PPSERVER(1)

💖 PPSERVER(1) — User Commands 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this is the manual page for ppserver, aka the PPFT (Parallel Python) Network Server, and we are gonna get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ppserver — PPFT (Parallel Python) Network Server. that's it, that's the name, she's serving exactly what it says on the tin 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

ppserver [-hdar] [-f format] [-n proto] [-c config_path] [-i interface]
[-b broadcast] [-p port] [-w nworkers] [-s secret] [-t seconds] [-k
seconds] [-P pid_file]

lowkey iconic syntax, ngl. all those little flags stacked up in [-hdar]? she's a cluster, she's a mood 🦋

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so basically: this is the Parallel Python Network Server, and the version we're repping here is pp-1.7.8. that's the whole description. short, sweet, main character energy 👑

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

here's where the details live, bestie. every single one. no skips, no crumbs, we're eating the whole plate 🍓

• -h — the classic. shows you this help message. your emergency "wait what was that flag again" button 🫶
• -d — cranks the log level up to debug. verbose queen behavior, she will tell you everything 💀
• -f format — sets the log format. you pick the format, she picks the drip ✨
• -a — turns on the auto-discovery service. she finds her friends by herself, so social 🌈
• -r — restart the worker process after each task completion. every task finished = fresh worker, no leftover baggage, we love a reset button 🎀
• -n proto — the protocol number for the pickle module. yes, pickle. yes, that pickle. choose wisely 🥒
• -c path — path to the config file. point her at her settings file and she'll read it 💜
• -i interface — the interface to listen on. where she's earring, basically 👂
• -b broadcast — the broadcast address for the auto-discovery service. pairs cute with -a 💕
• -p port — the port to listen on. pick your number, own it 🔢
• -w nworkers — number of workers to start. how big is the squad? that's the question 💪
• -s secret — the secret for authentication. more on this in a sec, and it's important, bestie 😭
• -t seconds — the timeout to exit if no connections with clients exist. nobody's calling? she leaves. respect her time 🕐
• -k seconds — the socket timeout in seconds. how long she'll wait on a socket before giving up on it ⌛
• -P pid_file — the file to write PID to. drop the process ID in a file so you can find her later 🗂️

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🔥 THE IMPORTANT NOTES 🔥

• to print server stats, send SIGUSR1 to its main process. this is unix only, so if you're not on unix, this is not your moment, sorry babe 🙈

⚠️ security concern, listen up: because of the security concerns, always use a non-trivial secret key. do NOT be out here with -s password123. be so serious right now. 💀

like, fr fr — the secret key set by the -s switch will override the secret key assigned by the pp_secret variable in .pythonrc.py. that's the rule, that's how it works, no cap 💅

• and if you want the extended, up-to-date documentation, examples, and support forums, please visit http://www.parallelpython.com. go, read, thrive, iykyk 🌐

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🌙 a lil sign-off 🌙

that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 go forth and parallelize responsibly, and always remember: non-trivial secret, periodt 👑

Parallel Python Network Server … March 2026 — mwah, stan this manpage, she ate and left no crumbs 💖✨🎀🦋🌸