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# Validator Manager
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[Ethereum Staking Launchpad]: https://launchpad.ethereum.org/en/
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[Import Validators]: #import-validators
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## Introduction
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The `lighthouse validator-manager` tool provides utilities for managing validators on a *running*
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Lighthouse Validator Client. The validator manager performs operations via the HTTP API of the
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validator client (VC). Due to limitations of the
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[keymanager-APIs](https://ethereum.github.io/keymanager-APIs/), only Lighthouse VCs are fully
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supported by this command.
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The validator manager tool is similar to the `lighthouse account-manager` tool,
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except the latter creates files that will be read by the VC next time it starts
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whilst the former makes instant changes to a live VC.
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The `account-manager` is ideal for importing keys created with the
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[staking-deposit-cli](https://github.com/ethereum/staking-deposit-cli). On the
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other hand, the `validator-manager` is ideal for moving existing validators
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between two VCs or for advanced users to create validators at scale with less
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downtime.
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The `validator-manager` boasts the following features:
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- One-line command to arbitrarily move validators between two VCs, maintaining the slashing protection database.
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- Generates deposit files compatible with the [Ethereum Staking Launchpad][].
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- Generally involves zero or very little downtime.
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- The "key cache" is preserved whenever a validator is added with the validator
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manager, preventing long waits at start up when a new validator is added.
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## Guides
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- [Creating and importing validators using the `create` and `import` commands.](./validator-manager-create.md)
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- [Moving validators between two VCs using the `move` command.](./validator-manager-move.md)
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