Connect

Command

cleos net connect [OPTIONS] host

Where:

  • [OPTIONS] = See Options in the Command Usage section below.
  • host = The hostname:port to connect to

Note: The arguments and options enclosed in square brackets are optional.

Description

Start a new connection to a specified peer. A node operator can use this command to instruct a node to connect to another peer without restarting the node.

Command Usage

The following information shows the different positionals and options you can use with the cleos net connect command:

Positionals

  • host TEXT REQUIRED - The hostname:port to connect to

Options

  • -h,--help - Print this help message and exit

Requirements

Make sure you meet the following requirements:

  • Install the currently supported version of cleos.

    Note

    cleos is bundled with the EOSIO software. Installing EOSIO will also install the cleos and keosd command line tools.

  • You have access to a producing node instance with the net_api_plugin loaded.

Examples

The following examples demonstrate the cleos net connect command:

Example 1. Instruct default local node (listening at default http address http://127.0.0.1:8888) to connect to peer node listening at p2p address localhost:9002:

cleos net connect localhost:9002
"added connection"

Example 2. Instruct local node listening at http address http://127.0.0.1:8001 to connect to peer node listening at p2p address localhost:9002:

cleos -u http://127.0.0.1:8001 net connect localhost:9002
"added connection"

Note: If any of the above commands are re-executed, cleos returns the following message as expected: 

"already connected"