# Maintenance and Daily Operations

- [How to Guides for SPOs using Coincashew Method](/how-to-guides-for-coincashew-method-cardano-spos/maintenance-and-daily-operations/how-to-guides-for-spos-using-coincashew-method.md): Welcome to our guides on Maintenance, Daily Operations and Best Preactices for Cardano Stake Pool operators.
- [Adjust Node.Counter for KES](/how-to-guides-for-coincashew-method-cardano-spos/maintenance-and-daily-operations/how-to-guides-for-spos-using-coincashew-method/adjust-node.counter-for-kes.md): With Vasil upgrade your node.counter for KES must be just one count higher than the last OpCertC value for your last block. If this value needs to be adjusted, this guide will show you how.
- [Renew KES Keys](/how-to-guides-for-coincashew-method-cardano-spos/maintenance-and-daily-operations/how-to-guides-for-spos-using-coincashew-method/renew-kes-keys.md): Typical procedure for renewing KES keys
- [Update Node and CLI to 8.0.0](/how-to-guides-for-coincashew-method-cardano-spos/maintenance-and-daily-operations/how-to-guides-for-spos-using-coincashew-method/update-node-and-cli-to-8.0.0.md): This guide will take you through the steps to update your node and CLI to 8.0.0. This guide is for the coincashew method users. Please double check file paths and file name and adjust as needed.
- [Update Node to 9.1.1](/how-to-guides-for-coincashew-method-cardano-spos/maintenance-and-daily-operations/how-to-guides-for-spos-using-coincashew-method/update-node-to-9.1.1.md): This guide will take you through the steps to update your node to 9.1.1. This guide is for the coincashew method users. Please double check file paths and file name and adjust as needed.
- [Update cardano-submit-api](/how-to-guides-for-coincashew-method-cardano-spos/maintenance-and-daily-operations/how-to-guides-for-spos-using-coincashew-method/update-cardano-submit-api.md): This guide will walk you through how to update your cardano-submit-api
- [Update Mithril Signer](/how-to-guides-for-coincashew-method-cardano-spos/maintenance-and-daily-operations/how-to-guides-for-spos-using-coincashew-method/update-mithril-signer.md): In this example we will update from Mithril Signer version 0.2.276 to 0.3.7 - Updated: 1/29/2026
- [P2P Topology File Explained](/how-to-guides-for-coincashew-method-cardano-spos/maintenance-and-daily-operations/how-to-guides-for-spos-using-coincashew-method/p2p-topology-file-explained.md): Here we try to explain how and why your P2P files should be configured. UPDATED: 9/23/2024
- [How to Secure Pledge with Hardware Wallet](/how-to-guides-for-coincashew-method-cardano-spos/maintenance-and-daily-operations/how-to-guides-for-spos-using-coincashew-method/how-to-secure-pledge-with-hardware-wallet.md): This guide describes the process of adding a hardware wallet as a stake pool owner. That way you can secure your pledge and rewards with a hardware wallet like Trezor or Ledger Nano S+/X
- [How to submit a vote as an SPO for Governance Actions](/how-to-guides-for-coincashew-method-cardano-spos/maintenance-and-daily-operations/how-to-guides-for-spos-using-coincashew-method/how-to-submit-a-vote-as-an-spo-for-governance-actions.md): UPDATED: 8/22/2025
- [How to Delegate your SPO Wallet to a dRep](/how-to-guides-for-coincashew-method-cardano-spos/maintenance-and-daily-operations/how-to-guides-for-spos-using-coincashew-method/how-to-delegate-your-spo-wallet-to-a-drep.md): This guide will walk you through the process of delegating your SPO wallet to a dRep.
- [Register Calidus Key](/how-to-guides-for-coincashew-method-cardano-spos/maintenance-and-daily-operations/how-to-guides-for-spos-using-coincashew-method/register-calidus-key.md): This guide will walk you through the process of Registering your Calidus Key on mainnet using Cardano-Signer and Eternl Wallet.
- [How to Add Pool Data from Cexplorer to your Grafana Dashboard](/how-to-guides-for-coincashew-method-cardano-spos/maintenance-and-daily-operations/how-to-guides-for-spos-using-coincashew-method/how-to-add-pool-data-from-cexplorer-to-your-grafana-dashboard.md): UPDATED: 3/6/2026
- [Answering SPO On-Chain Polls](/how-to-guides-for-coincashew-method-cardano-spos/maintenance-and-daily-operations/how-to-guides-for-spos-using-coincashew-method/answering-spo-on-chain-polls.md): This describes the process an SPO can take to participate in polls that are posted on-chain. Updated 5/25/2023 - to add note about paying transaction with multi-signature addresses.
- [Set up Blockfrost Ice Breakers](/how-to-guides-for-coincashew-method-cardano-spos/maintenance-and-daily-operations/how-to-guides-for-spos-using-coincashew-method/set-up-blockfrost-ice-breakers.md)
- [Update Blockfrost Ice Breaker](/how-to-guides-for-coincashew-method-cardano-spos/maintenance-and-daily-operations/how-to-guides-for-spos-using-coincashew-method/update-blockfrost-ice-breaker.md)