NAME

       gerbera - UPnP MediaServer

SYNOPSIS

       gerbera [ -i IP address ] [ -e interface ] [ -p port ] [ -c config file ] [ -m home dir ] [ -f config dir
               ] [ -a path ] [ -l logfile ] [ -D ] [ --compile-info ] [ --version ] [ -h ]

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  page describes the command line parameters for Gerbera. For a detailed documentation please
       see the README file which is distributed with Gerbera or visit https://gerbera.io.

OPTIONS

       -i, --ip
              The server will bind to the given IP address, currently we can not bind to multiple interfaces  so
              binding to 0.0.0.0 will not be possible.

       -e, --interface
              The  server  will bind to the given network interface, currently we can only bind to one interface
              at a time.

       -p, --port
              Specify the server port that will be used for the web user interface, for serving  media  and  for
              UPnP  requests,  minimum  allowed value is 49152. If this option is omitted a default port will be
              chosen, however, in this case it is possible that the port will change upon server restart.

       -c, --config
              By default Gerbera will search for a file named "config.xml" in the  ~/.config/gerbera  directory.
              This  option allows you to specify a config file by the name and location of your choice. The file
              name must be absolute.

       -m, --home
              Specify an alternative home directory. By default Gerbera will try to retrieve the users home  di‐
              rectory  from  the environment, then it will look for a .gerbera directory in users home. If .ger‐
              bera was found we will try to find the default configuration file (config.xml), if  not  found  we
              will create both, the .Gerbera directory and the default config file.

              This option is useful in two cases: when the home directory can not be retrieved from the environ‐
              ment  (in  this case you could also use -c to point Gerbera to your configuration file or when you
              want to create a new configuration in a non standard location (for example, when setting up daemon
              mode). In the latter case you can combine this parameter with the parameter described  in  Section
              5.6, "Config Directory"

       -f, --cfgdir
              The  default configuration directory is combined out of the users home and the default that equals
              to .gerbera, this option allows you to override the default directory naming. This is useful  when
              you want to setup the server in a nonstandard location, but want that the default configuration to
              be written by the server.

       -P, --pidfile
              Specify a file that will hold the server process ID, the filename must be absolute.

       -a, --add
              Add  the specified directory or file name to the database without UI interaction. The path must be
              absolute, if path is a directory then it will be added recursively. If path is a file,  then  only
              the given file will be imported.

       -l, --logfile
              Do not output log messages to stdout, but redirect everything to a specified file.

       -D, --debug
              Enable debug log output.

       --compile-info
              Print the configuration summary (used libraried and enabled features) and exit.

       --version
              Print version information and exit.

       -h, --help
              Print a summary about the available command line options.

                                                   2017-09-05                                         gerbera(1)