---
name: "iox-roudi"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "iceoryx"
version: "2.0.6+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/iox-roudi"
---

# iox-roudi(1)

Iceoryx shared memory management daemon

## NAME

iox-roudi - Iceoryx shared memory management daemon

## SYNOPSIS

**iox-roudi** \[**-u** *ID*\] \[**-m** *MODE*\] \[**-l** *LEVEL*\] \[**-x** *COMPAT*\] \[**-k** *DELAY*\] \[**-c** *FILE*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**iox-roudi** is the shared memory management daemon that enables processes to participate in the local Iceoryx data exchange.

## OPTIONS

- **-u** ***ID***, **--unique-roudi-id** ***ID***

  set the unique RouDi id.

- **-m** ***MODE***, **--monitoring-mode** ***MODE***

  set process alive monitoring mode to **on** (default) or **off**.

- **-l** ***LEVEL***, **--log-level** ***LEVEL***

  set the log level to one of **off**, **fatal**, **error**, **warning**, **info**, **debug**, or **verbose**.

- **-x** ***COMPAT***, **--compatibility** ***COMPAT***

  check the compatibility between runtime libraries and RouDi. Valid values are **off**, **major**, **minor**, **patch**, **commitId**, or **buildDate**.

- **-k** ***DELAY***, **--kill-delay** ***DELAY***

  set the delay in seconds until RouDi sends **SIGKILL** if a process did not respond to **SIGTERM**.

- **-c** ***FILE***, **--config-file** ***FILE***

  Load the configuration file *FILE*. By default, RouDi will look for a valid configuration in */etc/iceoryx/roudi\_config.toml* and fall back to hard-coded settings otherwise.

## SEE ALSO

[**iox-introspection-client**(1)](/iox-introspection-client/1.md)

## NOTE

This manual page was written for Debian by Timo Röhling and may be used without restriction.