.TH arangod 8 "Do 23. Jan 09:57:20 CET 2014" "" "ArangoDB"
.SH NAME
arangod - the ArangoDB database server
.SH SYNOPSIS
arangod [options] database-directory
.SH DESCRIPTION
The arangod binary can be used to start the ArangoDB database
server. By default, the server will run in a mode that allows
clients to connect to it via the network. The server also has
an emergency console mode that can be used for any sort of
maintenance operations. In the emergency console mode, the 
server does not allow any clients to connect.
The server can be stopped gracefully at any time by pressing 
CTRL-C or by sending the SIGINT signal to the process.
.SH OPTIONS
The arangod binary has many options that can be used to control
its behavior. 
For a complete list of options, please refer to the ArangoDB
online manual, available at http://www.arangodb.org/

The most important startup options are:

.IP "--configuration <string>"
read configuration from file <string> 
.IP "--console"
do not start as server, start an emergency console instead 
.IP "--log.file <string>"
log to file <string> 
.IP "--log.level <string>"
set the log level (possible values: "fatal", "error", "warning", "info", "debug", "trace") 
.IP "--server.endpoint <string>"
listen endpoint for client requests, consisting of protocol, ip address and port 
.IP "--server.disable-authentication <boolean>"
disable authentication for all clients 
.IP "--database.directory <string>"
path to the database directory 
.SH EXAMPLES
.EX
shell> arangod /data/arangodb
starts the server with database directory /data/arangodb 
.EE

.EX
shell> arangod --database.directory /data/arangodb
same, but uses --database.directory option instead  
.EE

.EX
shell> arangod --log.level debug /data/arangodb
starts server with log level "debug" 
.EE

.EX
shell> arangod --server.endpoint tcp://127.0.0.1:8529 /data/arangodb
starts server listening on port 8529 of IP 127.0.0.1 
.EE

.EX
shell> arangod --server.endpoint tcp://192.168.173.13:8529 
               --server.endpoint ssl://192.168.173.13:8530 /data/arangodb
starts server with two endpoints: port 8529 for unencrypted requests and 8530 for ssl-encrypted requests 
.EE

.EX
shell> arangod --console /data/arangodb
starts the emergency console 
.EE


.SH AUTHOR
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