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[-server-auth-provider=<provider>]
[-user=<username>] [-password[=<password>]]
[-log-file=<path> (default sqlfserver.log)]
[-<prop-name>=<prop-value>]*
Note: Always start a server as a background process using sqlf server start &
To display the status of a running server:
sqlf server status [ -dir=<workingdir> ]
To stop a running server:
sqlf server stop [ -dir=<workingdir> ]
To stop all running members in the system, use the following command from within a server working directory:
sqlf shut-down-all
The table describes the options of the sqlf server command. Default values are used if you do not specify an
option.
DescriptionOption
JVM option passed to the spawned SQLFire server JVM. For
example, use -J-Xmx1024m to set the JVM heap to 1GB.
-J
Working directory of the server that will contain the SQLFire Server
status le and will be the default location for log le, persistent les,
data dictionary, and so forth (defaults to the current directory) .
-dir
Location of user classes required by the SQLFire Server.
This path is appended to the current classpath.
-classpath
Size has the same format as the -Xmx/-Xms JVM options.
-max-heap is equivalent to -J-Xmx.
-max-heap
Size has the same format as the -Xmx/-Xms JVM options.
-initial-heap
-initial-heap is equivalent to -J-Xms.
Comma-separated list of server groups to which this member belongs.
Used for creating tables in particular sets of servers or for ring
-server-groups
data-aware procedures in particular server groups. See CREATE
TABLE on page 449 and CALL (PROCEDURE) on page 435. If this
option is not specied then the server only belongs to the default
server group. The default server group has no name and contains all
members of the distributed system.
Note: SQLFire converts the server group names that you
specify to use all-uppercase characters.
If true, starts a network server that can service thin clients. See the
-client-bind-address and -client-port
options to specify where the server should listen. Defaults is true.
If set to false, the -client-bind-address and
-client-port options have no effect.
-run-netserver
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