AMANDA-REST-SERVER(8)

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version 3.5.4 · 8 versions
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✨ AMANDA-REST-SERVER(8) ✨

hi bestie 💖 you've wandered into AMANDA-REST-SERVER(8), which is a System Administration Commands page — that's section 8, iykyk. and what does it do? it starts or stops the Amanda Rest Server. that's the whole vibe. short king of a man page, but we love her. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

amanda-rest-server [--help] [--version] [--development] [start | stop]

so you literally just call the thing and hand it one of those. no cap. 🦋

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

amanda-rest-server start starts the Amanda Rest Server.

that's it. that's the description. the man page said what it said and it meant it. ✨

👑 OPTIONS 👑

one bullet per option, no skips, we do not leave anybody out:

  • --development — helps you debug server errors. it's giving "turn on the messy-mode so you can actually see what went wrong" energy. 🐛
  • start — starts the Amanda Rest Server. she's up. she's serving. 💅
  • stop — stops the Amanda Rest Server. she's resting. she earned it. 😌
just a heads up bestie, the synopsis up there also lists --help and --version as things you can pass. the page itself doesn't spell out what they do, so i'm not gonna make stuff up — that's a you go find out situation. 🙈

🎀 CONFIGURATIONS 🎀

all of this config must live in the /etc/amanda/amanda.conf file. one file, one home, no side quests. 🏠

  • rest-api-port port — the port the rest server is listening on. pick your lane, bestie. 🔌
  • rest-ssl-cert string — the path to the certificate file for the SSL connection. 🔐
  • rest-ssl-key string — the path to the key file for the SSL connection. 🗝️

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

yes. twice. they really did that. iconic honestly, listing it two times like it's that important (it kind of is). 💜

The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/

(also yes, two colons, that's how it's printed, i'm not touching it 💀)

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

Jean-Louis Martineau <martineau@zmanda.com>

thank you for your service, legend. ⭐

and that's a wrap on Amanda 3.5.4, dated 08/26/2026 — your girl AMANDA-REST-SERVER(8) signing off, go start (or stop) that rest server, slay, periodt. 🧚‍♀️💖

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