Connect Your rippled to an XAGL Altnet

Ripple has created alternative test and development networks for developers to test their apps on the latest non-production version of the XAG Ledger (Testnet) or to test and experiment with features on the latest beta version (Devnet). The funds used on these networks are not real funds and are intended for testing only. You can connect your rippled server to either the Testnet or Devnet.

Note: The XAG Testnet and Devnet ledger and balances are reset on a regular basis.

To connect your rippled server to the XAG Testnet or Devnet, set the following configurations:

In your rippled.cfg file:

a. To connect to the Testnet, uncomment the following section and add:
```
[ips]
s.altnet.rippletest.net 51235
```
b. To connect to the Devnet, uncomment the following section and add:
```
[ips]
s.devnet.rippletest.net 51235
```
c. Comment out the following section, as follows:
```
# [ips]
# r.ripple.com 51235
```

In your validators.txt file:

2a. Changes to connect to the Testnet

a. Uncomment the following sections, as follows to connect to the altnet:

    [validator_list_sites]
    https://vl.altnet.rippletest.net

    [validator_list_keys]
    ED264807102805220DA0F312E71FC2C69E1552C9C5790F6C25E3729DEB573D5860

b. Comment out the following sections, as follows:

    # [validator_list_sites]
    # https://vl.ripple.com
    #
    # [validator_list_keys]
    # ED2677ABFFD1B33AC6FBC3062B71F1E8397C1505E1C42C64D11AD1B28FF73F4734

2b. Changes to connect to the Devnet

a. Comment out the following sections as follows:

    # [validator_list_sites]
    # https://vl.altnet.rippletest.net

    # [validator_list_keys]
    # ED264807102805220DA0F312E71FC2C69E1552C9C5790F6C25E3729DEB573D5860

    # [validator_list_sites]
    # https://vl.ripple.com
    #
    # [validator_list_keys]
    # ED2677ABFFD1B33AC6FBC3062B71F1E8397C1505E1C42C64D11AD1B28FF73F4734

b. Add the following trusted validators to the validator.txt file:

    # Hard-coded List of Devnet Validators
    [validators]
    n9Mo4QVGnMrRN9jhAxdUFxwvyM4aeE1RvCuEGvMYt31hPspb1E2c
    n9MEwP4LSSikUnhZJNQVQxoMCgoRrGm6GGbG46AumH2KrRrdmr6B
    n9M1pogKUmueZ2r3E3JnZyM3g6AxkxWPr8Vr3zWtuRLqB7bHETFD
    n9MX7LbfHvPkFYgGrJmCyLh8Reu38wsnnxA4TKhxGTZBuxRz3w1U
    n94aw2fof4xxd8g3swN2qJCmooHdGv1ajY8Ae42T77nAQhZeYGdd
    n9LiE1gpUGws1kFGKCM9rVFNYPVS4QziwkQn281EFXX7TViCp2RC
    n9Jq9w1R8UrvV1u2SQqGhSXLroeWNmPNc3AVszRXhpUr1fmbLyhS

Restart rippled.
To verify that your rippled is connected to the XAG Testnet or Devnet, use the server_info method on your server and compare it to the results from a public server on the Testnet or Devnet. The seq field of the validated_ledger object should be the same on both servers (possibly off by one or two, if it changed as you were checking).

The following command checks the latest validated ledger of a Testnet server at s.altnet.rippletest.net:
```
$ ./rippled --rpc_ip 34.210.87.206:51234 server_info | grep seq
```
The following command checks the latest validated ledger of a Devnet server at s.devnet.rippletest.net:
```
$ ./rippled --rpc_ip 34.83.125.234:51234 server_info | grep seq
```
The following command checks your local rippled's latest validated ledger index:
```
$ ./rippled server_info | grep seq
```

Connect Your rippled to an XAGL Altnet

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