Owners

his document describes how to use Aptos CLI to perform owner operations during validation.

PETRA ON CHROME BROWSER ONLY

The Petra wallet extension is supported only on the Chrome browser. However, the extensions for Brave browser and Kiwi browser and Microsoft Edge browser will also work.

Owner operations with CLI​

TESTNET VS MAINNET

The below CLI command examples use mainnet. See the --rest-url value for testnet and devnet in Aptos Blockchain Deployments.

Initialize CLI​

Initialize CLI with your Petra wallet private key or create new wallet.

aptos init --profile mainnet-owner \  --rest-url https://fullnode.mainnet.aptoslabs.com/v1

You can either enter the private key from an existing wallet, or create new wallet address.

Initialize staking pool​

aptos stake initialize-stake-owner \  --initial-stake-amount 100000000000000 \  --operator-address <operator-address> \  --voter-address <voter-address> \  --profile mainnet-owner

Transfer coin between accounts​

aptos account transfer \  --account <operator-address> \  --amount <amount> \  --profile mainnet-owner

Switch operator​

aptos stake set-operator \  --operator-address <new-operator-address> \   --profile mainnet-owner

Switch voter​

aptos stake set-delegated-voter \  --voter-address <new-voter-address> \   --profile mainnet-owner

Add stake​

aptos stake add-stake \  --amount <amount> \  --profile mainnet-owner

Increase stake lockup​

aptos stake increase-lockup --profile mainnet-owner

Unlock stake​

aptos stake unlock-stake \  --amount <amount> \  --profile mainnet-owner

Withdraw stake​

aptos stake withdraw-stake \  --amount <amount> \  --profile mainnet-owner