.. _dsosd: ===== dsosd ===== ---------------------------------------------------- Start an instance of the D/SOS RPC service on a node ---------------------------------------------------- :Date: 14 Mar 2022 :Version: v5 :Manual section: 8 :Manual group: DSOSD SYNOPSIS ======== dsosd DESCRIPTION =========== The dsosd command starts the D/SOS RPC service on a node. The D/SOS RPC service registers the D/SOS program number with the with the RPC portmapper on the TCP and UDP transports. Only a single instance of the daemon should be run at a time. ENVIRONMENT =========== The following environment variables may be used to affect the configuration of the dsosd daemon. DSOSD_DIRECTORY The path to a JSON formatted file that maps container names to local filesystem paths. DSOSD_SERVER_ID A logical name for this dsosd instance. If not specified, the hostname (as determined by gethostname) will be used. This name is used to determine which sections of the directory file apply to this dsosd instance. DSOSD_LOG_LEVEL The log level at which log messages are written to standard out. SEE ALSO ======== :ref:`dsosql(8) `, :ref:`dsosd_directory(7) `