diff --git a/packages/util/src/config.ts b/packages/util/src/config.ts
index 318c21324..211adf6fe 100644
--- a/packages/util/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/util/src/config.ts
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ export interface ServerConfig {
   port: number;
   mode: string;
   kind: string;
+  enableConfigValidation: boolean;
   checkpointing: boolean;
   checkpointInterval: number;
   subgraphPath: string;
diff --git a/packages/util/src/constants.ts b/packages/util/src/constants.ts
index 5cf1d0103..ba1b464a5 100644
--- a/packages/util/src/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/util/src/constants.ts
@@ -27,3 +27,5 @@ export const KIND_LAZY = 'lazy';
 export const DEFAULT_PREFETCH_BATCH_SIZE = 10;
 
 export const DEFAULT_MAX_GQL_CACHE_SIZE = Math.pow(2, 20) * 8; // 8 MB
+
+export const SUPPORTED_PAID_RPC_METHODS = ['eth_getBlockByHash', 'eth_getStorageAt', 'eth_getBlockByNumber'];
diff --git a/packages/util/src/index.ts b/packages/util/src/index.ts
index 5a4399c54..679c1537d 100644
--- a/packages/util/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/util/src/index.ts
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ export * from './graph/types';
 export * from './payments';
 export * from './eth';
 export * from './consensus';
+export * from './validate-config';
diff --git a/packages/util/src/validate-config.ts b/packages/util/src/validate-config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9603bd31d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/util/src/validate-config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+import { ethers } from 'ethers';
+import { Client } from 'pg';
+import debug from 'debug';
+import { PostgresConnectionOptions } from 'typeorm/driver/postgres/PostgresConnectionOptions';
+import WebSocket from 'ws';
+import path from 'path';
+import fs from 'fs-extra';
+
+import { SUPPORTED_PAID_RPC_METHODS } from './constants';
+
+const log = debug('vulcanize:server');
+
+async function validateContractDeployment (rpcEndpoint: string, contractInfo: {address:string, name?:string}, isWs: boolean): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    let provider;
+    if (isWs) {
+      provider = new ethers.providers.WebSocketProvider(rpcEndpoint);
+    } else {
+      provider = new ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider(rpcEndpoint);
+    }
+    const code = await provider.getCode(contractInfo.address);
+    if (code === '0x') {
+      log(`WARNING: Contract ${contractInfo.name ? contractInfo.name : ''} is not deployed at ${contractInfo.address}`);
+    } else {
+      log(`SUCCESS: Contract ${contractInfo.name ? contractInfo.name : ''} is deployed at ${contractInfo.address}`);
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    log(error);
+  }
+}
+
+function validateContractAddressFormat (contractInfo: {address:string, name?:string}): boolean {
+  if (ethers.utils.isAddress(contractInfo.address)) {
+    log(`SUCCESS: Address ${contractInfo.address} ${contractInfo.name ? `for ${contractInfo.name}` : ''} is in a valid format`);
+    return true;
+  } else {
+    log(`WARNING: Address ${contractInfo.address} ${contractInfo.name ? `for ${contractInfo.name}` : ''} is not in a valid format`);
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+export async function validateContracts (contractsArr: {address:string, name?:string}[], rpcProviderMutationEndpoint: string, isWs: boolean): Promise<void> {
+  contractsArr.forEach((contract) => {
+    const isValidFormat = validateContractAddressFormat(contract);
+
+    if (isValidFormat) {
+      validateContractDeployment(rpcProviderMutationEndpoint, contract, isWs);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+export async function validateHttpEndpoint (endPoint: string, kind: string): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    const response = await fetch(endPoint);
+    log(`SUCCESS: The ${endPoint} is up. Status ${response.status}`);
+  } catch (error:any) {
+    log(`WARNING: could not connect to ${endPoint}. Please check if the ${kind} is correct and up.`);
+    log(error);
+  }
+}
+
+async function checkDBEndpoint (connectionString: string, dbKind: string): Promise<void> {
+  const client = new Client({
+    connectionString
+  });
+
+  try {
+    await client.connect();
+    log(`SUCCESS: ${dbKind} endpoint is up.`);
+  } catch (error) {
+    log(`WARNING: Error connecting to ${dbKind} database. Please check if job queue config is setup and database is running \n`, error);
+  } finally {
+    await client.end();
+  }
+}
+
+export async function validateDatabaseEndpoint (database: PostgresConnectionOptions): Promise<void> {
+  const connectionString = `${database.type}://${database.username}:${database.password}@${database.host}:${database.port}/${database.database}`;
+  await checkDBEndpoint(connectionString, 'postgresQL');
+}
+
+export async function validateJobQueueEndpoint (connString: string): Promise<void> {
+  await checkDBEndpoint(connString, 'Job queue database');
+}
+
+async function checkWebSocket (wsEndpoint: string) {
+  const socket = new WebSocket(wsEndpoint);
+
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    socket.on('open', () => {
+      socket.close();
+      resolve(true);
+    });
+
+    socket.on('error', (error) => {
+      reject(error);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+export async function validateWebSocketEndpoint (wsEndpoint: string): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    await checkWebSocket(wsEndpoint);
+    log(`SUCCESS: The WebSocket endpoint ${wsEndpoint} is up.`);
+  } catch (error) {
+    log(`WARNING: Error connecting to websocket endpoint ${wsEndpoint}. Please check if server.p2p.nitro.chainUrl is correct.`, error);
+  }
+}
+
+export async function validatePaidRPCMethods (paidRPCMethods: string[]): Promise<void> {
+  paidRPCMethods.forEach((method) => {
+    if (SUPPORTED_PAID_RPC_METHODS.includes(method)) {
+      log(`SUCCESS: ${method} is a supported paid RPC method`);
+    } else {
+      log(`WARNING: ${method} is not a supported paid RPC method`);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+export async function validateFilePath (configFile: string): Promise<void> {
+  const configFilePath = path.resolve(configFile);
+  const fileExists = await fs.pathExists(configFilePath);
+  if (!fileExists) {
+    log(`WARNING: Config file not found: ${configFilePath}`);
+  } else {
+    log(`SUCCESS: Config file found: ${configFilePath}`);
+  }
+}