---
name: "rspamadm"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "rspamd"
version: "4.2.3-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rspamadm"
---

# rspamadm(1)

rspamd administration utility

## NAME

rspamadm - rspamd administration utility

## SYNOPSIS

rspamadm \[*global\_options*\] \[*command*\] \[*command\_options*\]...

## DESCRIPTION

`rspamadm` is a routine to manage rspamd spam filtering system. It is intended to perform such actions as merging databases, performing configuration tests, encrypting passwords, signing configurations and so on. You can get a list of available **commands** by running

-

  ```
  rspamadm -l
  ```

Also for each command you can check list of available **command\_options** by running

-

  ```
  rspamadm help command
  rspamadm command --help
  ```

## OPTIONS

- \-h, --help

  Show help message

- \-v, --verbose

  Enable verbose output

- \-l, --list-commands

  List available commands

- \--version

  Show version

- \--var=*value*

  Redefine ucl variable in format `VARIABLE=VALUE`

## RETURN VALUE

On exit `rspamadm` returns `0` if operation was successful and an error code otherwise.

## EXAMPLES

Get help for pw command:

-

  ```
  rspamadm help pw
  rspamadm pw --help
  ```

Encrypt controller’s password:

-

  ```
  rspamadm pw encrypt
  ```

Merge fuzzy databases:

-

  ```
  rspamadm fuzzy_merge -s data1.sqlite -s data2.sqlite -t dest.sqlite
  ```

Perform configuration test:

-

  ```
  rspamadm configtest -c rspamd.conf
  ```

Test configuration strictly and redefine some ucl vars:

-

  ```
  rspamadm --var=DBDIR=/tmp configtest -c ./rspamd.conf -s
  ```

Dump the processed configuration:

-

  ```
  rspamadm configdump
  ```

Dump the processed configuration as JSON string:

-

  ```
  rspamadm configdump -j
  ```

Generate a keypair to use for HTTPCrypt encryption:

-

  ```
  rspamadm keypair
  ```

## SEE ALSO

Rspamd documentation and source codes may be downloaded from ⟨https://rspamd.com/⟩\\c .