Provided by: plinth_0.8.1-1_all 
NAME
plinth - a web front end for administering FreedomBox
SYNOPSIS
plinth [-h, --help] [--server_dir {SERVER_DIR}] [--pidfile {PIDFILE}] [--debug] [--no-daemon]
[--diagnose]
DESCRIPTION
FreedomBox is a community project to develop, design and promote personal servers running free software
for private, personal communications. It is a networking appliance designed to allow interfacing with the
rest of the Internet under conditions of protected privacy and data security. It hosts applications such
as blog, wiki, website, social network, email, web proxy and a Tor relay on a device that can replace a
wireless router so that data stays with the users.
Plinth is a web interface to administer the functions of the FreedomBox. It is extensible and is made of
modules. Each module provides a simplified user interface to control the underlying functionality of a
specific application of FreedomBox. As FreedomBox can act as a wireless router, it is possible to
configure networking from Plinth. Plinth allows configuration of basic system parameters such as time
zone, hostname and automatic upgrade settings.
OPTIONS
--pidfile PIDFILE
Write the process ID of the daemon into the provided PIDFILE. By default the value from plinth.config
is used. Plinth is shipped with a value of /var/run/plinth.pid in /etc/plinth/plinth.config. When
/etc/plinth/plinth.config is not available, plinth.config from current directory is used. In source
directory, this has the default value of ./data/var/run/plinth.pid.
--server_dir SERVER_DIR
This the URL fragment under which Plinth will provide its services. By default the value from
plinth.config is used. Plinth is shipped with a value of /plinth in /etc/plinth/plinth.config. This
means that Plinth will be available as http://localhost:8000/plinth by default. When
/etc/plinth/plinth.config is not available, plinth.config from current directory is used. In source
directory, this has the default value of /.
--debug
Enable debug mode. Turn off Django security features. Print extra debug messages. Monitor source
files for changes and restart Plinth on modifications. Turn on Django debug mode to show details on
error pages. Die if there is an error during module initialization.
--no-daemon
Normally Plinth goes into daemon mode as soon as it finishes initialization. This is useful when
performing development and debugging on the command line. Further, this is useful when running as
systemd service as systemd takes care of sending the process into background.
--diagnose
If provided, Plinth loads modules, performs initialization but does start the web server. Instead it
runs diagnostic tests on each module and exits.
CONFIGURATION
Plinth reads various configuraiton options from the file /etc/plinth/plinth.config. If this file is not
present, then it reads configuration file ./plinth.config from the current directory. This is mainly
meant to make Plinth work with configuration from source code directory for debugging purposes.
EXAMPLES
Example 1. Start Plinth as daemon with default options
$ plinth
Become a daemon after initialization and write a PIDFILE as specified in the configuration.
Example 2. Run Plinth for debugging
$ plinth --server_dir=/plinth --debug --no-daemon
Enable debug mode and don't become a daemon. Also override the configuration file value for the URL
fragment to start Plinth under and set it to /plinth.
BUGS
See Plinth issue tracker[1] for a full list of known issues and TODO items.
AUTHOR
Plinth Developers
NOTES
1. Plinth issue tracker
https://github.com/freedombox/Plinth/issues
02/17/2016 PLINTH(1)