Using Testnet, Mainnet and Devnet

Warning

Instructions here are for testnet, but it is the same for other networks. Just replace "testnet" with devnet/mainnet and tsui with dsui/msui.

Starting

Works similar to localnet, except you are now interacting with a public network:

$ testnet start

The first time may take longer because of binaries installation.

You do not call sui directly anymore, instead call tsui:

$ tsui client active-address
0x92c03721eabfc753453b097d14d87e4012a9fe562da3582a6a023da7c6120c95

You no longer have to "switch env". You can assume tsui always transparently executes with the proper binary and keystore for testnet (in the same way, msui for mainnet, dsui for devnet).

Type testnet for help.

How to get coins from the faucet?

Do tsui client faucet.

After ~1 minute, you should see more coins added to the active-address.
Do tsui client gas or tsui client balance to see the balance changes.

Where are the keys stored?

Network	Keystore Location
localnet	~/suibase/workdirs/localnet/config/sui.keystore
testnet	~/suibase/workdirs/testnet/config/sui.keystore
mainnet	~/suibase/workdirs/mainnet/config/sui.keystore
devnet	~/suibase/workdirs/devnet/config/sui.keystore

Suibase is designed to make it easy for your apps to find what they need consistently (More Info).

Status

You can check the client version and testnet services status with testnet status.

You can monitor the RPC node servers with testnet links (More Info).

Upgrading Sui Client

Periodically do testnet update to install the latest client.

By default, the recommended branch from Mysten Labs is used, you can choose a different branch or repo by editing the suibase.yaml (More Info).