ARCHED(8)

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version 7.2.0 · 12 versions
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✨ ARCHED(8) ✨

okay so real quick before anything — this is a page from the NorduGrid System Managers Manual, section 8, and the star of the show is arched. bestie, buckle up 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

arched — the ARC Hosting Environment Daemon. yes. that's the whole name. it's giving main character energy and honestly? deserved. 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

arched [OPTION]...

that's it. that's the vibe. you give it options, it does daemon things. periodt.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so arched is the ARC Hosting Environment Daemon, and it is responsible for... 🫶

ngl bestie, the original page literally trails off right there with the "..." and leaves it at that. iconic of it, honestly. no extra lore was provided, so no extra lore am I inventing. we respect the mystery. 💀

✨ OPTIONS ✨

every single flag, coming right up. no skips, no cuts, we ate the whole menu 🍓

  • -f, --foreground — run the daemon in the foreground. it just… stays right there with you. clingy in a cute way 💜
  • -w, --watchdog — turns on the watchdog, which restarts arched whenever it gets stuck or fails. heads up tho: it only works in background mode, so don't come for it while you're in foreground 💅
  • -c, --xml-config — the full path of the XML config file 📄
  • -i, --ini-config — the full path of the INI config file 📄
  • -d, --config-dump — dumps the XML config that gets generated from the INI one. like a little before/after reveal ✨
  • -p, --pid-file — the full path of the pid file 🎀
  • -u, --user — the user name to switch to after starting 🔄
  • -g, --group — the group name to switch to after starting 🔄
  • -s, --schema — the full path of the XML schema file that gets used for validating the configuration ✅
  • -v, --version — outputs version info and dips. bye bestie 👋
  • -a, --install — installs the windows service. only works on windows 🪟
  • -r, --uninstall — uninstalls the windows service. also only works on windows 🪟

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

found a bug? don't suffer in silence, bestie. report it to http://bugzilla.nordugrid.org/ — they wanna hear it, fr fr 🐛

APACHE LICENSE Version 2.0 — the legal paperwork said what it said 📜

🌈 FILES 🌈

  • /etc/arc.conf — the file, the myth, the legend. it's right there in /etc, where all the important stuff lives 💖

🧚 AUTHOR 🧚

Aleksandr Konstantinov <aleks@fys.uio.no> — the genius behind it all. we stan 🙌

and that's the whole page, bestie! 💜 this was NorduGrid ARC 7.2.0, dated 2026-09-01, section ARCHED(8) — go forth and daemon responsibly. slay ✨🎀🦋
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