@hydraprotocol/val v5.3.0

Val

A useful wrapper around solana's solana-test-validator for modern blockchain projects.

Getting started

Install with pnpm, npm or yarn in the usual way.

npm install -g @hydraprotocol/val

or

yarn global add @hydraprotocol/val

etc.

Usage

Start a validator:

val

Start a validator in the background:

val -d

Save a validator snapshot called foo:

val -d

# make some transactions then...

val save foo # will save the validator state to the snapshot

Start the validator from the saved snapshot

val foo

Features

• Save and restore your validator from a snapshot.
• Manage your validator from within tests.
• Run as a background service
• Run in the foreground
• Display logs

More docs to come...

USAGE:

  val                   - start the validator
  val -d                - start the validator as a background service
  val save [alias]      - save the validator state to an alias
  val [alias]           - start the validator from the alias state
  val clean             - clean the validator state removing working files
  val list              - list the saved snapshots
  val status            - check on the status of the validator

FLAGS:
  --background, -d      - start the validator as a background process
  --help, -h            - show this message
  --quiet, -q           - suppress output