icegridnode(1)

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version 3.8.1 · 3 versions
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💜 icegridnode — the IceGrid node server, explained by your fave

okay bestie, buckle up, because this is the icegridnode page from the General Commands Manual and she's serving 🫶 this is the manual entry for the IceGrid node server. it's giving infrastructure. it's giving main character energy for your whole host. let's get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

icegridnode — the IceGrid node server. that's it, that's her. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

icegridnode [options]

literally just options, no positional args in the synopsis, periodt. 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so, an IceGrid node is a process that activates, monitors, and deactivates registered server processes. it's the babysitter, the manager, the one keeping track of who's up and who's down. 💖

you can run any number of nodes in a domain, but lowkey the typical setup is one node per host. and bestie, listen: a node must be running on each host where servers get activated automatically. that's not optional. no node, no automatic activation, no vibes. 😭

also — and this is the big one — nodes cannot run without an IceGrid registry. like, at all. the registry is the whole point of contact. no registry, no node. it's a duo, it's a package deal, iykyk. 🫶

the IceGrid node server itself is implemented by the icegridnode executable. and if you want a registry and node running in one single process, then icegridnode is the executable you have to use. that's the collocated setup. iconic behavior honestly. ✨

full documentation for icegridnode is available online at:

https://docs.zeroc.com/ice/3.8/cpp/icegridnode

go read it, it's free, it's thorough, it's giving reference material. 📚

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

okay here's the whole option menu, no skips, no cuts, every single one. 🍓

  • -h, --help — shows you the help message. the classic. the "i forgot what i was doing" button. 🙈
  • -v, --version — prints out the Ice version, so you know exactly which flavor of Ice you're rocking. ⭐
  • --daemon — runs her as a daemon. background mode. she's not here for the attention, she's here to work. 💅
  • --pidfile FILE — writes the process ID into the file FILE. now you can find her later. 🎯
  • --noclose — do not close the open file descriptors. leave them open. don't touch them. 🫣
  • --nochdir — do not change the current working directory. stay right where you are bestie, we're not moving. 🧚
  • --readonly — starts the collocated master registry in read-only mode. look but don't touch. 👀
  • --initdb-from-replica REPLICA — initializes the collocated registry database from the specified REPLICA. seeding your database from a replica, so efficient, so cunty. 🌈
  • --deploy DESCRIPTOR [TARGET1 [TARGET2 ...]] — adds or updates the descriptor in the file DESCRIPTOR, with optional targets TARGET1, TARGET2, and so on, up to however many you need. deploy day! 🔥
ngl, the multi-target one has the longest signature on the whole page and honestly? she earned it. --deploy DESCRIPTOR [TARGET1 [TARGET2 ...]] — use it exactly like that. no cap. 💯

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go bother her sisters, they're all in the family:

the whole squad. go read them too, you'll thank me later. 👑

💖 bye bestie 💖

and that's the whole page, every last crumb of it, nothing skipped. this manual entry signs off as icegridnode(1), sitting in the General Commands Manual section — and if you ever forget where it came from, it's the IceGrid node page, that's the one. now go start your registry first, i'm begging you. ✨🫶💜

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