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# Usage
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This document provides general documentation on how to use the
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`telodendria` server binary, as well as details on how it behaves.
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The details here will be useful for setting up init systems, running
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Telodendria in a container, or manually executing the binary for
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testing or debugging purposes.
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## Command Line Options
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Typically, Telodendria is controlled via the
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[Administrator API](admin.md), but the Telodendria binary does include
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a few command line options, which can be used in init scripts or for
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debugging purposes.
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The command line arguments are as follows:
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- **`-d <dir>`** Specify the data directory to use. All persistent
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storage that Telodendria requires is saved to and loaded from here.
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- **`-V`** Only print the version information header and then quit
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with a success exit code.
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- **`-v`** Verbose mode. This overrides the configuration and sets the
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log level to `debug`. It also enables additional logging of memory
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operations, which can be useful for debugging.
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Before proposing additional command line arguments, consider whether or
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not the functionality requested can be provided via a (potentially new
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and as of yet uncreated) administrator API endpoint.
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## Environment
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Telodendria does not read any environment variables. All configuration
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should be done via the [Configuration API](config.md).
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## Signals
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Telodendria recognizes and responds to a number of signals:
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- **`PIPE`:** This signal is ignored, because all I/O errors should
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already be handled properly.
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- **`USR1`:** Perform a soft restart by shutting down the HTTP servers
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and resetting the program state. Note that the daemon process does
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not exit.
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- **`TERM`:** Perform a clean shutdown after all existing connections
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are closed.
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- **`INT`:** Same as `TERM`.
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Any other signals are not explicitly handled, so they have the
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default behavior as defind by the operating system.
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## Exit Status
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Telodendria exits with a non-0 exit code if the configuration file is
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invalid, or one or more of required paths or files is inaccessible.
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Telodendria will print an error to the log and then terminate
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abnormally.
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Telodendria exits with a code of 0 if the configuration file is valid,
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all paths and files required are accessible, and the HTTP listener
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starts as intended. If Telodendria is sent a signal that it catches
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after it begins servicing requests, it will still exit normally after
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it safely shuts down, because the bootstrap process completed
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successfully, and by all accounts, it ran normally and exitted
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normally.
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