1SYSTEMD-SOCKET-ACTIVATE(1) systemd-socket-activate SYSTEMD-SOCKET-ACTIVATE(1)
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6 systemd-socket-activate - Test socket activation of daemons
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9 systemd-socket-activate [OPTIONS...] daemon [OPTIONS...]
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12 systemd-socket-activate may be used to launch a socket-activated
13 service program from the command line for testing purposes. It may also
14 be used to launch individual instances of the service program per
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17 The daemon to launch and its options should be specified after options
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20 If the --inetd option is given, the socket file descriptor will be used
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22 standard input and output will be inherited, and sockets will be passed
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24 $LISTEN_FDS to systemd-socket-activate will be passed through to the
25 daemon, in the original positions. Other sockets specified with
26 --listen= will use consecutive descriptors. By default,
27 systemd-socket-activate listens on a stream socket, use --datagram and
28 --seqpacket to listen on datagram or sequential packet sockets instead
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32 -l address, --listen=address
33 Listen on this address. Takes a string like "2000" or
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37 Launch an instance of the service program for each connection and
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40 -d, --datagram
41 Listen on a datagram socket (SOCK_DGRAM), instead of a stream
42 socket (SOCK_STREAM). May not be combined with --seqpacket.
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45 Listen on a sequential packet socket (SOCK_SEQPACKET), instead of a
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49 Use the inetd protocol for passing file descriptors, i.e. as
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51 protocol for passing file descriptors using $LISTEN_FDS (see
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54 -E VAR[=VALUE], --setenv=VAR[=VALUE]
55 Add this variable to the environment of the launched process. If
56 VAR is followed by "=", assume that it is a variable–value pair.
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60 --fdname=NAME[:NAME...]
61 Specify names for the file descriptors passed. This is equivalent
62 to setting FileDescriptorName= in socket unit files, and enables
63 use of sd_listen_fds_with_names(3). Multiple entries may be
64 specifies using separate options or by separating names with colons
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66 superfluous ones will be ignored. In case less names are given than
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69 -h, --help
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72 --version
73 Print a short version string and exit.
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84 Example 1. Run an echo server on port 2000
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86 $ systemd-socket-activate -l 2000 --inetd -a cat
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