---
title: kapacitord
description: The kapacitord daemon starts and runs the Kapacitor server.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/kapacitor/v1/reference/cli/kapacitord/
estimated_tokens: 1372
product: Kapacitor
version: v1
---

# kapacitord

The `kapacitord` daemon starts and runs the Kapacitor server.

## Usage

```sh
kapacitord [[command] [flags]]
```

## Commands

| Command | Description |
| --- | --- |
| config | Display the default Kapacitor configuration |
| downgrade | Reverts a topic store format upgrade |
| help | Output help for a command |
| run | Run the Kapacitor server |
| version | Display the Kapacitor version |

*[`run`](/kapacitor/v1/reference/cli/kapacitord/run/) is the default command.*

## Flags

| Flag | Description | Input |
| --- | --- | --- |
| -blacklist-cidrs | Blacklist CIDRs for most HTTP GET/POST operations | Comma-separated list of CIDRs |
| -config | Path to Kapacitor configuration file | Configuration filepath |
| -disable-handlers | Disable alert handlers | Comma-separated list of alert-handlers |
| -hostname | Override the hostname in the Kapacitor configuration file | Hostname |
| -pidfile | Write process ID to a file | PID filepath |
| -log-file | Write logs to a file | Log filepath |
| -log-level | Set the log level | debug, info, or error |

## Examples

-   [Run Kapacitor with default settings](#run-kapacitor-with-default-settings)
-   [Run Kapacitor with custom configuration settings](#run-kapacitor-with-custom-configuration-settings)
-   [Disable alert handlers](#disable-alert-handlers)
-   [Change Kapacitor logging settings](#change-kapacitor-logging-settings)
-   [Blacklist HTTP GET or POST operations from specific CIDRs](#blacklist-http-get-or-post-operations-from-specific-cidrs)

### Run Kapacitor with default settings

```sh
kapacitord
```

### Run Kapacitor with custom configuration settings

```sh
kapacitord -config /path/to/kapacitor.conf
```

### Disable alert handlers

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

```sh
kapacitord -disable-handlers exec,mqtt
```

### Change Kapacitor logging settings

```sh
kapacitord \
  -log-file /path/to/kapacitor.log \
  -log-level debug
```

### Blacklist HTTP GET or POST operations from specific CIDRs

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