NAME

       flumotion-worker - streaming media server worker

SYNOPSIS

       flumotion-worker  [  -  ] [ --debug debug configuration ] [ -L logdir ] [ -R rundir ] [ -H
       host ] [ -P port ] [ -T protocol ] [ -n name ] [ -D ] [ --daemonize-to= directory ]  [  -F
       ports | --random-feederports ] -u username -p password

DESCRIPTION

       flumotion-worker  is  the  part  of  flumotion that actually performs all the real work of
       encoding, streaming, etc. In a flumotion system, there will be a single manager, and could
       be several workers running on different systems (this is useful to distribute the load of,
       for instance, video encoding). You need to have a minimum of one worker for  flumotion  to
       function correctly.

       You  should  start  flumotion-manager  first, then connect flumotion-worker to the running
       manager.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              Show a brief help message, then exit.

       --version
              Show the version number.

       -v, --verbose
              Be verbose in console output. This is equivalent to setting the debug level  to  3,
              and will override any debug specifiers.

       -dDEBUG, --debug=DEBUG
              Set  the  debug  configuration  to  the  specified  debug string. See the Debugging
              section for details of this.

       -L LOGDIR, --logdir=LOGDIR
              Specify the directory for logging output from the worker.

       -R RUNDIR, --rundir=RUNDIR
              Specify the directory for runtime files created by the worker.

       -HHOST, --host=HOST
              Specify the hostname on which the manager is running.

       -PPORT, --port=PORT
              Specify the port on which the manager in running (usually 7531  for  SSL,  or  8642
              otherwise)

       -TTRANSPORT, --transport=TRANSPORT
              Set the transport protocol to use, either 'tcp' or 'ssl'. Default is 'ssl'.

       -nNAME, --name=NAME
              Set the name for this worker to use in the manager.

       -D, --daemonize
              Run in the background as a daemon.

       -u, --username
              Specify the username to use to connect to the manager.

       -p, --password
              Specify the password to use to connect to the manager.

       -FPORTS, --feederports=PORT_FROM-PORT_TO
              Specify the range of feeder ports to use in the format 'lower-upper'. These are the
              ports used for inter-worker communication. If you have multiple workers on separate
              systems  (perhaps  one  doing  encoding,  behind a firewall, and a second doing the
              streaming outside the firewall), they must be able to communicate using  this  port
              range,  so you'll have to open these ports in your firewall. It is recommended that
              you have a range of 20 ports.

       --random-feederports
              Use random available feeder ports.

DEBUGGING

       In the unlikely event of something in flumotion not working, you might want to  debug  it.
       The  flumotion  tools  (  flumotion-worker , flumotion-admin , and flumotion-manager ) all
       allow you to turn on debugging output in two different ways.

       Firstly, you can use an environment variable, FLU_DEBUG.  Secondly,  you  can  launch  the
       program  with  a  -d  or  --debug  switch.  Either  approach allows you to specify a debug
       configuration string with the following syntax:

              name1:n1,name2:n2,name3:n3

       In this syntax, the 'name' variables can be replaced with the name of a particular  module
       within  flumotion  (such as 'admin', 'twisted', etc.). You can also use '*' to specify all
       modules. The 'n' variables are numbers from 1 to 5, larger numbers corresponding  to  more
       verbose output (ERROR, WARN, INFO, DEBUG, and LOG). At level 4, full debugging information
       is emitted.

       You can also use an abbreviated form where you just supply a single number, thisuses  that
       debug  level  for  all  modules. Thus the simplest way to enable full debug output for all
       modules is to use '-d 4' on the command line.

       A more complex example would be '-d *:3,admin:4' to set the logging level  for  the  admin
       module to DEBUG, and for all other modules to INFO.

EXAMPLES

       Simple  example, starting flumotion-worker connecting to a manager using TCP, default host
       and port, and with the username 'user' and the password 'test'

              flumotion-worker -v -T tcp -u user -p test --feederports=8060-8080

BUGS

       Hopefully    none.    If    you    find    any    bugs,    please    report    them     at
       https://core.fluendo.com/trac/cgi-bin/trac.cgi

SEE ALSO

       flumotion(1),flumotion-manager(1),flumotion-admin(1)