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SYSTEMD-ACTIVATE(8)                                systemd-activate                               SYSTEMD-ACTIVATE(8)



NAME
       systemd-activate - Test socket activation of daemons

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-activate [OPTIONS...] daemon [OPTIONS...]

DESCRIPTION
       systemd-activate can be used to launch a socket activated daemon from the command line for testing purposes.
       It can also be used to launch single instances of the daemon per connection (inetd-style).

       The daemon to launch and its options should be specifed after options intended for systemd-activate.

       If the -a option is given, file descriptor of the connection will be used as the standard input and output of
       the launched process. Otherwise, standard input and output will be inherited, and sockets will be passed
       through file descriptors 3 and higher. Sockets passed through $LISTEN_FDS to systemd-activate will be passed
       through to the dameon, in the original positions. Other sockets specified with --listen will use consecutive
       descriptors.

OPTIONS
       -l address, --listen=address
           Listen on this address. Takes a string like "2000" or "127.0.0.1:2001".

       -a, --accept
           Launch a separate instance of daemon per connection and pass the connection socket as standard input and
           standard output.

       -E VAR[=VALUE], --setenv=VAR[=VALUE]
           Add this variable to the environment of the launched process. If VAR is followed by "=", assume that it is
           a variable–value pair. Otherwise, obtain the value from the environment of systemd-activate itself.

       -h, --help
           Print a short help text and exit.

       --version
           Print a short version string and exit.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       $LISTEN_FDS, $LISTEN_PID
           See sd_listen_fds(3).

       $SYSTEMD_LOG_TARGET, $SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL, $SYSTEMD_LOG_COLOR, $SYSTEMD_LOG_LOCATION
           Same as in systemd(1).

EXAMPLES
       Example 1. Run an echo server on port 2000

           $ /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-activate -l 2000 -a cat

       Example 2. Run a socket activated instance of systemd-journal-gatewayd(8)

           $ /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-activate -l 19531 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-journal-gatewayd

SEE ALSO
       systemd(1), systemd.socket(5), systemd.service(5), cat(1)