# Publishing Validator Info

You can publish your validator information to the chain to be publicly visible to other users.

## Run PUT validator-info

Run the PUT CLI to populate a validator info account:

```
put validator-info publish --keypair ~/validator-keypair.json <VALIDATOR_INFO_ARGS> <VALIDATOR_NAME>
```

For details about optional fields for VALIDATOR\_INFO\_ARGS: PUT validator-info publish --help

## Example Commands

Example publish command:

```
put validator-info publish "Elvis Validator" -n elvis -w "https://elvis-validates.com"
```

Example query command:

```
put validator-info get
```

which outputs

```
Validator info from 8WdJvDz6obhADdxpGCiJKZsDYwTLNEDFizayqziDc9ah
  Validator pubkey: 6dMH3u76qZ7XG4bVboVRnBHR2FfrxEqTTTyj4xmyDMWo
  Info: {"keybaseUsername":"elvis","name":"Elvis Validator","website":"https://elvis-validates.com"}
```

## Keybase

Including a Keybase username allows client applications (like the Solana Network Explorer) to automatically pull in your validator public profile, including cryptographic proofs, brand identity, etc. To connect your validator pubkey with Keybase:

1. Join <https://keybase.io/> and complete the profile for your validator
2. Add your validator **identity pubkey** to Keybase:
   * Create an empty file on your local computer called `validator-<PUBKEY>`
   * In Keybase, navigate to the Files section, and upload your pubkey file to

     a PUT subdirectory in your public folder: `/keybase/public/<KEYBASE_USERNAME>/put`
   * To check your pubkey, ensure you can successfully browse to

     `https://keybase.pub/<KEYBASE_USERNAME>/put/validator-<PUBKEY>`
3. Add or update your PUT`validator-info` with your Keybase username. The

   CLI will verify the `validator-<PUBKEY>` file