Developer FAQ

Answers to frequently asked questions from the Avalanche developer community

22 articles in this collection
Written by Jay Kurahashi-Sofue, Rocky Rock, and Jovica Popovic

Common Issues

Node won’t quit with CTRL + C

Written by Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago

Starting node fails with: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error

Written by Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago

API response says invalid character 'â' looking for the beginning of value

Written by Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago

Node is on the wrong network

Written by Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago

API call fails with Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1 port 9650: Connection refused

Written by Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago

Node only responds to API calls made from localhost

Written by Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago

Networking Setup

Written by Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago

Glossary

What is an address?

Written by Jay Kurahashi-Sofue
Updated over a week ago

What is Bech32?

Written by Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago

What is CB58?

Written by Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago

What units of measure are used on Avalanche?

common units of measure

Written by Jovica Popovic
Updated yesterday

Nodes

How do I find my node's NodeID?

Written by Jay Kurahashi-Sofue
Updated over a week ago

What is the id field in every API call? Do I need to change it?

Written by Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago

Is my node in the validator set?

Written by Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago

Where are my node’s logs?

Written by Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago

Is my node done bootstrapping?

Written by Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago

How do I turn my node off?

Written by Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago

Where is my node’s data?

Written by Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago

How do I upgrade my Node?

Written by Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago

Is my Avalanche node connected to peers?

Written by Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago

Which part(s) of my node should I backup?

Written by Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago

Why is my Avalanche node uptime low?

Written by Rocky Rock
Updated over a week ago