# Is my Block Producing node running correctly? **URL:** \ **Category:** Operate a Stake Pool\ **Created:** [19 December 2020 12:24 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-my-block-producing-node-running-correctly/43431 "2020-12-19T12:24:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![spec\_pro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/spec_pro/32/24312_2.png) [@spec\_pro](https://forum.cardano.org/u/spec_pro)\ **Post date:** [19 December 2020 12:24 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-my-block-producing-node-running-correctly/43431/1 "2020-12-19T12:24:57Z")
Hi all, Is my Block Producing node running properly if I see the following output in the terminal?: TraceStartLeadershipCheck",“delegMapSize”:634,“slot”:14004251,“chainDensity”:3.2740396e-2,“utxoSize”:84441} [ubuntu:cardano.node.ForgeTime:Info:47] [2020-12-19 10:24:27.00 UTC] fromList [ubuntu:cardano.node.ForgeTime:Info:47] [2020-12-19 10:24:27.00 UTC] fromList [ubuntu:cardano.node.ForgeTime:Info:47] [2020-12-19 10:24:27.00 UTC] fromList [ubuntu:cardano.node.ForgeTime:Info:47] [2020-12-19 10:24:27.00 UTC] fromList [ubuntu:cardano.node.Forge:Info:47] [2020-12-19 10:24:27.00 UTC] fromList [(“credentials”,String “Cardano”),(“val”,Object (fromList [(“kind”,String “TraceNodeNotLeader”),(“slot”,Number 1.4004251e7)]))] [ubuntu:cardano.node.ForgeTime:Info:47] [2020-12-19 10:24:27.00 UTC] fromList [ubuntu:cardano.node.LeadershipCheck.metrics:Notice:47] [2020-12-19 10:24:28.00 UTC] utxoSize = 84441 [ubuntu:cardano.node.LeadershipCheck.metrics:Notice:47] [2020-12-19 10:24:28.00 UTC] delegMapSize = 634 [ubuntu:cardano.node.LeadershipCheck:Info:47] [2020-12-19 10:24:28.00 UTC] {“credentials”:“Cardano”,“kind”:“TraceStartLeadershipCheck”,“delegMapSize”:634,“slot”:14004252,“chainDensity”:3.2740396e-2,“utxoSize”:84441} [ubuntu:cardano.node.ForgeTime:Info:47] [2020-12-19 10:24:28.00 UTC] fromList [ubuntu:cardano.node.ForgeTime:Info:47] [2020-12-19 10:24:28.00 UTC] fromList [ubuntu:cardano.node.ForgeTime:Info:47] [2020-12-19 10:24:28.00 UTC] fromList [ubuntu:cardano.node.ForgeTime:Info:47] [2020-12-19 10:24:28.00 UTC] fromList [ubuntu:cardano.node.Forge:Info:47] [2020-12-19 10:24:28.00 UTC] fromList [(“credentials”,Stri… Thanks for your help! S. ---
**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:** [19 December 2020 13:39 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-my-block-producing-node-running-correctly/43431/2 "2020-12-19T13:39:26Z")
Should be fine For a better view use : [https://github.com/crypto2099/simpleLiveView](https://github.com/crypto2099/simpleLiveView) it will provide infos about you keys, peers, blocks, etc ---
**Author:** ![spec\_pro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/spec_pro/32/24312_2.png) [@spec\_pro](https://forum.cardano.org/u/spec_pro)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2020 15:56 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-my-block-producing-node-running-correctly/43431/3 "2020-12-20T15:56:42Z")
Thanks for the confirmation Alexd1985. As I am running the node currently on testnet, what are good pledge, cost and other parameters I should use to see reasonable amount of block production? And will those parameters also apply for mainnet as well? S. ---
**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:** [20 December 2020 16:55 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-my-block-producing-node-running-correctly/43431/4 "2020-12-20T16:55:42Z")
Pledge - it doesn’t matter right now for creating blocks, but pledge gives trust for the pool Live stack will give you the “power” to creat blocks… I believe any amount above 2-3M will be enough for creating at least 1 block per epoch ---
**Author:** ![spec\_pro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/spec_pro/32/24312_2.png) [@spec\_pro](https://forum.cardano.org/u/spec_pro)\ **Post date:** [21 December 2020 03:44 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-my-block-producing-node-running-correctly/43431/5 "2020-12-21T03:44:25Z")
Thanks for the clarification. So I guess it will be nearly impossible to see blocks being produced on a testnet node since there won’t be anyone delegating stake to a testnet stake pool? Just want to see if I can complete the entire process of producing blocks on the testnet before moving to mainnet. Would appreciate your thoughts. Many thanks! S. FYI - I queried my stake distribution on the testnet and it is 1.241e-8. I noticed a lot of the pools on the testnet I am using is also more or less the same value around e-8 to e-4. ---
**Author:** ![spec\_pro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/spec_pro/32/24312_2.png) [@spec\_pro](https://forum.cardano.org/u/spec_pro)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2021 09:23 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-my-block-producing-node-running-correctly/43431/6 "2021-01-26T09:23:04Z")
Hi there, Would like to double check to see if the following output from my relay node is normal: [2021-01-26 09:21:15.63 UTC] fromList [(“tx”,Object (fromList [(“txid”,String “txid: TxId {\_unTxId = “e1eb67c2ff5887bfb9d18fce1d8d2d4d8affdfd5596ff6e3d3d66be71d99fc9b”}”)])),(“kind”,String “TraceMempoolAddedTx”),(“mempoolSize”,Object (fromList [(“numTxs”,Number 4.0),(“bytes”,Number 5475.0)]))] I’m seeing a lot of these messages on the output screen whereas before I saw only the new tip messages. Thanks and regards, S. ---
**Author:** ![spec\_pro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/spec_pro/32/24312_2.png) [@spec\_pro](https://forum.cardano.org/u/spec_pro)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2021 10:25 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-my-block-producing-node-running-correctly/43431/7 "2021-01-26T10:25:16Z")
Hi Alexd1985, Regarding the simpleLiveView, I’m not seeing any Peers (out/in) in either the relay or the BP. Also I noticed that the “transactions” status on the BP is blank whereas the “transaction” on the relay has a number in the field. Would appreciate your advice on how to fix these two points. Thanks and regards, S. ---
**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:** [26 January 2021 10:27 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-my-block-producing-node-running-correctly/43431/8 "2021-01-26T10:27:48Z")
Hello, ON BP u should pointing manually your Relay in topology file, also check the relay port, if it’s allowing the income connections. can you give me the IP of relay? On relay you should run topology updater script to announce your node into the network. What is the last message log from topology updater script? Thx, ---
**Author:** ![spec\_pro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/spec_pro/32/24312_2.png) [@spec\_pro](https://forum.cardano.org/u/spec_pro)\ **Post date:** [26 January 2021 15:50 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-my-block-producing-node-running-correctly/43431/9 "2021-01-26T15:50:52Z")
Hi there, thanks for the pointers. I don’t think I’ve run the topology updater script yet. How does one go about running the topology updater script on the relay? Cheers! ---
**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:** [26 January 2021 16:21 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-my-block-producing-node-running-correctly/43431/10 "2021-01-26T16:21:43Z")
Are u using cntools? If not try to configure topology updater script from [here](https://www.coincashew.com/coins/overview-ada/guide-how-to-build-a-haskell-stakepool-node) step 14 ---
**Author:** ![spec\_pro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/spec_pro/32/24312_2.png) [@spec\_pro](https://forum.cardano.org/u/spec_pro)\ **Post date:** [27 January 2021 04:20 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-my-block-producing-node-running-correctly/43431/11 "2021-01-27T04:20:45Z")
Hi there, I’ve run the topologyUpdater.sh but there is no output messages. Not sure I have edited the script correctly. Which variables / lines in the script need to be changed to match my settings? Thanks again for your help! S. ---
**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:** [27 January 2021 07:21 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-my-block-producing-node-running-correctly/43431/12 "2021-01-27T07:21:45Z")
It should generate a log with message …204 glade you are staying with us! Or 504… nice to met u U need to edit the custom peer field where u must add ur BP ip and port Also on ur BP u must add ur relay ip and port manually in the topology file Cheers, ---
**Author:** ![Jhonny\_Marley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/jhonny_marley/32/23128_2.png) [@Jhonny\_Marley](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Jhonny_Marley)\ **Post date:** [10 March 2021 06:32 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-my-block-producing-node-running-correctly/43431/13 "2021-03-10T06:32:47Z")
Hello, I’d like to ask if my Peers input in gLiveView is show 0, while out is around 20-40, is this still OKAY?, i also get the notification in logs TraceNodeNotLeade tho, also my tx0 balance not synchronize with my wallet. ---
**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:** [10 March 2021 06:35 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-my-block-producing-node-running-correctly/43431/14 "2021-03-10T06:35:33Z")
0 is bad! U need to have IN peers! Regarding ur wallet… did u imported it? Can u tell me the ticker? Cheers, ---
**Author:** ![Jhonny\_Marley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/jhonny_marley/32/23128_2.png) [@Jhonny\_Marley](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Jhonny_Marley)\ **Post date:** [10 March 2021 13:42 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-my-block-producing-node-running-correctly/43431/15 "2021-03-10T13:42:28Z")
yes i import them, i followed the tutorial from coin cashew, and also in BP node, I also only open ssh port and relay port with only specific to my relay IP. Another thing in my relay node, i open BP port (topology) to all IP (internet), ssh, my ticker information [[OSI] OpenSourceID | Cardano Staking](https://adapools.org/pool/520f61b7635f317f089e4c8d14217d243be7b6c80328be88b53f4959) Thanks -I ---
**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:** [10 March 2021 13:52 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-my-block-producing-node-running-correctly/43431/16 "2021-03-10T13:52:13Z")
- if u imported the wallet and u did a transaction from daedalus then ur balance will not match and u will see 0 on BP, you need to send again funds from daedalus to your wallet address from BP - in BP you should open ur local port to accept connections from relay (not the relay port as I unserstood u did) for example… if your BP started with CNODE PORT 6001… sudo ufw allow proto tcp from RELAY\_IP to any port 6001 - on ur relay u will need to open the local CNODE PORT . for example if u start the relay with port 6005 then sudo ufw status allow proto tcp from any to any port 6005 also on ur relay u will need to add ur BP IP+ port in the topology updater script to custom PEERS Cheers, ---
**Author:** ![Jhonny\_Marley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/jhonny_marley/32/23128_2.png) [@Jhonny\_Marley](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Jhonny_Marley)\ **Post date:** [10 March 2021 14:21 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-my-block-producing-node-running-correctly/43431/17 "2021-03-10T14:21:19Z")
Hello Alex thanks for your kind reply, I manage to solve this, while also searching to this forum and has similar issue with me (PEERS IN 0), and the result quite silly that I forget to edit **env** file port to match with my port. That’s also you recommend to change this in other forum, so Thanks again! I still new to learn block chain and excited to learn this Cardano compare to other!, In regards to my wallet: i used this command cardano-cli query utxo –address $(cat payment.addr) –mary-era –mainnet Is my different number amount wallet gonna be problem?, because I open daedulus and yoroi wallet is synchronized, but not with my BP, in the last point, i confuse with the CNODE\_HOSTNAME for topology\_updater, is this need to be changed?, or still remain?, the issue of Peers IN is resolved, but the wallet is not. Again Thanks Alex ---
**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:** [10 March 2021 14:31 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-my-block-producing-node-running-correctly/43431/18 "2021-03-10T14:31:27Z")
> [@Jhonny\_Marley](#): > > CNODE\_HOSTNAME for topology\_updater, is this need to be changed? Nope, Regarding ur wallet, if u import the wallet with mnemonic option u will need to perform all transactions from BP not from daedalus or yoroi ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/cardano/original/3X/2/d/2d2a7d9e0e050df1498d73dc709f8c92175477f7.png) In other words if u inported a daedalus wallet and after u will make transactions from daedalus wallet then the balance will not match and u will see 0 balance on BP ---
**Author:** ![Jhonny\_Marley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/jhonny_marley/32/23128_2.png) [@Jhonny\_Marley](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Jhonny_Marley)\ **Post date:** [10 March 2021 14:59 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-my-block-producing-node-running-correctly/43431/19 "2021-03-10T14:59:54Z")
> [@Alexd1985](#): > > sudo ufw allow proto tcp from RELAY\_IP to any port 6001 Ah okay, another question is, if my balance is not synchronize, Is that become problem in the future, or to the environment?, should I change my wallet address?, is that possible?. Another thing after I edit topology updater, for adding custom peers, i get error msg": "invalid blockNo , I would ask also if my relay IP using cname: in my case: [relay.opensourceid.org](http://relay.opensourceid.org), should I change in CNODE\_HOSTNAME CHANGE ME?, ---
**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:** [10 March 2021 15:38 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-my-block-producing-node-running-correctly/43431/20 "2021-03-10T15:38:21Z")
> [@Jhonny\_Marley](#): > > Ah okay, another question is, if my balance is not synchronize, Is that become problem in the future, or to the environment?, should I change my wallet address?, is that possible?. if ur balance will not match and ur balance will be 0 on BP, then when u will want to make transactions you will receive an error (but can be fixed if u will send again the ADA to the BP wallet address) > Another thing after I edit topology updater, for adding custom peers, i get error msg": "invalid blockNo , what did u edited more precisely? > I would ask also if my relay IP using cname: in my case: [relay.opensourceid.org](http://relay.opensourceid.org/), should I change in CNODE\_HOSTNAME CHANGE ME?, I think yes, as they commented CNODE\_HOSTNAME=“CHANGE ME” # (Optional) Must resolve to the IP you are requesting from [Next page](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-my-block-producing-node-running-correctly/43431.md?page=2)