landscape-client (1)

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NAME

landscape-client - Landscape system client

SYNOPSIS

landscape-client [options]

DESCRIPTION

The landscape-client is the client program for the landscape system management software. The client is responsible for communicating system information to the landscape server and executing remote management commands on the system.

OPTIONS

--version

Show program's version number and exit.

-h, --help

Show this help message and exit.

-c FILE, --config=FILE

Use config from this file (any command line options override settings from the file). (default:

-d PATH, --data-path=PATH

The directory to store data files in (default:

-q, --quiet

Do not log to the standard output.

-l FILE, --log-dir=FILE

The directory to write log files to (default:

--log-level=LOG_LEVEL

One of debug, info, warning, error or critical.

-u URL, --url=URL

The server URL to connect to.

--ping-url=PING_URL

The URL to perform lightweight exchange initiation with.

-k SSL_PUBLIC_KEY, --ssl-public-key=SSL_PUBLIC_KEY

The public SSL key to verify the server. Only used if the given server URL is https.

--ignore-sigint

Ignore interrupt signals.

--ignore-sigusr1

Ignore SIGUSR1 signal to rotate logs.

--daemon

Fork and run in the background.

--pid-file=PID_FILE

The file to write the PID to.

--monitor-only

Don't enable management features. This is useful if you want to run the client as a non-root user.

EXAMPLES

To run the client in the foreground, with all logging data printed to standard I/O:

  landscape-client

To run the client in the background with a particular configuration file:

  landscape-client --config=my.conf --daemon

To run the client in the foreground, with a configuration file, but overriding the bus option:

  landscape-client --config=my.conf --bus=session

If you want to run the client in non-root mode, please use --monitor-only (or add it to the config file as monitor_only = True) and add the user you want to run as to the /etc/default/landscape-client file:

  DAEMON_USER=landscape

SEE ALSO

landscape-config (1)

AUTHOR

Landscape Development Team <landscape-team@canonical.com>