monero-docs/docs/interacting/monerod/reference.md

monerod - reference

Syntax

./monerod [options] [command]

Options affect how daemon should be working. Commands assume the daemon is already running. Commands give access to specific services provided by the daemon.

Options

Following option groups are only to make the reference easier to follow. The daemon itself does not group options in any way.

Pick network

Option	Description
(missing)	By default monerod assumes mainnet.
--stagenet	Run on stagenet. Remember to run your wallet with --stagenet as well.
--testnet	Run on testnet. Remember to run your wallet with --testnet as well.

Logging

Option	Description
--log-file	Full path to the log file. Example (mind file permissions): ./monerod --log-file=/var/log/monero/mainnet/monerod.log
--log-level	0-4 with 0 being minimal logging and 4 being full tracing. Defaults to 0. These are general presets and do not directly map to severity levels. For example, even with minimal 0, you may see some most important INFO entries. Temporarily changing to 1 allows for much better understanding of how the full node operates. Example: ./monerod --log-level=1
--max-log-file-size	Soft limit in bytes for the log file (=104850000 by default, which is just under 100MB). Once log file grows past that limit, monerod creates next log file with a -YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS UTC timestamp postfix. In production deployments, you would probably prefer to use established solutions like logrotate instead.

Server

The monerod defaults are adjusted for running it occasionally on the same computer as your Monero wallet.

The following options will be helpful if you intend to have an always running node - most likely on a remote server or your own separate PC.

Option	Description
--config-file	Full path to the configuration file. By default monerod looks for bitmonero.conf in Monero data directory. TODO: describe configuration file syntax.
--data-dir	Full path to data directory. This is where the blockchain, log files, and p2p network memory are stored. For defaults and details see data directory.
--pidfile	Full path to the PID file. Works only with --detach. Example: ./monerod --detach --pidfile=/run/monero/monerod.pid
--detach	Go to background (decouple from the terminal). This is useful for long-running / server scenarios. Typically, you will also want to manage monerod daemon with systemd or similar. By default monerod runs in a foreground.
--non-interactive	Do not require tty in a foreground mode. Helpful when running in a container. By default monerod runs in a foreground and opens stdin for reading. This breaks containerization because no tty getss assigned and monerod process crashes. You can make it run in a background with --detach but this is inconvenient in a containerized environment because the canonical usage is that the container waits on the main process to exist (forking makes things more complicated).

Help and Version

Option	Description
--help	Enlists available options.
--version	Shows monerod version to stdout. Example: Monero 'Lithium Luna' (v0.12.3.0-release)

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Reference

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