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Available Nexis Network Clusters

Nexis Network maintains several different clusters with different purposes.

Before you begin make sure you have first installed the Nexis Network command line tools

Explorers:

Devnet​

  • Devnet serves as a playground for anyone who wants to take Nexis Network for a test drive, as a user, token holder, app developer, or validator.
  • Application developers should target Devnet.
  • Potential validators should first target Devnet.
  • Key differences between Devnet and Mainnet Beta:
    • Devnet tokens are not real
    • Devnet includes a token faucet for airdrops for application testing
    • Devnet may be subject to ledger resets
    • Devnet typically runs the same software release branch version as Mainnet Beta, but may run a newer minor release version than Mainnet Beta.
  • Gossip entrypoint for Devnet: entrypoint.devnet.nexis.com:8001
  • Metrics environment variable for Devnet:
export NEXIS_METRICS_CONFIG="host=https://metrics.nexis.com:8086,db=devnet,u=scratch_writer,p=topsecret"
  • RPC URL for Devnet: https://api.devnet.nexis.com
Example nexis command-line configuration​
nexis config set --url https://api.devnet.nexis.com
Example nexis-validator command-line​
$ nexis-validator \
    --identity validator-keypair.json \
    --vote-account vote-account-keypair.json \
    --known-validator dv1ZAGvdsz5hHLwWXsVnM94hWf1pjbKVau1QVkaMJ92 \
    --known-validator dv2eQHeP4RFrJZ6UeiZWoc3XTtmtZCUKxxCApCDcRNV \
    --known-validator dv4ACNkpYPcE3aKmYDqZm9G5EB3J4MRoeE7WNDRBVJB \
    --known-validator dv3qDFk1DTF36Z62bNvrCXe9sKATA6xvVy6A798xxAS \
    --only-known-rpc \
    --ledger ledger \
    --rpc-port 8899 \
    --dynamic-port-range 8000-8020 \
    --entrypoint entrypoint.devnet.nexis.com:8001 \
    --entrypoint entrypoint2.devnet.nexis.com:8001 \
    --entrypoint entrypoint3.devnet.nexis.com:8001 \
    --entrypoint entrypoint4.devnet.nexis.com:8001 \
    --entrypoint entrypoint5.devnet.nexis.com:8001 \
    --expected-genesis-hash EtWTRABZaYq6iMfeYKouRu166VU2xqa1wcaWoxPkrZBG \
    --wal-recovery-mode skip_any_corrupted_record \
    --limit-ledger-size

The --known-validators are operated by Nexis Network Labs

Testnet​

  • Testnet is where the Nexis Network core contributors stress test recent release features on a live cluster, particularly focused on network performance, stability and validator behavior.
  • Testnet tokens are not real
  • Testnet may be subject to ledger resets.
  • Testnet includes a token faucet for airdrops for application testing
  • Testnet typically runs a newer software release branch than both Devnet and Mainnet Beta
  • Gossip entrypoint for Testnet: entrypoint.testnet.nexis.com:8001
  • Metrics environment variable for Testnet:
export NEXIS_METRICS_CONFIG="host=https://metrics.nexis.com:8086,db=tds,u=testnet_write,p=c4fa841aa918bf8274e3e2a44d77568d9861b3ea"
  • RPC URL for Testnet: https://api.testnet.nexis.com
Example nexis command-line configuration​
nexis config set --url https://api.testnet.nexis.com
Example nexis-validator command-line​
$ nexis-validator \
    --identity validator-keypair.json \
    --vote-account vote-account-keypair.json \
    --known-validator 5D1fNXzvv5NjV1ysLjirC4WY92RNsVH18vjmcszZd8on \
    --known-validator dDzy5SR3AXdYWVqbDEkVFdvSPCtS9ihF5kJkHCtXoFs \
    --known-validator Ft5fbkqNa76vnsjYNwjDZUXoTWpP7VYm3mtsaQckQADN \
    --known-validator eoKpUABi59aT4rR9HGS3LcMecfut9x7zJyodWWP43YQ \
    --known-validator 9QxCLckBiJc783jnMvXZubK4wH86Eqqvashtrwvcsgkv \
    --only-known-rpc \
    --ledger ledger \
    --rpc-port 8899 \
    --dynamic-port-range 8000-8020 \
    --entrypoint entrypoint.testnet.nexis.com:8001 \
    --entrypoint entrypoint2.testnet.nexis.com:8001 \
    --entrypoint entrypoint3.testnet.nexis.com:8001 \
    --expected-genesis-hash 4uhcVJyU9pJkvQyS88uRDiswHXSCkY3zQawwpjk2NsNY \
    --wal-recovery-mode skip_any_corrupted_record \
    --limit-ledger-size

The identities of the --known-validators are:

  • 5D1fNXzvv5NjV1ysLjirC4WY92RNsVH18vjmcszZd8on - Nexis Network Labs
  • dDzy5SR3AXdYWVqbDEkVFdvSPCtS9ihF5kJkHCtXoFs - MonkeDAO
  • Ft5fbkqNa76vnsjYNwjDZUXoTWpP7VYm3mtsaQckQADN - Certus One
  • eoKpUABi59aT4rR9HGS3LcMecfut9x7zJyodWWP43YQ - SerGo
  • 9QxCLckBiJc783jnMvXZubK4wH86Eqqvashtrwvcsgkv - Algo|Stake

Mainnet Beta​

A permissionless, persistent cluster for Nexis Network users, builders, validators and token holders.

  • Tokens that are issued on Mainnet Beta are real NZT
  • Gossip entrypoint for Mainnet Beta: entrypoint.mainnet-beta.nexis.com:8001
  • Metrics environment variable for Mainnet Beta:
export NEXIS_METRICS_CONFIG="host=https://metrics.nexis.com:8086,db=mainnet-beta,u=mainnet-beta_write,p=password"
  • RPC URL for Mainnet Beta: https://api.mainnet-beta.nexis.com
Example nexis command-line configuration​
nexis config set --url https://api.mainnet-beta.nexis.com
Example nexis-validator command-line​
$ nexis-validator \
    --identity ~/validator-keypair.json \
    --vote-account ~/vote-account-keypair.json \
    --known-validator 7Np41oeYqPefeNQEHSv1UDhYrehxin3NStELsSKCT4K2 \
    --known-validator GdnSyH3YtwcxFvQrVVJMm1JhTS4QVX7MFsX56uJLUfiZ \
    --known-validator DE1bawNcRJB9rVm3buyMVfr8mBEoyyu73NBovf2oXJsJ \
    --known-validator CakcnaRDHka2gXyfbEd2d3xsvkJkqsLw2akB3zsN1D2S \
    --only-known-rpc \
    --ledger ledger \
    --rpc-port 8899 \
    --private-rpc \
    --dynamic-port-range 8000-8020 \
    --entrypoint entrypoint.mainnet-beta.nexis.com:8001 \
    --entrypoint entrypoint2.mainnet-beta.nexis.com:8001 \
    --entrypoint entrypoint3.mainnet-beta.nexis.com:8001 \
    --entrypoint entrypoint4.mainnet-beta.nexis.com:8001 \
    --entrypoint entrypoint5.mainnet-beta.nexis.com:8001 \
    --expected-genesis-hash 5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdpKuc147dw2N9d \
    --wal-recovery-mode skip_any_corrupted_record \
    --limit-ledger-size
info

The above four --known-validators are operated by Nexis Network Labs.