♻️Restart Validator Node Guide

This guide is intended for restarting your Validator node following a Hypergraph or metagraph cluster restart.

Cluster restarts may occur for a variety of operational reasons, including:

✅ Network upgrade

✅ Seed list access updates

✅ Cluster-wide error resolution

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🔁 Optional: Auto Restart Feature

If you have the auto_restart feature enabled, your node may have already recovered automatically.

Enable Auto Restart

If auto_restart is active, you can skip directly to the Confirm Status step.

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1

SSH Into Your VPS

How to SSH into a VPS

ssh -i /path/to/ssh/private/key nodeadmin@<vps_ip_address> -p <port>

2

Restart All Node Profiles

sudo nodectl restart -p all

3

Restart Auto Restart Module (Optional)

If you have auto_restart enabled only:

You should see messages indicating that nodectl is disabling the auto_restart feature at the beginning of the restart process and re-enabling it once the restart is complete.

If you believe the auto_restart feature did not restart for any reason—for example, if you did not see the related messages—you may manually restart it to ensure it is functioning correctly.

4

Confirm Node Status

sudo nodectl status

You should see output indicating that all profiles are in the Ready state:

JOIN STATE     Ready
IN CONSENSUS   True