Load validators without restarting Teku

You can load validators into a running Teku process, only if you started Teku by:

• Specifying a directory using --validator-keys, or
• Specifying a URL using --validators-external-signer-public-keys.

caution

• If you started Teku by specifying individual validator key files or external signer public keys, then you must restart Teku.
• You must restart Teku to remove validators.

Prerequisites:

• Add the new validators to the directory specified in --validator-keys, or ensure the URL supplied in --validators-external-signer-public-keys contains the new public keys.

To load the validators in a running Teku instance, send a SIGHUP signal to the Teku process.

kill -HUP <PID>

Where <PID> is the process ID of the running Teku instance.