Command Line

Rexster is started and stopped through a command line interface exposed via the rexster.sh. When Rexster is started, it listens on a configurable port (port 8183 by default) for shutdown and status requests.

Starting Rexster

When starting Rexster from the command line using:

./bin/rexster.sh --start

or with:

./bin/rexster.sh -s

there are several options available:

• -wr, --webroot – Overrides the web-root configuration value in rexster.xml.
• -c, --configuration – Specify the location of a specific rexster.xml file to use for configuration. If this argument is not specified, Rexster will first try to read a file called rexster.xml from the root of the working directory. If it can’t find that it will use the com.tinkerpop.rexster.rexster.xml resource.
• -d, --debug – When this flag is included on the command line, log messages from Jersey are no longer suppressed. May be useful when developing Rexster itself or building Extensions. Read more about the debug mode in the context of logging configuration.
• -h, --help – When this flag is supplied on the command line, Rexster outputs a description of the command line options available. Rexster will not start when help is requested.

The following command will start Rexster on port 7788 with a configuration file called my-rexster.xml:

./bin/rexster.sh --start -c my-rexster.xml

Stopping Rexster

When stopping Rexster from the command line using:

./bin/rexster.sh --stop

or with the shorthand:

./bin/rexster.sh -x

there are several options available:

• -rh, --rexsterhost – The host/IP address to which the shutdown command will be issued. Shutdown will assume 127.0.0.1 if the parameter is not specified.
• -rp, --rexsterport – The port of the host to which the shutdown command will be issued. Shutdown will assume 8183 if the parameter is not specified.
• -w, --wait – Wait for the server to confirm that shutdown was performed.
• -h, --help – When this flag is supplied on the command line, a description of the command line options is displayed. A command to stop Rexster will not be issued when help is requested.

The following command would issue a stop message to a Rexster server listening on 192.168.0.123 and port 7788.

./bin/rexster.sh --stop -rh 192.168.0.123 -rp 7788

Other Commands

Aside from starting and stopping Rexster, there are several other commands that can be executed against Rexster.

• -u, --status – Gets the status of the Rexster server (running or not). Use -h with it for a list of command parameters.
• -v, --version – Shows the version of Rexster.
• -h, --help – When this flag is supplied on the command line, a description of the command options is displayed.