Features

Rocket Pool’s GUI is designed to make running a node and staking in ETH2 super easy. Besides a simple user interface, the GUI has some extra features that the CLI doesn’t; this mostly relates to easier monitoring and the ability to install the Rocket Pool Smart Node Stack on remote servers.

Installing

Not only will you be able to install locally on your current computer, but you’ll also be able to deploy smart nodes on single or multiple remote servers at once using SSH in the background. Simply add a new remote connection, then install to it and monitor it all from your own computer — neat!

Configure Node

Once you’ve installed Rocket Pool’s stack on a server, be it local or remote, you’ll then have to configure it! Don’t worry, this is as easy as selecting which ETH1 and ETH2 clients you’d like to use. For those running on a server with limited resources, you might want to use the ETH1 light client option by selecting Infura to host your ETH1 node for you.

Now that you’ve chosen your clients, you’ll need to let them sync their respective blockchains. This is easy to monitor, so go grab a drink or two and watch them do their thing on the GUI.

The Dashboard

Once a node operator has Rocket Pool installed successfully and chosen their ETH 1 and ETH 2 clients, you’ll see a dashboard that’s designed to give a quick, no-fuss overview of how your node’s resources are doing and the current capacity of the Rocket Pool network. Both of these are important information for a budding node operator.

You’ll also get to see the nodes current account balances for ETH, rETH and RPL. Since your node might be local or even remote, we’ve made it easy to transfer these balances no matter which location your node is in.

Other Features

There’s a lot to this nifty little GUI staking client and more will be revealed in coming updates and betas. But for now, you’re probably sick of seeing all these wonderful jifs. So here’s one more: