantheon --data-path=<node data path> public-key export-address

$ pantheon --data-path=<node data path> public-key export-address --to=/home/me/me_project/me_node_address

Outputs the node public key address to standard output or writes it to the specified file if
--to=<key-file> is specified.

password

This command provides password related actions.

hash

This command generates the hash of a given password. Include the hash in the credentials file for JSON-RPC API authentication.

$ pantheon password hash --password=<my-password>

$ pantheon password hash --password=myPassword123

rlp

This command provides RLP related actions.

encode

This command encodes a typed JSON value from a file or from the standard input into an RLP hexadecimal string.

$ pantheon rlp encode [--from=<FILE>] [--to=<FILE>] [--type=<type>]

$ pantheon rlp encode --from=ibft_extra_data.json --to=extra_data_for_ibft_genesis.txt --type=IBFT_EXTRA_DATA

$ cat extra_data.json | pantheon rlp encode > rlp.txt

The IBFT_EXTRA_DATA type is the only type supported for RLP encoding. This data is included in the IBFT 2.0 genesis file.

???+ summary "IBFT 2.0 Extra Data" To generate the RLP encoded extraData string, specify a JSON input that is array of validator addresses in ascending order.

??? tip "JSON Schema for IBFT_EXTRA_DATA"
    The following JSON Schema can be used to validate that your JSON data is well formed. You can use an online validation tool
    such as https://www.jsonschemavalidator.net/ to validate your JSON content.
    
    ```json
    {
      "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
      "$id": "http://tech.pegasys.pantheon/cli_rlp_ibft_extra_data.json",
      "type": "array",
      "definitions": {},
      "title": "IBFT extra data",
      "description":"JSON format used as input to generate an IBFT extra data RLP string",
      "items": {
        "$id": "#/address",
        "type": "string",
        "title": "Validator address",
        "description":"The validator node address",
        "default": "",
        "examples": [
          "be068f726a13c8d46c44be6ce9d275600e1735a4",
          "5ff6f4b66a46a2b2310a6f3a93aaddc0d9a1c193"
        ],
        "pattern":"^([0-9a-f]{40})$"
      }
    }
    ``` 
    
!!!example "Example IBFT_EXTRA_DATA encoding"
    ```json tab="JSON Input"
    [
      "be068f726a13c8d46c44be6ce9d275600e1735a4",
      "5ff6f4b66a46a2b2310a6f3a93aaddc0d9a1c193"
    ]
    ```
    
    ``` tab="RLP Output"
    0xf853a00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000ea94be068f726a13c8d46c44be6ce9d275600e1735a4945ff6f4b66a46a2b2310a6f3a93aaddc0d9a1c193808400000000c0
    ```

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Pantheon Command Line

Options

banned-node-ids

bootnodes

config-file

data-path

discovery-enabled

genesis-file

host-whitelist

max-peers

metrics-category

metrics-enabled

metrics-host

metrics-port

metrics-push-enabled

metrics-push-host

metrics-push-interval

metrics-push-port

metrics-push-prometheus-job

miner-coinbase

miner-enabled

miner-extra-data

min-gas-price

network

network-id

node-private-key-file

p2p-enabled

p2p-host

p2p-port

permissions-accounts-enabled

permissions-config-file

permissions-nodes-enabled

privacy-enabled

privacy-precompiled-address

privacy-public-key-file

privacy-url

rpc-http-api

rpc-http-authentication-credentials-file

rpc-http-authentication-enabled

rpc-http-cors-origins

rpc-http-enabled

rpc-http-host

rpc-http-port

rpc-ws-api

rpc-ws-authentication-credentials-file

rpc-ws-authentication-enabled

rpc-ws-enabled

rpc-ws-host

rpc-ws-port

help

logging

version

Commands

blocks

import

public-key

export

export-address

password

hash

rlp

encode

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