% GRIDD(1) Cargill, Incorporated | Grid Commands

NAME

gridd — Manage the Grid daemon

SYNOPSIS

gridd [FLAGS] [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

This command starts the Grid Daemon, gridd. This daemon provides core Grid functionality such as the REST API.

Backends

Grid supports connections to either Sawtooth or Splinter. By default, gridd will connect to a Sawtooth backend. The connection URL can be configured using the -C, --connect command-line option. If a valid Splinter connection endpoint is provided, gridd will connect to a Splinter backend.

Directory Locations

This command includes an option to change the default Grid admin key directory. For more information, see --admin-key-dir, and “GRID DIRECTORY PATHS”, below.

FLAGS

-h, --help: Prints help information
-V, --version: Prints version information
-v: Increases verbosity. Specify multiple times for more output

OPTIONS

--admin-key-dir: Directory containing the Scabbard admin key files. (Default: /etc/grid/keys)
-b, --bind: Connection endpoint for the REST API. (Default: 127.0.0.1:8080)
-C, --connect: The connection endpoint for Sawtooth or Splinter. (Default: tcp://127.0.0.1:4004, a Sawtooth connection)
--database-url: Specifies the database URL to connect to. (Default: postgres://grid:grid_example@localhost/grid)

GRID DIRECTORY PATHS

The Grid admin key directory has the following default location:

Scabbard admin key directory: /etc/grid/keys

EXAMPLES

$ gridd

In this example, a different database connection is specified along with a different directory for the Scabbard admin keys.

$ gridd --database-url postgres://acme:acme_corp@localhost/acme --admin-key-dir /etc/acme/keys