Issuing a New Operational Certificate, Determining the Counter Value, KES

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I want to rotate KES, I suppose this is the way.

When i type the command:

cd $NODE_HOME
cardano-cli query kes-period-info \
    --${NODE_CONFIG} \
    --op-cert-file node.cert

To determining counter value, i get:

 Invalid option `--testnet'

Usage: cardano-cli query kes-period-info 
            [ --shelley-mode
            | --byron-mode [--epoch-slots NATURAL]
            | --cardano-mode [--epoch-slots NATURAL]
            ]
            (--mainnet | --testnet-magic NATURAL)
            --op-cert-file FILE
            [--out-file FILE]

Get information about the current KES period and your node’s operational
certificate.

Anybody knows why , and what i should do different?

Best regards,

2

You need to follow the syntax of the command. The error itself gives you the hint. You need to use -testnet-magic and then the NATURAL number that corresponds to the testnet you are using.

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Thank you. Should i type --testnet-magic 1 at the end of the command, like this:?

cd $NODE_HOME
cardano-cli query kes-period-info \
    --${NODE_CONFIG} \
    --op-cert-file node.cert
    --testnet-magic 1

Best regards,

4

That didn’t work… the guide I find and conversations on this forum that I did find are a year or 2 old and lead to error 404 pages.

5

Aha, Thank you. I did have to delete this part: ${NODE_CONFIG} & put this part in its place (for pre-prod): --testnet-magic 1

cd $NODE_HOME
cardano-cli query kes-period-info \
    --testnet-magic 1 \
    --op-cert-file node.cert

Best regards,

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