How To Create An Account
========================

Create account by Seele Node
----------------------------

You can create a Seele account by Seele Node.

`Setting Up a
Node <Getting-Started-With-Seele.html#setting-up-a-node>`__ will help
you acquire a Seele Node.

-  Generate a Seele account on shard 1:

.. code:: js

   // Request
   node key --shard 1

   // Response
   public key:  0xb4153ca4090a11af1984cdf20b0d0cbed5ff97a1
   private key: 0x28f74ba46964f6bd09be55654d58eacea72b57449d5636a8c347c15a9104f

Currently, Seele has **4** shards. You can choose shard number from 1 to
4 for your account.

Create account by Seele Client
------------------------------

You can also create a Seele account by a full node client or a light
node client.

`Create a Full Node
Client <Getting-Started-With-Seele.html#create-a-full-node-client>`__
will help you on how to acquire a full node client.

`Create a Light Node
Client <Getting-Started-With-Seele.html#create-a-light-node-client>`__
will help you on how to acquire a light node client.

-  Generate a Seele account on shard 1:

.. code:: js

   // Request
   client key --shard 1

   // Response
   public key:  0xb4153ca4090a11af1984cdf20b0d0cbed5ff97a1
   private key: 0x28f74ba46964f6bd09be55654d58eacea72b57449d5636a8c347c15a9104f

Generate keyfile for account
----------------------------

-  Sometimes you may need to store the account private key to a file,
   command:

.. code:: js

   // Request
   client savekey --privatekey 0x28f74ba46964f6bd09be55654d58eacea72b57449d5636a8c347c15a9104fbc3 --file .keystore-shard1

   // Response
   Password:
   Repeat password:
   store key successful