Details about the ArangoDB Server
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The following command starts the ArangoDB database in server mode. You will
be able to access the server using HTTP requests on port 8529. Look 
[here](#frequently-used-options) for a list of 
frequently used options – see 
[here](../Administration/Configuration/README.md) for a complete list.



Frequently Used Options
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The following command-line options are frequently used. 
[For a full list of options see the documentation](../Administration/Configuration/README.md).

`database-directory`

Uses the "database-directory" as base directory. There is an
alternative version available for use in configuration files, see 
[configuration documentation](../Administration/Configuration/Arangod.md).

`--help`<br >
`-h`

Prints a list of the most common options available and then exists. 
In order to see all options use `--help-all`.

`--log level`

Allows the user to choose the level of information which is logged by
the server. The "level" is specified as a string and can be one of
the following values: fatal, error, warning, info, debug or trace.  For
more information see [here](../Administration/Configuration/Logging.md).

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`--daemon`

Runs the server as a "daemon" (as a background process).