MFSCGISERV(8)

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✨ MFSCGISERV(8) — lizardfs-cgiserver ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're talking about lizardfs-cgiserver 💖 she lives in section 8 of the manual (the sysadmin girlies section, iykyk), and she is exactly what she sounds like: a simple HTTP/CGI server for Lizard File System monitoring.

🌸 NAME 🌸

lizardfs-cgiserver — the simple HTTP/CGI server for Lizard File System monitoring. that's her. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

lizardfs-cgiserver [-H BIND-HOST] [-P BIND-PORT] [-R ROOT-PATH] [-v]

lizardfs-cgiserver -h

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so lizardfs-cgiserver is a very simple HTTP server that's capable of running CGI scripts, and her whole purpose in life is Lizard File System monitoring. not complicated, not doing too much, just serving. ✨

the way she works is foreground-only, no daemonizing, no disappearing into the background like some mysterious girl. she just runs and runs until someone kills her — with e.g. SIGINT or SIGTERM. 💀 so yeah, when you want her gone, you gotta actually say it.

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -h — print usage information and exit. the classic "hey, how do i even use this" flag, and she delivers, then dips. 🫶
  • -H BIND_HOST — the local address to listen on. default: any. so like, every address is invited unless you tell her otherwise. 🌈
  • -P BIND_PORT — the port to listen on. default: 9425. remember that number, it's her signature. 🎀
  • -R ROOT_PATH — the local path to use as the HTTP document root. default is CGIDIR, which gets set up at configure time. so if you never touch this flag, whatever CGIDIR was baked in is what you get. 🍓
  • -v — log requests on stderr. verbose girl behavior, and honestly? obsessed. now you can actually see who's knocking. 🔥

Copyright 2008-2009 Gemius SA, 2013-2015 Skytechnology sp. z o.o.

LizardFS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3.

LizardFS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with LizardFS. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

fr fr, read the license. it's giving legally binding and also just good manners. 🙈

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

  • moosefs(7) — her ancestor, her lore, her origin story. go say hi. 🧚

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💖 this one's from the MFSCGISERV(8) manual, dated 07/24/2025, and it's serving sysadmin realness with main character energy. periodt. ✨👑

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