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
              directory from the environment, then it will look for a  .gerbera  directory  in  users  home.  If
              .gerbera  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
              environment  (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)