kapacitord

The kapacitord daemon starts and runs the Kapacitor server.

Usage

kapacitord [[command] [flags]]

Commands

Command	Description
config	Display the default Kapacitor configuration
downgrade	Reverts a topic store format upgrade
help	Output help for a command
run	Run the Kapacitor server
version	Display the Kapacitor version

run is the default command.

Flags

Flag	Description	Input
`-blacklist-cidrs`	Blacklist CIDRs for most HTTP GET/POST operations	Comma-separated list of CIDRs
`-config`	Path to Kapacitor configuration file	Configuration filepath
`-disable-handlers`	Disable alert handlers	Comma-separated list of alert-handlers
`-hostname`	Override the hostname in the Kapacitor configuration file	Hostname
`-pidfile`	Write process ID to a file	PID filepath
`-log-file`	Write logs to a file	Log filepath
`-log-level`	Set the log level	`debug`, `info`, or `error`

Examples

Run Kapacitor with default settings
Run Kapacitor with custom configuration settings
Disable alert handlers
Change Kapacitor logging settings
Blacklist HTTP GET or POST operations from specific CIDRs

Run Kapacitor with default settings

kapacitord

Run Kapacitor with custom configuration settings

kapacitord -config /path/to/kapacitor.conf

Disable alert handlers

Disabling alert handlers can be useful for security reasons–for example, disabling the exec handler on a shared system.

kapacitord -disable-handlers exec,mqtt

Change Kapacitor logging settings

kapacitord \
  -log-file /path/to/kapacitor.log \
  -log-level debug

Blacklist HTTP GET or POST operations from specific CIDRs

kapacitord -blacklist-cidrs 10.10.0.0/16,192.168.200.5/30

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