View blockchain node details

This page describes how to view details about a Blockchain Node Engine node using the console or an API call.

Using the console

To view details about a node in the UI:

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Blockchain Node Engine page.

   Go to Blockchain Node Engine

The Nodes list page is displayed by default.

2. Click a node name. The Node details page is displayed.

View node details

The Node details page displays detailed information about the selected node.

You can do the following on this page:

• Open the APIs & Services Credentials page.
• content_copy Copy an item to the clipboard.
• open_in_new Open the Metrics Explorer page.

Using an API

To list details related to a blockchain node with ListBlockchainNodes, send the following request:

curl \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
https://blockchainnodeengine.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/\
locations/LOCATION/blockchainNodes/NODE_NAME

Where:

• PROJECT_ID is your Google Cloud project ID. For example, my-project-id
• LOCATION is the location you selected in Create a blockchain node. For example, us-central1.
• NODE_NAME is the name of the node that you created in Create a blockchain node. For example, my-node.

If the node has been created, you will see a response like the following Ethereum example:

  {
      "name": "projects/my-project-id/locations/us-central1/blockchainNodes/my-node",
      "createTime": "2023-04-21T19:26:16.293078Z",
      "updateTime": "2023-04-21T19:57:36.769661Z",
      "labels": {
        "my-label-key": "my-label-value"
      },
      "blockchainType": "ETHEREUM",
      "connectionInfo": {
        "ipInfo": {
          "rpcIpv4Address": "203.0.113.1"
        },
        "endpointInfo": {
          "jsonRpcApiEndpoint": "json-rpc.2g7qvv04aisoq4jhnqqgw8zy0.blockchainnodeengine.com",
          "websocketsApiEndpoint": "ws.2g7qvv04aisoq4jhnqqgw8zy0.blockchainnodeengine.com"
        }
      },
      "ethereumDetails": {
        "network": "MAINNET",
        "nodeType": "FULL",
        "executionClient": "GETH",
        "consensusClient": "LIGHTHOUSE",
        "apiEnableAdmin": false,
        "apiEnableDebug": false,
        "additionalEndpoints": {
          "beaconApiEndpoint": "beacon.2g7qvv04aisoq4jhnqqgw8zy0.blockchainnodeengine.com",
          "beaconPrometheusMetricsApiEndpoint": "bc-mc.2g7qvv04aisoq4jhnqqgw8zy0.blockchainnodeengine.com"
        }
      },
      "state": "RUNNING"
  }

If you send the above command immediately after sending the command to create the node, the value of state will be CREATING. You can use the URL to set up your infrastructure; however, the node is not usable until the state changes to RUNNING.

Make a note of the endpoint URL from the response so you can use it in Using blockchain nodes.

Node states

Node instances will have various states based on the lifecycle of the node.