Problem with CARDANO_NODE_SOCKET_PATH - Error: cardano-cli: Network.Socket.connect: <socket: 11>: does not exist (No such file or directory)

[martin-richter-uk]

When I try:

cardano-cli shelley query utxo --address $(cat payment.addr) --testnet-magic 42

I get:

cardano-cli: Network.Socket.connect: <socket: 11>: does not exist (No such file or directory)

Most likely I set CARDANO_NODE_SOCKET_PATH to the wrong directory.

export CARDANO_NODE_SOCKET_PATH="$HOME/cardano-node/socket"

I would be very thankful for any help.

[vix-io]

hi martinrichterlondon please try:

export CARDANO_NODE_SOCKET_PATH=~/cardano-node/relay/db/node.socket

[martin-richter-uk]

Ok, so I figured it out:

I assumed that the scripts/mainnet.sh creates the file at ~/cardano-node/relay/db/node.socket. However, it does not.

node.socket and db files are not present until you start the node with a command as shown below.

So:

1. you run the node, giving paths were YOU WANT TO HAVE THEM CREATED (any valid path will do):

cardano-node run
--topology ~/cardano-node/relay/shelley_testnet-topology.json
--database-path ~/cardano-node/relay/db \
--socket-path ~/cardano-node/relay/node.socket \
--host-addr 3.8.234.160
--port 3001
--config ~/cardano-node/relay/shelley_testnet-config.json

2. You set the variable:
   export CARDANO_NODE_SOCKET_PATH=~/cardano-node/relay/node.socket