> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.peaq.xyz/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Generate Session Key

## Generate the key

1. Make the request from your **VM** (where your validator node container is running) using the following command:

```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light-default","dark":"github-dark"}}
curl -X 'POST' \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id":1, "jsonrpc":"2.0", "method": "author_rotateKeys", "params":[]}' http://localhost:9944

```

2. Copy the **key** from the response:

```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light-default","dark":"github-dark"}}
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":"0xf22d82cfcf4402990a0bef3abefd1e58217ff3a86c548d30f1495fd529460d76","id":1}

```

3. In this case, the **key** is:

```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light-default","dark":"github-dark"}}
"0xf22d82cfcf4402990a0bef3abefd1e58217ff3a86c548d30f1495fd529460d76"

```

## Associate your session key with your validator account

Open the **Developer** tab, and click **Extrinsics**, there you'll need to submit the following extrinsic:

`Developer → Extrinsics → session → setKeys(keys, proof)`

<Note>You can use any peaq endpoint to submit `setKeys` extrinsic, including the endpoint from your VM with validator node.</Note>

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/peaq/2Vy2W4qW7FfmdArp/assets/img/validator-3.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=2Vy2W4qW7FfmdArp&q=85&s=038feeda0b1cd51d7038114b2aa10826" alt="validator-3" width="2834" height="1158" data-path="assets/img/validator-3.png" />

1. Paste your session key into the `aura: SpConsensusAuraSr25519AppSr25519Public field`
2. Paste 0x00 into the field `proof: Bytes`
3. Click `Submit Transaction`
   <Note>After using setKeys extrinsic, you can connect back to the public endpoint.</Note>

### Double-check that your session key is associated with your wallet address

Open the **Developer** tab, and click **Chain state**. There, you'll need to submit the following state query:

`Developer → Chain state → Session → nextKeys[AccountId32]`

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/peaq/2Vy2W4qW7FfmdArp/assets/img/validator-4.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=2Vy2W4qW7FfmdArp&q=85&s=edcf69620e56bd7b2899616bb18409e2" alt="validator-4" width="2844" height="1144" data-path="assets/img/validator-4.png" />

1. Toggle the switch `include option` and select your validator address in the `AccountId32` field.
2. Click the `+` button.
3. Confirm that your key is displayed.

## Remove unsafe rpc methods from your node

Remove  `--unsafe-rpc-external` and `--rpc-methods=unsafe` methods, which we needed in the beginning, and rerun the container.

```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light-default","dark":"github-dark"}}
sudo docker run -d -v peaq-storage:/chain-data -p 9944:9944 peaq/parachain:peaq-v0.0.105 \
--collator \
--parachain-id 3338 \
--chain ./node/src/chain-specs/peaq-raw.json \
--base-path chain-data \
--port 30333 \
--rpc-port 9944 \
--rpc-cors=all \
--execution=wasm \
--out-peers 50 \
--in-peers 50 \
-- \
--execution wasm \
--port 30343 \
--sync fast \
--rpc-port 9977
```