---
name: "spine"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "cacti-spine"
version: "1.2.30-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/spine"
---

# spine(1)

Data Collector for Cacti

## NAME

SPINE - Data Collector for Cacti

## SYNOPSIS

**spine** \[*options*\] \[\[*firstid lastid*\] *\|\|* \[*-H/--hostlist='hostid1,hostid2,*...*,hostidn'*\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

SPINE 1.2.30  Copyright 2004-2024 by The Cacti Group

## OPTIONS

- **-h**/--help

  Show this brief help listing

- **-f**/--first=X

  Start polling with host id X

- **-l**/--last=X

  End polling with host id X

- **-H**/--hostlist=X

  Poll the list of host ids, separated by comma's

- **-p**/--poller=X

  Set the poller id to X

- **-t**/--threads=X

  Override the database threads setting.

- **-C**/--conf=F

  Read spine configuration from file F

- **-O**/--option=S:V

  Override DB settings 'set' with value 'V'

- **-M**/--mibs

  Refresh the device System Mib data

- **-N**/--mode=online

  For remote pollers, the operating mode. Options include: online, offline, recovery. The default is 'online'.

- **-R**/--readonly

  Spine will not write output to the DB

- **-S**/--stdout

  Logging is performed to standard output

- **-P**/--pingonly

  Ping device and update device status only

- **-V**/--verbosity=V

  Set logging verbosity to \<V\>

Either both of **--first**/--last must be provided, a valid hostlist must be provided. In their absence, all hosts are processed.

Without the **--conf** parameter, spine searches for its spine.conf file in the usual places.

Verbosity is one of NONE/LOW/MEDIUM/HIGH/DEBUG or 1..5

Runtime options are read from the 'settings' table in the Cacti database, but they can be overridden with the **--option**=*S*:V parameter.

Spine is distributed under the Terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1. (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt) For more information, see http://www.cacti.net