POLYGRAPH-SERVER(1)

📦 version 4.13.0, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

💅 POLYGRAPH-SERVER(1) — the Web Polygraph server simulator, explained by your favorite Unix bestie

okay so picture this: you're running Web Polygraph, and you need the server side of the whole situation. That's literally what this is — the polygraph-server program, aka the Web Polygraph server simulator. It lives in the User Commands part of the manual, and honestly? she's iconic. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

server [--option ...]

that's it, that's the whole vibe. you run server and you sprinkle in whatever --options your heart desires. 🫶

✨ OPTIONS ✨

bestie, there are a LOT of them, and we're going through every single one, no skips, no cap. 💅

  • --help — shows you the list of options. the "help me help you" flag. 🎀
  • --version — package version info. so you know exactly which era of polygraph you're living in.
  • --host_type — package build environment info. the scoop on where she was built, iykyk.
  • --verb_lvl <int> — console verbosity level. turn the chattiness up or down, your call.
  • --dump <list> — dumps request/replies/errors headers/bodies to the console. yes, all of it, to your terminal, live. kind of a lot but okay 🔥
  • --dump_size <size> — limits the size of an individual msg dump. because an endless dump is not the vibe.
  • --notify <addr> — sends notifications to a [remote] monitoring program. she'll keep your monitoring bestie posted. 🦋
  • --doorman_listen_at <addr> — where to listen for (and respond to) meta-information requests.
  • --doorman_send_to <addr> — where to forward meta-information. the doorman's forwarding address, basically.
  • --label <str> — run label. slap a name on this run. 🏷️
  • --fd_limit <int> — decreases the default fd limit. yes, decreases — that's the direction, don't come for me.
  • --ports <port_range> — TCP port range for explicit binding. claim your ports, queen. 👑
  • --config <file> — configuration file name. the main character file, honestly.
  • --cfg_dirs <list> — directories to search for cfg files. she'll go looking. 🔍
  • --console <file> — redirect console output. send it somewhere else to live.
  • --log <file> — detailed binary log file. binary! fancy!
  • --log_buf_size <size> — buffer size for the binary log.
  • --store_working_set <file> — store the working set. save it for later 💾
  • --load_working_set <file> — load the working set. and here's where you bring it back.
  • --sample_log <file> — log file for samples. 🍓
  • --sample_log_buf_size <size> — buffer size for the sample log.
  • --accept_foreign_msgs — accept foreign requests or responses. let strangers in, it's fine.
  • --stats_cycle <time> — statistics cycle length. how often the numbers go brr. 📊
  • --file_scan <epoll|poll|select> — the system call to use for scanning ready files. pick your fighter: epoll, poll, or select.
  • --priority_sched <int> — priority level for urgent socket operations. urgent stuff gets to cut the line.
  • --fake_hosts <list> — use the given addresses, do not lookup real interfaces. fake it till you make it. 🙈
  • --delete_old_addrs <bool> — delete old IP aliases before adding new ones. out with the old.
  • --idle_tout <time> — exit after the inactivity timeout. if nothing's happening for that long, she's leaving. 💀
  • --local_rng_seed <int> — per-process r.n.g. seed.
  • --global_rng_seed <int> — per-test r.n.g. seed.
  • --unique_world <bool> — use a URL set that is unique across runs. every run gets her own little universe. 🌈
  • --worker <int> — SMP worker ID. which worker is this one? identity crisis resolved.
  • --hushed_error_tout <time> — hush frequent error reporting for that long. shhh, let her breathe. 🤫
  • --ign_urls <bool> — generate content regardless of the URLs. the URLs do not get a vote. periodt.

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🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

okay that's the whole page!! and for the cute sign-off: this little beauty is polygraph-server - Web Polygraph, dated May 2014 🌸 — go serve some simulated traffic, you gorgeous genius. 💖✨🎀

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