How to ask a running monerod instance for mining hashrate when restricted-rpc is enabled?

Question

I'm running monerod as service, mining with 3 threads. How can I get the hashrate info?

monerod status fails to connect:

$ monerod status                                                                            
Error: Couldn't connect to daemon: 127.0.0.1:18081
Height: 1480810/1480810 (100.0%) on mainnet, mining info unavailable, net hash 644.80 MH/s, v6, up to date, 9(out)+36(in) connections, uptime 1d 1h 47m 55s
$ netstat -nap | grep 18081                                                                 
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:18081           0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      -    

The port is open (telnet 127.0.0.1 18081 connects properly).

edit: I noticed the restricted-rpc option blocks mining info from being accessed. The node is public and I need to keep that option. So, the question is how can I check hashrate in such setup?

Answer 1

You probably started monerod with --restricted-rpc. This will deny access to the mining information, as it is private (ie, none of any third party's business).

You can now start a daemon with two RPC ports, one with restricted RPC (presumably exposed to the internet) and one not. See this in monerod --help:

--rpc-bind-port arg (=18081) Port for RPC server --rpc-restricted-bind-port arg Port for restricted RPC server

Another way is to ask the JSON RPC directly: curl -v -X POST http://127.0.0.1:18081/mining_status -d '{}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json'

You then get the hash rate in the speed field.