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# Maintenance

Notes on how to maintain and update a Lighthouse Validator Client.

### Lighthouse - Update lighthousevalidator.service

```bash
lighthouse-validator-stop
lighthouse-validator-config

# MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE CONFIG

daemon-reload
lighthouse-validator-start
lighthouse-validator-status
```