Command-line interface commands for witnesses to quickly update signings-keys, parameters or disable witness. Including RPC-failover, RPC-node as argument and robust error handling.

1.) Clone Repository and install packages

git clone https://github.com/witness-essentials/cli.git
cd cli
npm i # or yarn

2.) Edit your Config

cp configs/config.example.json configs/config.json
nano configs/config.json

• SIGNING_KEYS: Add all your signing keys here as pairs. As of HF20, you can now also update your witness with your current private signing key. This is also necessary for updating new properties.

 [{ "public": "STM7..", "private": "5JS.." }, { "public": "STM5..", "private": "5PD.." }, { .. }]

3.) Edit your ENV file (sensitive data)

touch .env
nano .env

# Add the following lines inside
ACTIVE_KEY=

• As of HF20, the private active key is optional and/or only needed if the witness is disabled and you want to enable it again.

There are 3 commands you can run. If you want to use a specific RPC_NODE, then you can use it as the 2nd argument (except for enable, where it's the 3rd argument)

Active a specific signing-key

npm run enable <ACTIVE_KEY> <RPC_NODE>

Disable your witness directly

npm run disable <RPC_NODE>

Change your witness parameters

npm run update <RPC_NODE>

If you find this tool useful, consider voting for me (@therealwolf) as a witness (https://steemit.com/~witnesses) or directly with steemconnect.