ASAB Command-line interface

ASAB-based application provides the command-line interface by default. Here is an overview of the common command-line arguments.

-h, --help

Show a help.

Configuration

-c <CONFIG>,--config <CONFIG>

Load configuration file from a file CONFIG.

Logging

-v, --verbose

Increase the logging level to DEBUG aka be more verbose about what is happening.

-l <LOG_FILE>,--log-file <LOG_FILE>

Log to a file LOG_FILE.

-s, --syslog

Log to a syslog.

Daemon

Python module python-daemon has to be installed in order to support daemonosation functions.

$ pip3 install asab python-daemon

-d, --daemonize

Launch the application in the background aka daemonized.

Daemon-related section of Config file:

[daemon]
pidfile=/var/run/myapp.pid
uid=nobody
gid=nobody
working_dir=/tmp

Configuration options pidfile, uid , gid and working_dir are supported.

-k, --kill

Shutdown the application running in the background (started previously with -d argument).