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<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
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<refentry id="systemd-activate"
          xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">

  <refentryinfo>
    <title>systemd-activate</title>
    <productname>systemd</productname>

    <authorgroup>
      <author>
        <contrib>Developer</contrib>
        <firstname>Zbigniew</firstname>
        <surname>Jędrzejewski-Szmek</surname>
        <email>zbyszek@in.waw.pl</email>
      </author>
    </authorgroup>
  </refentryinfo>

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>systemd-activate</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname>systemd-activate</refname>
    <refpurpose>Test socket activation of daemons</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-activate</command>
      <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
      <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>daemon</replaceable></arg>
      <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>

    <para><command>systemd-activate</command> can be used to
    launch a socket activated daemon from the command-line for
    testing purposes. It can also be used to launch single instances
    of the daemon per connection (inetd-style).
    </para>

    <para>The daemon to launch and its options should be specifed
    after options intended for <command>systemd-activate</command>.
    </para>

    <para>If the <option>-a</option> option is given, file descriptor
    of the connection will be used as the standard input and output of
    the launched process. Otherwise, standard input and output will be
    inherited, and sockets will be passed through file descriptors 3
    and higher. Sockets passed through <varname>$LISTEN_FDS</varname>
    to <command>systemd-activate</command> will be passed through to
    the dameon, in the original positions. Other sockets specified
    with <option>--listen</option> will use consecutive descriptors.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Options</title>
    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-l <replaceable>address</replaceable></option></term>
        <term><option>--listen=<replaceable>address</replaceable></option></term>

        <listitem><para>Listen on this <replaceable>address</replaceable>.
        Takes a string like <literal>2000</literal> or
        <literal>127.0.0.1:2001</literal>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-a</option></term>
        <term><option>--accept</option></term>

        <listitem><para>Launch a separate instance of daemon per
        connection and pass the connection socket as standard input
        and standard output.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-E <replaceable>VAR</replaceable><optional>=<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable></optional></option></term>
        <term><option>--setenv=<replaceable>VAR</replaceable><optional>=<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable></optional></option></term>

        <listitem><para>Add this variable to the environment of the
        launched process. If <replaceable>VAR</replaceable> is
        followed by <literal>=</literal>, assume that it is a
        variable–value pair. Otherwise, obtain the value from the
        environment of <command>systemd-activate</command> itself.
        </para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
      <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Environment variables</title>
    <variablelist class='environment-variables'>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>$LISTEN_FDS</varname></term>
        <term><varname>$LISTEN_PID</varname></term>

        <listitem><para>See
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_listen_fds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>$SYSTEMD_LOG_TARGET</varname></term>
        <term><varname>$SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL</varname></term>
        <term><varname>$SYSTEMD_LOG_COLOR</varname></term>
        <term><varname>$SYSTEMD_LOG_LOCATION</varname></term>

        <listitem><para>Same as in
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Example 1</title>

    <programlisting>$ /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-activate -l 2000 -a cat</programlisting>

    <para>This runs an echo server on port 2000.</para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Example 2</title>

    <programlisting>$ /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-activate -l 19531 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-journal-gatewayd</programlisting>

    <para>This runs a socket activated instance of
    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journal-gatewayd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>See Also</title>
    <para>
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cat</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
    </para>
  </refsect1>
</refentry>