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Pawan Dhananjay
8e20176337
Directory restructure (#1532)
Closes #1487
Closes #1427

Directory restructure in accordance with #1487. Also has temporary migration code to move the old directories into new structure.
Also extracts all default directory names and utility functions into a `directory` crate to avoid repetitio.

~Since `validator_definition.yaml` stores absolute paths, users will have to manually change the keystore paths or delete the file to get the validators picked up by the vc.~. `validator_definition.yaml` is migrated as well from the default directories.

Co-authored-by: realbigsean <seananderson33@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Paul Hauner <paul@paulhauner.com>
2020-10-01 11:12:35 +10:00
Paul Hauner
e26da35cbf Introduce validator definition file for VC (#1357)
## Issue Addressed

NA

## Proposed Changes

- Introduces the `valdiator_definitions.yml` file which serves as an explicit list of validators that should be run by the validator client.
  - Removes `--strict` flag, split into `--strict-lockfiles` and `--disable-auto-discover`  
  - Adds a "Validator Management" page to the book.
- Adds the `common/account_utils` crate which contains some logic that was starting to duplicate across the codebase.

The new docs for this feature are the best description of it (apart from the code, I guess): 9cb87e93ce/book/src/validator-management.md

## API Changes

This change should be transparent for *most* existing users. If the `valdiator_definitions.yml` doesn't exist then it will be automatically generated using a method that will detect all the validators in their `validators_dir`.

Users will have issues if they are:

1. Using `--strict`.
1. Have keystores in their `~/.lighthouse/validators` directory that weren't being detected by the current keystore discovery method.

For users with (1), the VC will refuse to start because the `--strict` flag has been removed. They will be forced to review `--help` and choose an equivalent flag.

For users with (2), this seems fairly unlikely and since we're only in testnets there's no *real* value on the line here. I'm happy to take the risk, it would be a different case for mainnet.

## Additional Info

This PR adds functionality we will need for #1347.

## TODO

- [x] Reconsider flags
- [x] Move doc into a more reasonable chapter.
- [x] Check for compile warnings.
2020-07-22 09:34:55 +00:00