NAME
web2py - web2py Web Framework server launcher
SYNOPSIS
web2py [options]
DESCRIPTION
web2py is a the startup script to launch web2py server running applications located the current directory. If the user has not write permissions on this directory, web2py will server applications located at ~/web2py
ATTENTION: unless --nogui option or a password is specified (-a "passwd") web2py will attempt to run a GUI. In this case command line options are ignored.
OPTIONS
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below. For a complete description, see the Info files.
- --version
-
Show version of program and exit.
- -h, --help
-
Show summary of options and exit.
- -i IP, --ip=IP
-
Ip address of the server (defaults: 127.0.0.1)
- -p PORT, --port=PORT
-
Port of server (defaults:8000)
- -a PASSWORD, --password=PASSWORD
-
Password to be used for administration (use -a "<recycle>" to reuse the last password))
- -c SSL_CERTIFICATE, --ssl_certificate=SSL_CERTIFICATE
-
File that contains ssl certificate
- -k SSL_PRIVATE_KEY, --ssl_private_key=SSL_PRIVATE_KEY
-
File that contains ssl private key
- -d PID_FILENAME, --pid_filename=PID_FILENAME
-
File to store the pid of the server
- -l LOG_FILENAME, --log_filename=LOG_FILENAME
-
File to log connections
- -n NUMTHREADS, --numthreads=NUMTHREADS
-
Number of threads (deprecated)
- --minthreads=MINTHREADS
-
Minimum number of server threads
- --maxthreads=MAXTHREADS
-
Maximum number of server threads
- -s SERVER_NAME, --server_name=SERVER_NAME
-
Server name for the web server
- -q REQUEST_QUEUE_SIZE, --request_queue_size=REQUEST_QUEUE_SIZE
-
Max number of queued requests when server unavailable
- -o TIMEOUT, --timeout=TIMEOUT
-
Timeout for individual request (Defaults: 10 seconds)
- -z SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT, --shutdown_timeout=SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT
-
Timeout on shutdown of server (Defaults: 5 seconds)
- -f FOLDER, --folder=FOLDER
-
Folder from which to run web2py
- -v, --verbose
-
Increase --test verbosity
- -Q, --quiet
-
Disable all output
- -D DEBUGLEVEL, --debug=DEBUGLEVEL
-
Set debug output level (0-100, 0 means all, 100 means none; default is 30)
- -S APPNAME, --shell=APPNAME
-
Run web2py in interactive shell or IPython (if installed) with specified appname (if app does not exist it will be created).
- -P, --plain
-
Only use plain python shell; should be used with --shell option
- -M, --import_models
-
Auto import model files; default is False; should be used with --shell option
- -R PYTHON_FILE, --run=PYTHON_FILE
-
Run PYTHON_FILE in web2py environment; should be used with --shell option
- -T TEST_PATH, --test=TEST_PATH
-
Run doctests in web2py environment; TEST_PATH like a/c/f (c,f optional)
- -C, --cron
-
Trigger a cron run manually; usually invoked from a system crontab
- --softcron
-
Triggers the use of softcron
- -N, --no-cron
-
Do not start cron automatically
- -J, --cronjob
-
Identify cron-initiated command
- -L CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
-
Config file
- -F PROFILER_FILENAME, --profiler=PROFILER_FILENAME
-
Profiler filename
- --nogui
-
Text-only, no GUI
- -A ARGS, --args=ARGS
-
Should be followed by a list of arguments to be passed to script, to be used with -S, -A must be the last option
- --interfaces=INTERFACES
-
Allows multiple interfaces to be served
AVAILABILITY
The latest version of web2py can always be obtained from http://www.web2py.com/examples/default/download
DOCUMENTATION
The Official web2py book is available at http://www.web2py.com/book
AUTHOR
web2py was written by Massimo Di Pierro <[email protected]>>.
This manual page was written by José L. Redrejo Rodríguez <[email protected]>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).