START_URBACKUP_SERVER(1)

NAME
start_urbackup_server - Starts the UrBackup server process

SYNOPSIS
Per defaults starts the UrBackup server as a daemon process with default parameters. The parameters such as listening HTTP and FastCGI port can be modified via command line options.

start_urbackup_server [ --no_daemon ] [ --version ] [ --help ] [ --fastcgi_port port ] [ --http_port port ] [ --logfile file ] [ --loglevel {debug|info|warn|error} ]

DESCRIPTION
This commands starts the UrBackup server. A server for backing up clients via a network. The server is started as a daemon by default. Only few settings can be modified via command line arguments to this script - mainly logging options and ports for the web interface. For all other settings please use the web interface. Following options are available via command line:

no_daemon
    UrBackup will not run as a daemon(background) process.

help
    The available command line options will be printed.

version
    The current UrBackup Server version will be printed.

fastcgi_port {port}
    Specifies the port on which the server will listen for FastCGI requests. E.g. from apache web server.

http_port {port}
    Specifies the port on which the server will listen for HTTP request. E.g. from your web browser.

logfile {file}
    Specifies how the file in /var/log should be called in which UrBackup server stores its log data

loglevel {debug|info|warn|error}
    Specifies up to which severity log entries should be created in the log file.

EXAMPLES
start_urbackup_server --http_port 80 --loglevel debug

ENVIRONMENT
UrBackup server uses the temporary directory quite heavily. If you do not have enough space in the default location (/tmp) you should modify the temporary directory location. E.g. by export TMPDIR=/media/BIGDRIVE/tmp

FILES
/var/lib/urbackup/	Database and web interface files location
/var/lib/pychart/	Pychart component location

CEVEATS
UrBackup server starts as user "urbackup" and as such has limited rights. Please assure that urbackup has read/write rights on above locations, the specified backup folder and the temporary directory.

BUGS
UrBackup Server will not shut down cleanly.

AUTHOR
Martin Raiber