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# ZelBench Commands

This page describes the available CLI commands for Zelnode Benchmarking

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These commands are available when SSH'd into your Zelnode or through your VPS's dashboard/console.
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## List of Commands

* getinfo
* getstatus
* signzelnodetransaction
* restartnodebenchmarks
* getbenchmarks

## Command Explanations

### **getinfo** - **Returns general zelbench daemon info**

```
zelbench-cli getinfo
```

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**Example output:**\
{\
    "version": "1.1.0",\
    "rpcport": 16224 \
}
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### **getstatus** - Returns current connection status and Zelnode tier defined by Zelbench

```
zelbench-cli getstatus
```

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**Example output:**\
{ \
    "status": "online", \
    "benchmarking": "BAMF", \
    "zelback": "connected" \
}
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### **signzelnodetransaction** - Command to get benchmarkd to sign a zelnode broadcast

```
zelbench-cli signzelnodebroadcast "HEXSTRING"
```

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"HEXSTRING" - (string) The hex encoded zelnode broadcast message
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### restartnodebenchmarks - Rerun Zelnode benchmarking tests

```
zelbench-cli restartnodebenchmarks
```

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Zelnode will rerun performance tests for hardware configuration, drive write speeds, and CPU calculation speeds
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### getbenchmarks - Output latest benchmarking scores

```
zelbench-cli getbenchmarks
```

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**Example output:**\
{ \
    "ipaddress": "YOURIPv4", \
    "status": "BAMF", \
    "time": 1586302461, \
    "cores": 8, \
    "ram": 32, \
    "ssd": 0, \
    "hdd": 4711.2998046875, \
    "ddwrite": 517.530029296875, \
    "eps": 1057.89794921875 \
}
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It is ok if benchmarking is showing "hdd" instead of "ssd" for now. The "ddwrite" speeds telling the network that your drive(s) are Solid State Drives.
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