mfsgui

NAME

mfsgui - start, restart or stop MooseFS GUI server

SYNOPSIS

mfsgui [-c CFGFILE] [-f] [-d] [-u] [-n] [-t LOCKTIMEOUT] [ACTION]

mfsgui -v

mfsgui -h

DESCRIPTION

mfsgui is the MooseFS GUI server. It consist of a HTTP server and scripts that make up the GUI interface to MooseFS. The user can access the GUI via any web browser, using the IP (or appropriate domain name) and port defined in mfsgui.cfg.

OPTIONS

-v

print version information and exit

-h

print usage information and exit

-c CFGFILE

specify alternative path of configuration file (default is mfsgui.cfg in system configuration directory)

-f

run in foreground, don't daemonize

-d

run with dangerous options (names: DANGEROUS_*)

-u

log undefined configuration values (when default is assumed)

-n

do not attempt to increase limit of core dump size

-t LOCKTIMEOUT

how long to wait for lockfile (in seconds; default is 60 seconds)

ACTION

tells MooseFS GUI server to perform one of the following actions:

start: Start MooseFS GUI server process if the process is not already running, otherwise display error message.
stop: Stop MooseFS GUI server process if the process is running, otherwise display error message.
restart: (default action) If the MooseFS GUI server process is running, restart it, if it's not running, start it.
reload: Send a signal to MooseFS GUI server process to reload config files.
info: Send a singal to MooseFS GUI server process to dump debug information file in working directory.
test: Displays "mfsgui pid: PID" if the MooseFS GUI server is running (and return 0) or "mfsgui is not running" otherwise (and return 1).
kill: Send termination signal to MooseFS GUI server process.
restore: Not implemented.

FILES

mfsgui.cfg: configuration file for MooseFS GUI server process; refer to mfsgui.cfg (5) manual for details
.mfsgui.lock: lock file of running MooseFS GUI server process (created in data directory)
scripts: various python, javascript, and other (static) files used to serve the GUI interface via HTTP; these files are installed in whatever directory is the default at installation time for ROOT_DIR in mfsgui.cfg

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to bugs@moosefs.com

COPYRIGHT

This file is part of MooseFS.

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