---
name: "ovsqlite-server"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "inn"
version: "2.7.4-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ovsqlite-server"
---

# ovsqlite-server(8)

Sole owner of the ovsqlite database

## NAME

ovsqlite-server - Sole owner of the ovsqlite database

## SYNOPSIS

**ovsqlite-server** \[**-d**\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **ovsqlite-server** daemon is the only program that opens the overview SQLite database.  It accepts connections from the other parts of INN that want to operate on overview data (**innd**, **nnrpd**, **expireover**, **makehistory**).

This daemon must therefore be started before any other process can access the overview database.  **ovsqlite-server** is normally invoked automatically by **rc.news** when starting the news system.  It is also stopped automatically by **rc.news** when stopping the news system.

In case you need to talk to this daemon from Perl, the binary protocol used to communicate with it has been implemented in the `"INN::ovsqlite_client"` Perl module.  See its manual page for more information about its possibilities.

## OPTIONS

- **-d**

  **ovsqlite-server** normally puts itself into the background, points its standard output and error to log files, and disassociates itself from the terminal.  Using **-d** prevents all of this, resulting in log messages being written to the standard error output; this is generally useful only for debugging.

## FILES

- *pathetc*/ovsqlite.conf

  The configuration file.  See [ovsqlite(5)](/ovsqlite/5.md).

- *pathoverview*/ovsqlite.db

  The SQLite database file.

- *pathrun*/ovsqlite.pid

  Stores the PID of the server process while it's running.

- *pathrun*/ovsqlite.sock

  When Unix-domain sockets are available, the server binds its listening socket to this path.

- *pathrun*/ovsqlite.port

  When Unix-domain sockets *aren't* available, the server binds its listening socket to a dynamic TCP port on the IPv4 loopback interface and stores the port number in this file.

## HISTORY

Initial implementation of ovsqlite written by Bo Lindbergh \<2bfjdsla52kztwejndzdstsxl9athp@gmail.com\> for InterNetNews.

## SEE ALSO

[INN::ovsqlite\_client(3pm)](/INN::ovsqlite_client/3pm.md), [ovsqlite(5)](/ovsqlite/5.md), [rc.news(8)](/rc.news/8.md).