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<div class="docbook"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">3.5. Using the command line</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Java-Broker-Getting-Started-Logging.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 3. Getting Started</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Java-Broker-Concepts.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="Java-Broker-Getting-Started-CommandLine"></a>3.5. Using the command line</h2></div></div></div><p>The Broker understands a number of command line options which may be used to customise the configuration.</p><p>
      For additional details about the broker configuration and related command line arguments see
      <a class="xref" href="Java-Broker-Initial-Configuration.html" title="Chapter 5. Initial Configuration">Chapter 5, <em>Initial Configuration</em></a>.
      The broker is fully configurable via its Web Management Console, for details of this see
      <a class="xref" href="Java-Broker-Management-Channel-Web-Console.html" title="6.2. Web Management Console">Section 6.2, “Web Management Console”</a>.
    </p><p>To see usage information for all command line options, use the <code class="option">--help</code> option</p><pre class="programlisting">bin/qpid-server --help</pre><pre class="screen">usage: Qpid [-cic &lt;path&gt;] [-h] [-icp &lt;path&gt;] [-mm] [-mmhttp &lt;port&gt;]
       [-mmpass &lt;password&gt;] [-mmqv] [-os]
       [-prop &lt;name=value&gt;] [-props &lt;path&gt;] [-sp &lt;path&gt;] [-st &lt;type&gt;] [-v]
 -cic,--create-initial-config &lt;path&gt;                  create a copy of the
                                                      initial config file,
                                                      either to an
                                                      optionally specified
                                                      file path, or as
                                                      initial-config.json
                                                      in the current
                                                      directory
 -h,--help                                            print this message
 -icp,--initial-config-path &lt;path&gt;                    set the location of
                                                      initial JSON config
                                                      to use when
                                                      creating/overwriting
                                                      a broker
                                                      configuration store
 -mm,--management-mode                                start broker in
                                                      management mode,
                                                      disabling the AMQP
                                                      ports
 -mmhttp,--management-mode-http-port &lt;port&gt;           override http
                                                      management port in
                                                      management mode
 -mmpass,--management-mode-password &lt;password&gt;        Set the password for
                                                      the management mode
                                                      user mm_admin
 -mmqv,--management-mode-quiesce-virtualhostnodes     make virtualhost nodes
                                                      stay in the quiesced
                                                      state during
                                                      management mode.
 -prop,--config-property &lt;name=value&gt;                 set a configuration
                                                      property to use when
                                                      resolving variables
                                                      in the broker
                                                      configuration store,
                                                      with format
                                                      "name=value"
 -props,--system-properties-file &lt;path&gt;               set the location of
                                                      initial properties
                                                      file to set
                                                      otherwise unset
                                                      system properties
 -sp,--store-path &lt;path&gt;                              use given
                                                      configuration store
                                                      location
 -st,--store-type &lt;type&gt;                              use given broker
                                                      configuration store
                                                      type
 -v,--version                                         print the version
                                                      information and exit
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