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NAME

6       start_server - a superdaemon for hot-deploying server programs
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SYNOPSIS

9         start_server [options] -- server-prog server-arg1 server-arg2 ...
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11         # start Plack using Starlet listening at TCP port 8000
12         start_server --port=8000 -- plackup -s Starlet --max-workers=100 index.psgi
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DESCRIPTION

15       This script is a frontend of Server::Starter.  For more information
16       please refer to the documentation of the module.
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OPTIONS

19   --port=(port|host:port|port=fd|host:port=fd)
20       TCP port to listen to (if omitted, will not bind to any ports)
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22       If host is not specified, then the program will bind to the default
23       address of IPv4 ("0.0.0.0").  Square brackets should be used to specify
24       an IPv6 address (e.g. --port=[::1]:8080)
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26       If fd is specified, then start_server allocates the socket at the given
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29       The command binds to UDP ports if the port numbers are prefixed by "u"
30       (e.g., --port=u443).
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32   --path=path
33       path at where to listen using unix socket (optional)
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35   --dir=path
36       working directory, start_server do chdir to before exec (optional)
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38   --interval=seconds
39       minimum interval to respawn the server program (default: 1)
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41   --signal-on-hup=SIGNAL
42       name of the signal to be sent to the server process when start_server
43       receives a SIGHUP (default: SIGTERM). If you use this option, be sure
44       to also use "--signal-on-term" below.
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46   --signal-on-term=SIGNAL
47       name of the signal to be sent to the server process when start_server
48       receives a SIGTERM (default: SIGTERM)
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50   --pid-file=filename
51       if set, writes the process id of the start_server process to the file
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53   --status-file=filename
54       if set, writes the status of the server process(es) to the file
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56   --envdir=ENVDIR
57       directory that contains environment variables to the server processes
58       and superdaemon.  It is inspired by "envdir" in "daemontools".  This
59       can be overwritten by environment variable "ENVDIR".
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61   --log-file=file
62   --log-file="| cmd args..."
63       if set, redirects STDOUT and STDERR to given file or command
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65   --daemonize
66       deamonizes the server (by doing fork,setsid,fork).  Must be used
67       together with "--log-file".
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69   --enable-auto-restart
70       enables automatic restart by time.  This can be overwritten by
71       environment variable "ENABLE_AUTO_RESTART".
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73   --auto-restart-interval=seconds
74       automatic restart interval (default 360). It is used with
75       "--enable-auto-restart" option.  This can be overwritten by environment
76       variable "AUTO_RESTART_INTERVAL".
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78   --kill-old-delay=seconds
79       time to suspend to send a signal to the old worker. The default value
80       is 5 when "--enable-auto-restart" is set, 0 otherwise.  This can be
81       overwritten by environment variable "KILL_OLD_DELAY".
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83   --backlog=size
84       specifies a listen backlog parameter, whose default is SOMAXCONN
85       (usually 128 on Linux). While SOMAXCONN is enough for most loads, large
86       backlog is required for heavy loads.
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88   --restart
89       this is a wrapper command that reads the pid of the start_server
90       process from --pid-file, sends SIGHUP to the process and waits until
91       the server(s) of the older generation(s) die by monitoring the contents
92       of the --status-file
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94   --stop
95       this is a wrapper command that reads the pid of the start_server
96       process from --pid-file, sends SIGTERM to the process.
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98   --help
99       prints this help
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101   --version
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AUTHOR

105       Kazuho Oku
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SEE ALSO

108       Server::Starter
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LICENSE

111       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
112       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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116perl v5.38.0                      2023-07-21                   START_SERVER(1)