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kapacitord

The kapacitord daemon starts and runs the Kapacitor server.

Usage

kapacitord [[command] [flags]]
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Commands

CommandDescription
configDisplay the default Kapacitor configuration
downgradeReverts a topic store format upgrade
helpOutput help for a command
runRun the Kapacitor server
versionDisplay the Kapacitor version

run is the default command.

Flags

FlagDescriptionInput
-blacklist-cidrsBlacklist CIDRs for most HTTP GET/POST operationsComma-separated list of CIDRs
-configPath to Kapacitor configuration fileConfiguration filepath
-disable-handlersDisable alert handlersComma-separated list of alert-handlers
-hostnameOverride the hostname in the Kapacitor configuration fileHostname
-pidfileWrite process ID to a filePID filepath
-log-fileWrite logs to a fileLog filepath
-log-levelSet the log leveldebug, info, or error

Examples

Run Kapacitor with default settings

kapacitord
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Run Kapacitor with custom configuration settings

kapacitord -config /path/to/kapacitor.conf
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Disable alert handlers

Disabling alert handlers can be useful for security reasons–for example, disabling the exec handler on a shared system.

kapacitord -disable-handlers exec,mqtt
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Change Kapacitor logging settings

kapacitord \
  -log-file /path/to/kapacitor.log \
  -log-level debug
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Blacklist HTTP GET or POST operations from specific CIDRs

kapacitord -blacklist-cidrs 10.10.0.0/16,192.168.200.5/30
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