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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
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README.md Update HTTP API docs (#1010) 2020-04-16 20:31:43 +10:00

README.md

Lighthouse Book

Contains an mdBook that serves as the primary source of Lighthouse user documentation.

The book is hosted at lighthouse-book.sigmaprime.io

Usage

The mdBook docs are the best source of information for building the book.

Example

  1. Install mdBook: $ cargo install mdbook
  2. Build the book, open it in a browser and build after file changes: $ mdbook serve --open