SYSTEMD-SOCKET-ACTIVATE(1)

NAME
systemd-socket-activate - Test socket activation of daemons

SYNOPSIS

systemd-socket-activate [OPTIONS...] COMMAND [ARGS...]

DESCRIPTION

systemd-socket-activate may be used to launch a socket-activated service program from the command line for testing purposes. It may also be used to launch individual instances of the service program per connection.

The daemon to launch and its options should be specified after options intended for systemd-socket-activate.

If the --inetd option is given, the socket file descriptor 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 $LISTEN_FDS to systemd-socket-activate will be passed through to the daemon, in the original positions. Other sockets specified with --listen= will use consecutive descriptors. By default, systemd-socket-activate listens on a stream socket, use --datagram and --seqpacket to listen on datagram or sequential packet sockets instead (see below).

OPTIONS

-l address, --listen=address
    Listen on this address. Takes a string like "2000" or "127.0.0.1:2001".

    Added in version 230.

-a, --accept
    Launch an instance of the service program for each connection and pass the connection socket. May not be combined with --now.

    Added in version 230.

-d, --datagram
    Listen on a datagram socket (SOCK_DGRAM), instead of a stream socket (SOCK_STREAM). May not be combined with --seqpacket.

    Added in version 230.

--seqpacket
    Listen on a sequential packet socket (SOCK_SEQPACKET), instead of a stream socket (SOCK_STREAM). May not be combined with --datagram.

    Added in version 230.

--inetd
    Use the inetd protocol for passing file descriptors, i.e. as standard input and standard output, instead of the new-style protocol for passing file descriptors using $LISTEN_FDS (see above).

    Added in version 230.

-E VAR[=VALUE], --setenv=VAR[=VALUE]
    Add this variable to the environment of the launched process. If VAR is followed by "=", assume that it is a variable–value pair. Otherwise, obtain the value from the environment of systemd-socket-activate itself.

    Added in version 230.

--fdname=NAME[:NAME...]
    Specify names for the file descriptors passed. This is equivalent to setting FileDescriptorName= in socket unit files, and enables use of sd_listen_fds_with_names(3). Multiple entries may be specifies using separate options or by separating names with colons (":") in one option. In case more names are given than descriptors, superfluous ones will be ignored. In case less names are given than descriptors, the remaining file descriptors will be unnamed.

    Added in version 230.

--now
    Start the service program instantly, instead of waiting for a connection on the socket(s). May not be combined with --accept.

    Added in version 258.

-h, --help
    Print a short help text and exit.

--version
    Print a short version string and exit.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

$LISTEN_FDS, $LISTEN_PID, $LISTEN_PIDFDID, $LISTEN_FDNAMES
    See sd_listen_fds(3).

    Added in version 230.

$SYSTEMD_LOG_TARGET, $SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL, $SYSTEMD_LOG_TIME, $SYSTEMD_LOG_COLOR, $SYSTEMD_LOG_LOCATION
    Same as in systemd(1).

    Added in version 230.

EXAMPLES

Example 1. Run an echo server on port 2000

    $ systemd-socket-activate -l 2000 --inetd -a cat

Example 2. Run a socket-activated instance of systemd-journal-gatewayd(8)

    $ systemd-socket-activate -l 19531 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-journal-gatewayd

SEE ALSO

systemd(1), systemd.socket(5), systemd.service(5), systemd-run(1), sd_listen_fds(3), sd_listen_fds_with_names(3), cat(1)