> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://ethereals-blockchain.gitbook.io/ethereal-chain-documentation/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://ethereals-blockchain.gitbook.io/ethereal-chain-documentation/validating/monitoring-a-validator.md). # Monitoring a Validator ## Monitoring a Validator ### Check Gossip Confirm the IP address and **identity pubkey** of your validator is visible in the gossip network by running: Ethereal-gossip spy --entrypoint bootstrap.Ethereal.com:8001 ### Check Your Balance Your account balance should decrease by the transaction fee amount as your validator submits votes, and increase after serving as the leader. Pass the `--lamports` are to observe in finer detail: Etherealbalance --lamports ### Check Vote Activity The Ethereal`vote-account` command displays the recent voting activity from your validator: Etherealvote-account \~/vote-account-keypair.json ### Get Cluster Info There are several useful JSON-RPC endpoints for monitoring your validator on the cluster, as well as the health of the cluster: *# Similar to* Ethereal*-gossip, you should see your validator in the list of cluster nodes* curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1, "method":"getClusterNodes"}' *# If your validator is properly voting, it should appear in the list of \`current\` vote accounts. If staked, \`stake\` should be > 0* curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1, "method":"getVoteAccounts"}' *# Returns the current leader schedule* curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1, "method":"getLeaderSchedule"}' *# Returns info about the current epoch. slotIndex should progress on subsequent calls.* curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1, "method":"getEpochInfo"}'