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basexserver(1) The XML Database basexserver(1)

NAME

basexserver - XML database system and XPath/XQuery processor (server mode)

SYNOPSIS

basexsercer [-cdhlnpsSUz] [stop]

DESCRIPTION

basexserver starts the server mode of the native XML database system basex(1) on default port 1984.

OPTIONS

A short description of option can be obtained from



    $ basexserver -h
or by browsing https://docs.basex.org/wiki/Command-Line_Options#HTTP_Server

USER MANAGEMENT

On first startup a user 'admin' with default password 'admin' exists (make sure to change this)!

Admin permissions are needed to execute one of the following processes.

•
Creating user 'test' with password 'test':



   > CREATE USER test test
As global permissions valid options are 'none', 'read', 'write', 'create' and 'admin'.
•
Revoking all global permissions from user 'test':



   > GRANT none TO test
Valid local permissions are 'none', 'read' and 'write'.
•
Granting write permission on database 'factbook' to user 'test':



    > GRANT write ON factbook TO test
Note: Local permissions overwrite global permissions. As a consequence, the 'test' user will only be allowed to access (i.e., read and write) the 'factbook' database. If no local permissions are set, the global rights are inherited.
•
Showing global permissions:



    > SHOW USERS
•
Showing local permissions on database 'factbook':



   > SHOW USERS ON factbook
•
Dropping of user 'test':



   > DROP USER test
Further details on user management are to be found in the BaseX Documentation Wiki (https://docs.basex.org/wiki/User_Management).

DATABASE COMMANDS

A list of supported Database commands can be obtained from



    $ basexserver -ic help
or by browsing https://docs.basex.org/wiki/Commands

SEE ALSO

basexclient(1), basex(1), basexgui(1)



   .basexhome                can be created by a user to mark a folder as home directory.


   .basex                    BaseX (standalone and server) properties


   .basexgui                 BaseX additional GUI properties 


   .basexhistory             contains commands that have been typed in most recently.


   ${basexhome}/data         Default database directory


   ${basexhome}/data/.logs   Server logs


   ${basexhome}/repo         Package repository
BaseX Documentation Wiki: https://docs.basex.org

HISTORY

BaseX started as a research project of the Database and Information Systems Group (DBIS) at the University of Konstanz in 2005 and soon turned into a feature-rich open source XML database and XPath/XQuery processor.

LICENSE

New (3-clause) BSD License

AUTHOR

BaseX is primarily developed by Christian Gruen <cg@basex.org> with the help of various contributors <https://basex.org/about/open-source/>

The man page was written by Alexander Holupirek <alex@holupirek.de> while packaging BaseX for Debian GNU/Linux.

19 April 2022