nanoreth/book/cli/p2p.md

reth p2p

P2P Debugging utilities

$ reth p2p --help

Usage: reth p2p [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>

Commands:
  header  Download block header
  body    Download block body
  help    Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:
      --config <FILE>
          The path to the configuration file to use.

      --chain <CHAIN_OR_PATH>
          The chain this node is running.
          Possible values are either a built-in chain or the path to a chain specification file.
          
          Built-in chains:
              mainnet, sepolia, goerli, holesky, dev
          
          [default: mainnet]

      --datadir <DATA_DIR>
          The path to the data dir for all reth files and subdirectories.
          
          Defaults to the OS-specific data directory:
          
          - Linux: `$XDG_DATA_HOME/reth/` or `$HOME/.local/share/reth/`
          - Windows: `{FOLDERID_RoamingAppData}/reth/`
          - macOS: `$HOME/Library/Application Support/reth/`
          
          [default: default]

      --p2p-secret-key <PATH>
          Secret key to use for this node.
          
          This also will deterministically set the peer ID.

  -d, --disable-discovery
          Disable the discovery service

      --disable-dns-discovery
          Disable the DNS discovery

      --disable-discv4-discovery
          Disable Discv4 discovery

      --discovery.addr <DISCOVERY_ADDR>
          The UDP address to use for P2P discovery/networking
          
          [default: 0.0.0.0]

      --discovery.port <DISCOVERY_PORT>
          The UDP port to use for P2P discovery/networking
          
          [default: 30303]

      --trusted-peer <TRUSTED_PEER>
          Target trusted peer

      --trusted-only
          Connect only to trusted peers

      --instance <INSTANCE>
          Add a new instance of a node.
          
          Configures the ports of the node to avoid conflicts with the defaults. This is useful for running multiple nodes on the same machine.
          
          Max number of instances is 200. It is chosen in a way so that it's not possible to have port numbers that conflict with each other.
          
          Changes to the following port numbers: - DISCOVERY_PORT: default + `instance` - 1 - AUTH_PORT: default + `instance` * 100 - 100 - HTTP_RPC_PORT: default - `instance` + 1 - WS_RPC_PORT: default + `instance` * 2 - 2
          
          [default: 1]

      --retries <RETRIES>
          The number of retries per request
          
          [default: 5]

      --nat <NAT>
          [default: any]

  -h, --help
          Print help (see a summary with '-h')

Database:
      --db.log-level <LOG_LEVEL>
          Database logging level. Levels higher than "notice" require a debug build

          Possible values:
          - fatal:   Enables logging for critical conditions, i.e. assertion failures
          - error:   Enables logging for error conditions
          - warn:    Enables logging for warning conditions
          - notice:  Enables logging for normal but significant condition
          - verbose: Enables logging for verbose informational
          - debug:   Enables logging for debug-level messages
          - trace:   Enables logging for trace debug-level messages
          - extra:   Enables logging for extra debug-level messages

Logging:
      --log.file.directory <PATH>
          The path to put log files in
          
          [default: /reth/logs]

      --log.file.max-size <SIZE>
          The maximum size (in MB) of one log file
          
          [default: 200]

      --log.file.max-files <COUNT>
          The maximum amount of log files that will be stored. If set to 0, background file logging is disabled
          
          [default: 5]

      --log.file.filter <FILTER>
          The filter to use for logs written to the log file
          
          [default: debug]

      --log.journald
          Write logs to journald

      --log.journald.filter <FILTER>
          The filter to use for logs written to journald
          
          [default: error]

      --color <COLOR>
          Sets whether or not the formatter emits ANSI terminal escape codes for colors and other text formatting
          
          [default: always]

          Possible values:
          - always: Colors on
          - auto:   Colors on
          - never:  Colors off

Display:
  -v, --verbosity...
          Set the minimum log level.
          
          -v      Errors
          -vv     Warnings
          -vvv    Info
          -vvvv   Debug
          -vvvvv  Traces (warning: very verbose!)

  -q, --quiet
          Silence all log output

reth p2p body

Download block body

$ reth p2p body --help

Usage: reth p2p body [OPTIONS] <ID>

Arguments:
  <ID>
          The block number or hash

Options:
      --instance <INSTANCE>
          Add a new instance of a node.
          
          Configures the ports of the node to avoid conflicts with the defaults. This is useful for running multiple nodes on the same machine.
          
          Max number of instances is 200. It is chosen in a way so that it's not possible to have port numbers that conflict with each other.
          
          Changes to the following port numbers: - DISCOVERY_PORT: default + `instance` - 1 - AUTH_PORT: default + `instance` * 100 - 100 - HTTP_RPC_PORT: default - `instance` + 1 - WS_RPC_PORT: default + `instance` * 2 - 2
          
          [default: 1]

  -h, --help
          Print help (see a summary with '-h')

Logging:
      --log.file.directory <PATH>
          The path to put log files in
          
          [default: /reth/logs]

      --log.file.max-size <SIZE>
          The maximum size (in MB) of one log file
          
          [default: 200]

      --log.file.max-files <COUNT>
          The maximum amount of log files that will be stored. If set to 0, background file logging is disabled
          
          [default: 5]

      --log.file.filter <FILTER>
          The filter to use for logs written to the log file
          
          [default: debug]

      --log.journald
          Write logs to journald

      --log.journald.filter <FILTER>
          The filter to use for logs written to journald
          
          [default: error]

      --color <COLOR>
          Sets whether or not the formatter emits ANSI terminal escape codes for colors and other text formatting
          
          [default: always]

          Possible values:
          - always: Colors on
          - auto:   Colors on
          - never:  Colors off

Display:
  -v, --verbosity...
          Set the minimum log level.
          
          -v      Errors
          -vv     Warnings
          -vvv    Info
          -vvvv   Debug
          -vvvvv  Traces (warning: very verbose!)

  -q, --quiet
          Silence all log output

reth p2p header

Download block header

$ reth p2p header --help

Usage: reth p2p header [OPTIONS] <ID>

Arguments:
  <ID>
          The header number or hash

Options:
      --instance <INSTANCE>
          Add a new instance of a node.
          
          Configures the ports of the node to avoid conflicts with the defaults. This is useful for running multiple nodes on the same machine.
          
          Max number of instances is 200. It is chosen in a way so that it's not possible to have port numbers that conflict with each other.
          
          Changes to the following port numbers: - DISCOVERY_PORT: default + `instance` - 1 - AUTH_PORT: default + `instance` * 100 - 100 - HTTP_RPC_PORT: default - `instance` + 1 - WS_RPC_PORT: default + `instance` * 2 - 2
          
          [default: 1]

  -h, --help
          Print help (see a summary with '-h')

Logging:
      --log.file.directory <PATH>
          The path to put log files in
          
          [default: /reth/logs]

      --log.file.max-size <SIZE>
          The maximum size (in MB) of one log file
          
          [default: 200]

      --log.file.max-files <COUNT>
          The maximum amount of log files that will be stored. If set to 0, background file logging is disabled
          
          [default: 5]

      --log.file.filter <FILTER>
          The filter to use for logs written to the log file
          
          [default: debug]

      --log.journald
          Write logs to journald

      --log.journald.filter <FILTER>
          The filter to use for logs written to journald
          
          [default: error]

      --color <COLOR>
          Sets whether or not the formatter emits ANSI terminal escape codes for colors and other text formatting
          
          [default: always]

          Possible values:
          - always: Colors on
          - auto:   Colors on
          - never:  Colors off

Display:
  -v, --verbosity...
          Set the minimum log level.
          
          -v      Errors
          -vv     Warnings
          -vvv    Info
          -vvvv   Debug
          -vvvvv  Traces (warning: very verbose!)

  -q, --quiet
          Silence all log output