---
name: "gbrowse_slave"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gbrowse"
version: "2.56+dfsg-12"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gbrowse_slave"
---

# gbrowse\_slave(1)

Creates an account for GBrowse

## NAME

gbrowse\_slave - Creates an account for GBrowse

## SYNOPSIS

**gbrowse\_slave \[options\]** *\[-p  portnumber\] Network port number to listen to (default 8101)* *\[-v level\] Verbosity level (0-3)* *\[-u name\] User to run under (same as current)* *\[-l path\] Log file path (default, use STDERR)* *\[--pid path\] PID file path (default, none)* *\[-preload path\] Path to a config file containing override information*\
  and databases to preload *\[-T path\] Override location of configuration file cache files.*

## DESCRIPTION

Bare-naked Gbrowse render server.  Launch with the port number to listen on. No other configuration information is necessary. The needed configuration will be transmitted from the master server at run time. If you need to override some configuration information (for example, to specify a different tmp\_base directory for session information), you may place it in a configuration file in the \[GENERAL\] section. All options in the \[GENERAL\] section will override the transmitted information. Any \[name:database\] sections containing database information located in the preload config file will be preloaded to reduce execution latency.

## AUTHOR

Olivier Sallou (olivier.sallou (at) irisa.fr) - Man page and packaging Lincoln Stein - GBrowse