net disconnect

Description

Close an existing connection to a specified peer. A node operator can use this command to instruct a node to disconnect from another peer without restarting the node.

Command

clio net disconnect [OPTIONS] host

Note: The arguments and options enclosed in square brackets are optional.

Positional Arguments

• host TEXT REQUIRED - The hostname:port to disconnect from

Options

• -h,--help - Print this help message and exit

Usage

Prerequisites

• Install the currently supported version of clio.

note

| The clio tool is bundled with the Wire software. Installing Wire core will install the clio and kiod command line tools.

• You have access to a producing node instance with the net_api_plugin loaded.

Examples

The following examples demonstrate how to use the clio net disconnect command

• Instruct default local node (listening at default http address http://127.0.0.1:8888) to disconnect from peer node listening at p2p address localhost:9002

  clio net disconnect localhost:9002

  Output:

  "connection removed"

• Instruct local node listening at http address http://127.0.0.1:8001 to disconnect from peer node listening at p2p address localhost:9002:

  clio -u http://127.0.0.1:8001 net disconnect localhost:9002

  Output:

  "connection removed"

Note: If any of the above commands are re-executed, clio returns the following message as expected:

"no known connection for host"