Solana Clusters
Solana maintains several different clusters with different purposes.
Before you begin make sure you have first installed the Solana command line tools
Explorers:
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Devnet- Devnet serves as a playground for anyone who wants to take Solana for a test drive, as a user, token holder, app developer, or validator.
- Application developers should target Devnet.
- Potential validators should first target Devnet.
- Key differences between Devnet and Mainnet Beta:
- Devnet tokens are not real
- Devnet includes a token faucet for airdrops for application testing
- Devnet may be subject to ledger resets
- Devnet typically runs a newer software version than Mainnet Beta
- Gossip entrypoint for Devnet:
entrypoint.devnet.solana.com:8001
- Metrics environment variable for Devnet:
- RPC URL for Devnet:
https://api.devnet.solana.com
solana
command-line configuration#
Example solana-validator
command-line#
Example The --known-validator
s
are operated by Solana Labs
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Testnet- Testnet is where we stress test recent release features on a live cluster, particularly focused on network performance, stability and validator behavior.
- Testnet tokens are not real
- Testnet may be subject to ledger resets.
- Testnet includes a token faucet for airdrops for application testing
- Testnet typically runs a newer software release than both Devnet and Mainnet Beta
- Gossip entrypoint for Testnet:
entrypoint.testnet.solana.com:8001
- Metrics environment variable for Testnet:
- RPC URL for Testnet:
https://api.testnet.solana.com
solana
command-line configuration#
Example solana-validator
command-line#
Example The identities of the
--known-validator
s are:
5D1fNXzvv5NjV1ysLjirC4WY92RNsVH18vjmcszZd8on
- Solana Labs (testnet.solana.com)dDzy5SR3AXdYWVqbDEkVFdvSPCtS9ihF5kJkHCtXoFs
- MonkeDAOFt5fbkqNa76vnsjYNwjDZUXoTWpP7VYm3mtsaQckQADN
- Certus OneeoKpUABi59aT4rR9HGS3LcMecfut9x7zJyodWWP43YQ
- SerGo9QxCLckBiJc783jnMvXZubK4wH86Eqqvashtrwvcsgkv
- Algo|Stake
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Mainnet BetaA permissionless, persistent cluster for early token holders and launch partners.
- Tokens that are issued on Mainnet Beta are real SOL
- If you have paid money to purchase/be issued tokens, such as through our
CoinList auction, these tokens will be transferred on Mainnet Beta.
- Note: If you are using a non-command-line wallet, the wallet will always be connecting to Mainnet Beta.
- Gossip entrypoint for Mainnet Beta:
entrypoint.mainnet-beta.solana.com:8001
- Metrics environment variable for Mainnet Beta:
- RPC URL for Mainnet Beta:
https://api.mainnet-beta.solana.com
solana
command-line configuration#
Example solana-validator
command-line#
Example All four --known-validator
s
are operated by Solana Labs