# Help please with server transfer **URL:** \ **Category:** Operate a Stake Pool\ **Created:** [8 December 2020 09:09 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/help-please-with-server-transfer/42940 "2020-12-08T09:09:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GrahamsNumberPlus1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/grahamsnumberplus1/32/32041_2.png) [@GrahamsNumberPlus1](https://forum.cardano.org/u/GrahamsNumberPlus1)\ **Post date:** [8 December 2020 09:09 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/help-please-with-server-transfer/42940/1 "2020-12-08T09:09:26Z")
Hi there - after realising that my Block Producing Node may have not been configured properly I have configured a new server and transferred over my pool certificate and my keys so as to keep my original pool and registration. This time I am using CNTools to set it up the new pool but I am lost when it comes to transferring over the pledge and the payment address. CNTools only allows me to import wallets with sets of passphrases. Is there anyway I can import or connect my old payment addresses and the address that holds the pledge to the new server. Alternatively should I just pledge again to a new wallet and try to transfer the old pledge. I have tried on Telegram but not had much luck there. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [8 December 2020 09:36 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/help-please-with-server-transfer/42940/3 "2020-12-08T09:36:35Z")
Now you should check if in priv folder you have imported all informations about your wallet…( in priv folder you should have other 2 files for wallet and for pool, check if something missing because cntools use those folders for wallet and pool informations); be sure your scripts are pointing to that folder (check the path). ---
**Author:** ![GrahamsNumberPlus1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/grahamsnumberplus1/32/32041_2.png) [@GrahamsNumberPlus1](https://forum.cardano.org/u/GrahamsNumberPlus1)\ **Post date:** [8 December 2020 12:49 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/help-please-with-server-transfer/42940/4 "2020-12-08T12:49:36Z")
Hi there and thanks for your help. At the moment I transferred the following keys from my decommissioned server and placed them in the folder …/priv/pool/MYPOOL/ These were kes.skey which I renamed to hot.skey vrf.key which I kept the name the same node.cert which I renamed to op.cert I changed these after reviewing my original setup using the Coincashew guide and assumed that the node.cert is the op.cert and the kes.skey is the hot.skey when setting up using CNTools documentation. I note that there is a folder under the path …priv/wallet/payment\_addr which is empty - should I copy my payment.addr file from my old server to this folder? Also please tell me if I have this wrong and if I need to copy other files over to the priv area? Many thanks once again. ---
**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [8 December 2020 13:15 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/help-please-with-server-transfer/42940/5 "2020-12-08T13:15:38Z")
yes, there are kept all informations about your wallet, and CNTOOLS extract informations from there here how mine looks: /opt/cardano/cnode/priv$ cd wallet/ /opt/cardano/cnode/priv/wallet$ ls -l total 4 drwx------ 2 4096 Dec 1 00:36 chrtywallet opt/cardano/cnode/priv/wallet$ cd chrtywallet/ opt/cardano/cnode/priv/wallet/chrtywallet$ ls -l total 36 -rw------- 1 103 Dec 2 12:17 base.addr -r-------- 1 243 Sep 3 15:23 delegation.cert -rw------- 1 58 Dec 2 12:17 payment.addr -r-------- 1 224 Dec 1 00:36 payment.skey.gpg -r-------- 1 190 Sep 3 13:29 payment.vkey -rw------- 1 59 Dec 2 12:17 reward.addr -r-------- 1 185 Sep 3 15:22 stake.cert -r-------- 1 220 Dec 1 00:36 stake.skey.gpg -r-------- 1 186 Sep 3 13:29 stake.vkey /opt/cardano/cnode/priv/wallet/chrtywallet$ ---
**Author:** ![GrahamsNumberPlus1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/grahamsnumberplus1/32/32041_2.png) [@GrahamsNumberPlus1](https://forum.cardano.org/u/GrahamsNumberPlus1)\ **Post date:** [8 December 2020 13:29 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/help-please-with-server-transfer/42940/6 "2020-12-08T13:29:30Z")
Thanks - sorry just to clarify then - I should copy my payment.addr file over to the priv/wallet/payment\_addr folder? I am still not sure if the certs and other addr files go into the /priv/pool/mypool folder or the /priv/wallet folder - is there a config file that I need to change for this?? ---
**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [8 December 2020 13:36 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/help-please-with-server-transfer/42940/7 "2020-12-08T13:36:20Z")
priv/wallet/payment\_addr folder … you should have priv/wallet/your\_wallet\_name and inside the folder you should have payment.addr as you can see in my case above sorry I don’t know to tell you 100% if the name of the folder is really matters… but I know that in cntools my wallet is called like my folder… if you understand, but I believe you can give what name you want ---
**Author:** ![GrahamsNumberPlus1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/grahamsnumberplus1/32/32041_2.png) [@GrahamsNumberPlus1](https://forum.cardano.org/u/GrahamsNumberPlus1)\ **Post date:** [8 December 2020 14:07 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/help-please-with-server-transfer/42940/8 "2020-12-08T14:07:40Z")
Ok thanks - I will give this a try ---
**Author:** ![GrahamsNumberPlus1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/grahamsnumberplus1/32/32041_2.png) [@GrahamsNumberPlus1](https://forum.cardano.org/u/GrahamsNumberPlus1)\ **Post date:** [8 December 2020 15:41 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/help-please-with-server-transfer/42940/9 "2020-12-08T15:41:49Z")
Hi there - not sure if you can help again but I have put my payment addr in the wallet folder along with the signing key but when I view the wallet on CNTools I get the following error Payment\_Addr Not a supporeted wallet - genesis address? Use an external script to send funds to a CNTools compatible wallet But if I register a new wallet and update my registration will I lose the existing staking information from my external wallets that are staked to the original configuration? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [8 December 2020 15:55 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/help-please-with-server-transfer/42940/10 "2020-12-08T15:55:45Z")
Sorry, I can’t help you, I’m not sure about this and I don’t want to say something wrong. I see the script createAddr.sh maybe this will help you but… again I don’t want to tell you something about I’m not sure. I think the script does the same thing like cntools…create a new wallet/address ---
**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [8 December 2020 16:16 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/help-please-with-server-transfer/42940/11 "2020-12-08T16:16:28Z")
I found something about… but you need read carefully first > ---
**Author:** ![GrahamsNumberPlus1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/grahamsnumberplus1/32/32041_2.png) [@GrahamsNumberPlus1](https://forum.cardano.org/u/GrahamsNumberPlus1)\ **Post date:** [8 December 2020 16:17 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/help-please-with-server-transfer/42940/12 "2020-12-08T16:17:49Z")
Actually I just worked it out - I added the stake keys into the wallet similar to the other wallets that CNTools created and the wallet shows as registered. Problem now is the pool is not showing as registered ---
**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [8 December 2020 16:22 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/help-please-with-server-transfer/42940/13 "2020-12-08T16:22:20Z")
I’m glade you solved the wallet. pool not registered…do you have all the files required inside the folder? do you have metadata file? look what you need to have in that folder (pool/pool\_folder\_name) 1327 Oct 25 16:39 hot.skey 183 Oct 25 16:39 hot.vkey 3 Oct 25 16:39 kes.start 365 Oct 25 16:39 op.cert 626 Dec 1 00:32 pool.cert 332 Dec 1 00:32 pool.config 57 Dec 1 00:32 pool.id 57 Dec 1 00:32 pool.id-bech32 212 Dec 1 00:32 poolmeta.json 230 Sep 3 13:33 vrf.skey 176 Sep 3 13:33 vrf.vkey and of course cold keys which shouldn’t be keep on server (keep them offline) PS your pool is available on adapools and [pooltool.io](http://pooltool.io) to be sure your BP is working well see my topic > [@How we can check if BP is ready to create BLOCKS](https://forum.cardano.org/t/how-we-can-check-if-bp-is-ready-to-create-blocks/42891): > > Hello Cardano Pool Operators! Today I want to give you few tips which helps new Pools Operators to identify if the node is working as a BP and ready to produce BLOCKS or as a Relay (1.23.0 version): As you already know starting with version 1.23.0 the Liveview mode is not available anymore… but how can you identify that BP is working well? !!! At this step your POOL should be already registered with success into the network and the KEYS/CERTIFICATES/etc were created in /cnode/priv/pool/your\_f… ---
**Author:** ![GrahamsNumberPlus1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/grahamsnumberplus1/32/32041_2.png) [@GrahamsNumberPlus1](https://forum.cardano.org/u/GrahamsNumberPlus1)\ **Post date:** [9 December 2020 00:06 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/help-please-with-server-transfer/42940/14 "2020-12-09T00:06:58Z")
Hi there thanks again for your help. I seem to solve one problem then run into another. I have all the files listed above in my pool folder but when I try to modify the pool so I can update the registration it says no pools are available to update so I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I need to give this some thought tomorrow. The pool is showing as registered however in CNTools but I just can not edit it. I checked your link and my BP node is doing everything right as you indicate. However I cannot update the relays in the pool registration because CNTools wont let me and if I try to run the commands I was using in my first set up I just get lots of errors because it is configured differently. ---
**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [9 December 2020 02:29 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/help-please-with-server-transfer/42940/15 "2020-12-09T02:29:59Z")
on cntools if you go to pool -\> show : the output is ok? it must return informations about your pool also did you upload your cold keys in priv/pool/folder in order to modify your pool? ---
**Author:** ![GrahamsNumberPlus1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/grahamsnumberplus1/32/32041_2.png) [@GrahamsNumberPlus1](https://forum.cardano.org/u/GrahamsNumberPlus1)\ **Post date:** [9 December 2020 09:57 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/help-please-with-server-transfer/42940/16 "2020-12-09T09:57:22Z")
Hi there - yes I have done a pool -\> show in CNTools and it returns everything including all pool ID’, URL’s pledge, margin, relays, owners, reward account etc and everything is right except for the relays which I need to update. However when I go into CNTools and pools and select modify I just get this: _Online mode - The default mode to use if all keys are available_ Hybrid mode - 1) Go through steps to build a transaction file 2) Copy built tx file to offline computer 3) Sign it using ‘Sign Tx’ with keys on offline computer (CNTools started in offline mode ‘-o’ without node connection) 4) Copy the signed tx file back to online computer and submit using ‘Submit Tx’ _Selected value: [o] Online_ _# Select pool to modify_ _WARN: No pools available that can be selected!_ _press any key to return to home menu_ which is strange as CNTools can see the pool and sees that it is registered ---
**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [9 December 2020 10:41 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/help-please-with-server-transfer/42940/17 "2020-12-09T10:41:27Z")
ok. you can contact cntools dev team via telegram, and they will help you you can try here: [https://t.me/CardanoStakePoolWorkgroup](https://t.me/CardanoStakePoolWorkgroup) after that please share with us how you fixed it many thanks, I hope you will solve soon ---
**Author:** ![GrahamsNumberPlus1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/grahamsnumberplus1/32/32041_2.png) [@GrahamsNumberPlus1](https://forum.cardano.org/u/GrahamsNumberPlus1)\ **Post date:** [9 December 2020 10:43 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/help-please-with-server-transfer/42940/18 "2020-12-09T10:43:46Z")
Yes I will - and once again thanks for helping ---
**Author:** ![GrahamsNumberPlus1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/grahamsnumberplus1/32/32041_2.png) [@GrahamsNumberPlus1](https://forum.cardano.org/u/GrahamsNumberPlus1)\ **Post date:** [9 December 2020 10:46 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/help-please-with-server-transfer/42940/19 "2020-12-09T10:46:07Z")
I have joined the group but it looks like there is a 24 hour wait before I can post so I will get back when I can ---
**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [9 December 2020 10:47 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/help-please-with-server-transfer/42940/20 "2020-12-09T10:47:23Z")
so you said you uploaded the cold keys in pool folder right? ---
**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [9 December 2020 10:49 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/help-please-with-server-transfer/42940/21 "2020-12-09T10:49:24Z")
maybe this will help you > > > As the topic says, just to have a discussion about whether we should have registerStakeWallet calls as a seperate call. > Preface assumptions: > Network... [Next page](https://forum.cardano.org/t/help-please-with-server-transfer/42940.md?page=2)