rcstaggerctl

• Synopsis
• Description
• Arguments
• Commands
• Examples
• See Also

Synopsis

rcstaggerctl [-o host[:port]] [-c user_config_file] cmd

rcstaggerctl -h

rcstaggerctl -v

Description

rcstaggerctl is a CLI tool to communicate with rcstaggerd. It communicates over TCP/IP to an instance of rcstaggerd, authenticates via openssl, sends a command, listens for a response, and reports to stdout (or stderr if there is a problem).

Arguments

Argument Flag	Long Option	Description
-o	--host	Connect to the given host [at the given port]. Defaults to the compiled in default, which defaults to 'localhost:4811'
-c	--config	Use the given user config file (defaults to $HOME/.rcstagger)
-h	--help	Print help and exit
-v	--version	Print version and exit

Commands

Command Name	Description
listlocal	List local services
listremote	List remote services
start svc_name	Start the service called 'svc_name'
stop svc_name	Stop the service called 'svc_name'
restart svc_name	Restart the service called 'svc_name'

Examples

The below example lists the local services on the compiled-in default host/port (defaults to localhost:4811) using the default user config file (defaults to $HOME/.rcstagger.conf):

rcstaggerctl listlocal

The below example lists the remote services on host examplehost on port 1492 using the user configuration file /etc/sysadmin/sysadmin.user.conf:

rcstaggerctl -o examplehost:1492 -c /etc/sysadmin/sysadmin.user.conf listremote

See Also

• rcstaggerd
• rcstaggerctl configuration files
• dummydaemon