NAME

daemon - Gerrit network server

SYNOPSIS

java -jar gerrit.war daemon
        -d <SITE_PATH>
        [--enable-httpd | --disable-httpd]
        [--enable-sshd | --disable-sshd]
        [--console-log]
        [--slave]
        [--headless]

DESCRIPTION

Runs the Gerrit network daemon on the local system, configured as per the local copy of gerrit.config.

The path to gerrit.config is read from the metadata database, which requires that all slaves (and master) reading from the same database must place gerrit.config at the same location on the local filesystem. However, any option within gerrit.config, including gerrit.basePath may be set to different values.

OPTIONS

-d
--site-path

Location of the gerrit.config file, and all other per-site configuration data, supporting libraries and log files.

--enable-httpd
--disable-httpd

Enable (or disable) the internal HTTP daemon, answering web requests. Enabled by default.

--enable-sshd
--disable-sshd

Enable (or disable) the internal SSH daemon, answering SSH clients and remotely executed commands. Enabled by default.

--slave

Run in slave mode, permitting only read operations by clients. Commands which modify state such as receive-pack (creates new changes or updates existing ones) or review (sets approve marks) are disabled.

This option automatically implies --disable-httpd --enable-sshd.

--console-log

Send log messages to the console, instead of to the standard log file $site_path/logs/error_log.

--headless

Don’t start the default Gerrit UI. May be useful when Gerrit is run with an alternative UI.

CONTEXT

This command can only be run on a server which has direct connectivity to the metadata database, and local access to the managed Git repositories.

LOGGING

Error and warning messages from the server are automatically written to the log file under $site_path/logs/error_log. This log file is automatically rotated at 12:00 AM GMT each day, allowing an external log cleaning service to clean up the prior logs.

KNOWN ISSUES

Slave daemon caches can quickly become out of date when modifications are made on the master. The following configuration is suggested in a slave to reduce the maxAge for each cache entry, so that changes are recognized in a reasonable period of time:

[cache "accounts"]
  maxAge = 5 min
[cache "accounts_byemail"]
  maxAge = 5 min
[cache "diff"]
  maxAge = 5 min
[cache "groups"]
  maxAge = 5 min
[cache "projects"]
  maxAge = 5 min
[cache "sshkeys"]
  maxAge = 5 min

and if LDAP support was enabled, also include:

[cache "ldap_groups"]
  maxAge = 5 min
[cache "ldap_usernames"]
  maxAge = 5 min

Automatic cache coherency between master and slave systems is planned to be implemented in a future version.

Part of Gerrit Code Review