kiwix-serve - Man Page
Kiwix HTTP Server
Synopsis
kiwix-serve [--index=INDEX_PATH] [--port=PORT] [--verbose] [--daemon] [--attachToProcess=PID] ZIM_PATH
kiwix-serve --library [--port=PORT] [--verbose] [--daemon] [--attachToProcess=PID] LIBRARY_PATH
Description
Stand-alone HTTP server for serving ZIM contents over the network.
- --index=INDEX_PATH
Path to index folder created using kiwix-install.
- --port=PORT
Port number on which the server should listen.
By default, server listens on port 80.- --verbose
Enable verbose output.
- --daemon
Run the server as a daemon.
- --attachToProcess=PID
Shutdown the server when process numbered PID dies.
- ZIM_PATH
ZIM file of the content to serve.
Mandatory if not in library mode.- --library
Enable library mode.
Serves the contents of a library file instead of a single ZIM file.- LIBRARY_PATH
Kiwix library file path.
Library is an XML file created using kiwix-manage.
See Also
kiwix(1) kiwix-manage(1)
Author
Emmanuel Engelhart <kelson@kiwix.org>
Vasudev Kamath <kamathvasudev@gmail.com> (Manual)