NAME¶

chirp_server - create a Chirp user-level filesystem

SYNOPSIS¶

chirp_server [options]

DESCRIPTION¶

Starts a Chirp server which allows the sharing of data with friends and colleagues without requiring any administrator privileges. Chirp provides an RPC network interface to a "backend" filesystem which can be the local filesystem or even the Hadoop HDFS filesystem. Chirp supports flexible and robust ACL management of data.

For complete details with examples, see the Chirp User's Manual (http://ccl.cse.nd.edu/software/manuals/chirp.html).

OPTIONS¶

 -A,--default-acl=<file>

Use this file as the default ACL.

 --inherit-default-acl

Directories without an ACL inherit from parent directories.

 -a,--auth=<flag>

Enable authentication mode: unix, hostname, address, ticket, kerberos, or globus.

 -b,--background

Run as daemon.

 -B,--pid-file=<file>

Write PID to file.

 -C,--no-core-dump

Do not create a core dump, even due to a crash.

 -c,--challenge-dir=<dir>

Challenge directory for unix filesystem authentication.

 -d,--debug=<flag>

Enable debugging for this sybsystem

 -E,--parent-death

Exit if parent process dies.

 -e,--parent-check=<time>

Check for presence of parent at this interval. (default is 300s)

 -F,--free-space=<size>

Leave this much space free in the filesystem.

 -G,--group-url=<url>

Base url for group lookups. (default: disabled)

 -h,--help

Give help information.

 -I,--interface=<addr>

Listen only on this network interface.

 -M,--max-clients=<count>

Set the maximum number of clients to accept at once. (default unlimited)

 -n,--catalog-name=<name>

Use this name when reporting to the catalog.

 -o,--debug-file=<file>

Write debugging output to this file. By default, debugging is sent to stderr (":stderr"). You may specify logs to be sent to stdout (":stdout") instead.

 -O,--debug-rotate-max=<bytes>

Rotate debug file once it reaches this size.

 -P,--superuser=<user>

Superuser for all directories. (default is none)

 -p,--port=<port>

Listen on this port (default is 9094, arbitrary is 0)

 --project-name=<name>

Project name this Chirp server belongs to.

 -Q,--root-quota=<size>

Enforce this root quota in software.

 -R,--read-only

Read-only mode.

 -r,--root=<url>

URL of storage directory, like file://path or hdfs://host:port/path.

 -s,--stalled=<time>

Abort stalled operations after this long. (default is 3600s)

 -T,--group-cache-exp=<time>

Maximum time to cache group information. (default is 900s)

 -t,--idle-clients=<time>

Disconnect idle clients after this time. (default is 60s)

 -U,--catalog-update=<time>

Send status updates at this interval. (default is 5m)

 -u,--advertize=<host>

Send status updates to this host. (default is catalog.cse.nd.edu)

 -v,--version

Show version info.

 -W,--passwd=<file>

Use alternate password file for unix authentication

 -w,--owner=<name>

The name of this server's owner. (default is username)

 -y,--transient=<dir>

Location of transient data (default is pwd).

 -Z,--port-file=<file>

Select port at random and write it to this file. (default is disabled)

 -z,--unix-timeout=<time>

Set max timeout for unix filesystem authentication. (default is 5s)

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES¶

• CATALOG_HOST Hostname of catalog server (same as -u).
• TCP_LOW_PORT Inclusive low port in range used with -Z.
• TCP_HIGH_PORT Inclusive high port in range used with -Z.

EXIT STATUS¶

On success, returns zero. On failure, returns non-zero.

EXAMPLES¶

To start a Chirp server with a local root directory:

% chirp_server -r file:///tmp/foo

Setting various authentication modes:

% chirp_server -a hostname -a unix -a ticket -r file:///tmp/foo

COPYRIGHT¶

The Cooperative Computing Tools are Copyright (C) 2022 The University of Notre Dame. This software is distributed under the GNU General Public License. See the file COPYING for details.

SEE ALSO¶

• Cooperative Computing Tools Documentation
• Chirp User Manual
• chirp(1) chirp_status(1) chirp_fuse(1) chirp_get(1) chirp_put(1) chirp_stream_files(1) chirp_distribute(1) chirp_benchmark(1) chirp_server(1)