arangodb/Documentation/Books/Manual/Programs/Arangod/Options.md

ArangoDB Server Options

Usage: arangod [<options>]

The database directory can be specified as positional (unnamed) first parameter:

arangod /path/to/datadir

Or explicitly as named parameter:

arangod --database.directory /path/to/datadir

All other parameters need to be passed as named parameters. That is two hyphens followed by the option name, an equals sign or a space and finally the parameter value. The value needs to be wrapped in double quote marks if the value contains whitespace. Extra whitespace around = is allowed:

arangod --database.directory = "/path with spaces/to/datadir"

See Configuration if you want to translate startup parameters to configuration files.

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