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NAME

6       ppserver - manual page for Parallel Python Network Server
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SYNOPSIS

9       ppserver  [-hda]  [-i interface] [-b broadcast] [-p port] [-w nworkers]
10       [-s secret] [-t seconds]
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DESCRIPTION

13       Parallel Python Network Server
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OPTIONS

16       -h     this help message
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18       -d     debug
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20       -a     enable auto-discovery service
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22       -r     restart worker process after each task completion
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24       -n <proto>
25              protocol number for pickle module
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27       -c <path>
28              path to config file
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39       -w <nworkers>
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46              timeout to exit if no connections with clients exist
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49              socket timeout in seconds which is also the maximum time  a  re‐
50              mote job could be executed. Increase this value if you have long
51              running jobs or decrease if connectivity to remote ppservers  is
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54       -P pid_file
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57       Please visit http://www.parallelpython.com for extended up-to-date doc‐
58       umentation, examples and support forums
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SECURITY

61       Due  to  the  security  concerns  it  is  highly  recommended  to   run
62       ppserver.py  with  an non-trivial secret key (-s command line argument)
63       which should be paired with the matching secret keyword  of  PP  Server
64       class constructor. An alternative way to set a secret key is by assign‐
65       ing pp_secret variable in the  configuration  file  .pythonrc.py  which
66       should  be  located  in  the user home directory (please make this file
67       readable  and  writable  only  by  user).   The  secret  key   set   in
68       .pythonrc.py   could  be  overridden  by  command  line  argument  (for
69       ppserver.py) and secret keyword (for PP Server class constructor).
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AUTHOR

72       This manual page was written by Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>, and
73       Vitalii Vanovschi support@parallelpython.com
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77Parallel Python Network Server   February 2010                     PPSERVER(1)