---
name: "circus-plugin"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "circus"
version: "0.12.1+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/circus-plugin"
---

# circus-plugin(1)

execute a Circus plugin

## NAME

circus-plugin - execute a Circus plugin

## SYNOPSIS

circus-plugin \[options\] \[plugin\]

## DESCRIPTION

circus-plugin allows to launch a plugin from a running Circus daemon.

## ARGUMENTS

- **plugin**

  Fully qualified name of the plugin class.

## OPTIONS

- **--endpoint *ENDPOINT***

  Connection endpoint.

- **--pubsub *PUBSUB***

  The circusd ZeroMQ pub/sub socket to connect to.

- **--config *CONFIG***

  The plugin configuration file.

- **--check-delay *CHECK\_DELAY***

  Check delay.

- **--log-level *LEVEL***

  Specify the log level. *LEVEL* can be *info*, *debug*, *critical*, *warning* or *error*.

- **--log-output *LOGOUTPUT***

  The location where the logs will be written. The default behavior is to write to stdout (you can force it by passing '-' to this option). Takes a filename otherwise.

- **--ssh *SSH***

  SSH Server in the format **user@host:port**.

- **-h, --help**

  Show the help message and exit.

- **--version**

  Displays Circus version and exits.

## SEE ALSO

*circus* (1), *circusd* (1), *circusctl* (1), *circusd-stats* (1), *circus-top* (1).

Full Documentation is available at *http://circus.readthedocs.org*

## AUTHOR

David Douard