How to manually add public nodes to your node?

Question

I want to add peers from a list to my monero node in addition to the nodes to which I am already connected or are connected to me.

I'm using monerod.conf file and add remote nodes (found here) to the end:

add-peer=opennode.xmr-tw.org:18089
add-peer=node.moneroworld.com:18089
#add-peer=node.xmrbackb.one:18081
add-peer=uwillrunanodesoon.moneroworld.com:18089
add-peer=node.xmr.to:18081
add-peer=nodes.hashvault.pro:18081
add-peer=node.supportxmr.com:18081

But after requesting get_connections to rpc node I don't see ip peers added by me from the list above.

Does --add-peer not work in the config file and only as separate parameters when starting the daemon?

UPD: I'm trying using --add-peer as parameter and still can't see peers from the list above in response of get_connections request...

/usr/local/bin/monerod --config-file /etc/monero/monerod.conf \
    --detach --non-interactive --pidfile /run/monero/monerod.pid \
    --add-peer  opennode.xmr-tw.org:18089 \
    --add-peer  uwillrunanodesoon.moneroworld.com:18089 \
    --add-peer  node.xmr.to:18081 \
    --add-peer  nodes.hashvault.pro:18081 \
    --add-peer  node.supportxmr.com:18081

And another question, will the list of nodes to which my node has an incoming or outgoing connection will be saved and used when rebooting the daemon? Did I understand correcyly that the list of peers is stored in p2pstate.bin file?

jtgrassie · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-19T00:17:12.967

... --add-peer node.supportxmr.com:18081

--add-peer arg is the correct parameter, however, by the peers you are trying to add it's clear you are using the other peers RPC interface, not their p2p interface. The p2p port is 18080.

--add-peer arg is for adding p2p peers.

Also,

But after requesting get_connections to rpc node ...

You can check which peers your node is currently connected to with the monerod command print_cn, which will show all the inbound and outbound connected peers.

And another question, will the list of nodes to which my node has an incoming or outgoing connection will be saved and used when rebooting the daemon?

Yes.

How to manually add public nodes to your node?

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