---
name: "carddavd"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "calendarserver"
version: "3.2+dfsg-4+deb7u3"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/carddavd"
---

# carddavd(8)

Darwin Address Book Server Control Interface

## NAME

**carddavd** – Darwin Address Book Server Control Interface

## SYNOPSIS

**carddavd** \[**-hX**\] \[**-u** *username*\] \[**-g** *groupname*\] \[**-T** *twistd*\] \[**-f** *carddavd.plist*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**carddavd** is a front end to the Darwin Address Book Server.  The Darwin Address Book  Server is a web server which implements the HTTP, WebDAV, WebDAV ACL, and CardDAV protocols.

**carddavd** is a simple tool for starting the server.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**

  Displays usage information

- **-X**

  Starts the server but does not daemonize it.

- **-u** *username*

  Drops privileges to the given username.

- **-g** *groupname*

  Drops privileges to the given groupname.

- **-f** *carddavd.plist*

  Specifies the path of the configuration file to read.

- **-T** *twistd*

  Specifies the path to the twistd binary.

## FILES

- /etc/carddavd/carddavd.plist

  The Address Book Server configuration file.  It is an XML property list specifying server options such as the port to bind to, whether to use SSL, and the names of other configuration files.

- /etc/carddavd/server.pem

  PEM-format server keys for use with SSL.

- /Library/AddressBookServer/Documents

  The server's document root, which is used as the backing store for the HTTP resources on the server.

- /var/log/carddavd/access.log

  The server's access log file, in a format similar to Apache HTTPd's access log.

- /var/log/carddavd/error.log

  The server's main log file.

- /var/run/carddavd.pid

  The server's process ID file.

- /usr/share/carddavd

  Server implementation and support files.

## SEE ALSO

[caldavd(8)](/caldavd/8.md), [httpd(8)](/httpd/8.md), serveradmin(8)

## STANDARDS

**carddavd** complies with draft-ietf-vcarddav-carddav (CardDAV), RFC 2518 (WebDAV) and RFC 3744 (WebDAV ACL).

## HISTORY

**carddavd** was first introduced as part of Darwin 10 and Mac OS 10.6.

## BUGS

This version of **carddavd** is still in development and testing.