arangoinspect Options

Usage: arangoinspect [<options>]

General

Name Type Description
check-configuration boolean Check the configuration and exit
This is a command, no value needs to be specified. The process terminates after executing the command.
config string The configuration file or ‘none’
Default: ""
configuration string The configuration file or ‘none’
Default: ""
default-language string ISO-639 language code
Default: ""
default-language-check boolean Check if default language matches stored language
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: true
Introduced in: v3.8.0
define string… Define key=value for a @key@ entry in config file
Default: []
dump-dependencies boolean Dump dependency graph
This is a command, no value needs to be specified. The process terminates after executing the command.
dump-options boolean Dump configuration options in JSON format
This is a command, no value needs to be specified. The process terminates after executing the command.
icu-language string ICU language
Default: ""
Introduced in: v3.9.1
jslint string… Do not start as shell, run jslint instead
Default: []
log string… The global or topic-specific log level
Default: ["info"]
Deprecated in: v3.5.0
quiet boolean Silent startup
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
version boolean Reports the version and exits
This is a command, no value needs to be specified. The process terminates after executing the command.
version-json boolean Reports the version as JSON and exits
This is a command, no value needs to be specified. The process terminates after executing the command.
Introduced in: v3.9.0

Console

Name Type Description
console.audit-file string Audit log file to save commands and results
Default: ""
console.auto-complete boolean Enable auto completion
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: true
console.colors boolean Enable color support
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: dynamic (e.g. false)
console.history boolean Whether or not to load and persist command-line history
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: true
Introduced in: v3.4.5
console.pager boolean Enable paging
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
console.pager-command string Pager command
Default: "less -X -R -F -L"
console.pretty-print boolean Enable pretty printing
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: true
console.prompt string Prompt used in REPL. prompt components are: ‘%t’: current time as timestamp, ‘%p’: duration of last command in seconds, ‘%d’: name of current database, ‘%e’: current endpoint, ‘%E’: current endpoint without protocol, ‘%u’: current user
Default: "%E@%d> "

Encryption

Name Type Description
encryption.key-generator string Enterprise Edition only
Program providing the encryption key on stdout. If set, encryption will be enabled.
Default: ""
encryption.keyfile string Enterprise Edition only
File containing the encryption key. If set, encryption will be enabled.
Default: ""

JavaScript

Name Type Description
javascript.allow-external-process-control boolean Allow execution and control of external processes from within JavaScript actions
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
Introduced in: v3.5.0
javascript.allow-port-testing boolean Allow testing of ports from within JavaScript actions
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
Introduced in: v3.5.0
javascript.check-syntax string… Syntax check code JavaScript code from file
Default: []
javascript.client-module string Client module to use at startup
Default: "inspector.js"
javascript.copy-directory string Target directory to copy files from ‘javascript.startup-directory’ into (only used when --javascript.copy-installation is enabled)
Default: ""
javascript.copy-installation boolean Copy contents of ‘javascript.startup-directory’
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
javascript.current-module-directory boolean Add current directory to module path
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: true
javascript.endpoints-allowlist string… Endpoints that can be connected to via @arangodb/request module in JavaScript actions
Default: []
Introduced in: v3.5.0
javascript.endpoints-denylist string… Endpoints that cannot be connected to via @arangodb/request module in JavaScript actions (if not in allowlist)
Default: []
Introduced in: v3.5.0
javascript.environment-variables-allowlist string… Environment variables that will be accessible in JavaScript
Default: []
Introduced in: v3.5.0
javascript.environment-variables-denylist string… Environment variables that will be inaccessible in JavaScript (if not in allowlist)
Default: []
Introduced in: v3.5.0
javascript.execute string… Execute JavaScript code from file
Default: []
javascript.execute-string string… Execute JavaScript code from string
Default: []
javascript.files-allowlist string… Filesystem paths that will be accessible from within JavaScript actions
Default: []
Introduced in: v3.5.0
javascript.gc-interval uint64 Request-based garbage collection interval (each n.th command)
Default: 50
javascript.harden boolean Disables access to JavaScript functions in the internal module: getPid() and logLevel()
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
Introduced in: v3.5.0
javascript.module-directory string… Additional paths containing JavaScript modules
Default: []
javascript.startup-directory string Startup paths containing the JavaScript files
Default: "./js"
javascript.startup-options-allowlist string… Startup options whose names match this regular expression will be allowed and exposed to JavaScript
Default: []
Introduced in: v3.5.0
javascript.startup-options-denylist string… Startup options whose names match this regular expression will not be exposed (if not in allowlist) to JavaScript actions
Default: []
Introduced in: v3.5.0
javascript.unit-test-filter string Filter testcases in suite
Default: ""
javascript.unit-tests string… Do not start as shell, run unit tests instead
Default: []
javascript.v8-max-heap uint64 Maximal heap size (in MB)
Default: 3072
javascript.v8-options string… Options to pass to v8
Default: []

Log

Name Type Description
log.color boolean Use colors for TTY logging
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: dynamic (e.g. true)
log.escape-control-chars boolean Escape control characters when logging
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: true
Introduced in: v3.9.0
log.escape-unicode-chars boolean Escape unicode characters when logging
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
Introduced in: v3.9.0
log.file string Shortcut for ‘--log.output file://'
Default: "-"
log.file-group string Group to use for new log file, user must be a member of this group
Default: ""
Introduced in: v3.4.5
log.file-mode string Mode to use for new log file, umask will be applied as well
Default: ""
Introduced in: v3.4.5
log.force-direct boolean Do not start a seperate thread for logging
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
log.foreground-tty boolean Also log to tty if backgrounded
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: dynamic (e.g. false)
log.hostname string Hostname to use in log message (empty for none, use ‘auto’ to automatically figure out hostname)
Default: ""
Introduced in: v3.8.0
log.ids boolean Log unique message ids
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: true
Introduced in: v3.5.0
log.level string… The global or topic-specific log level
Default: ["info"]
log.line-number boolean Include the function name, file name and line number of the source code that issues the log message. Format: [func@FileName.cpp:123]
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
log.max-entry-length uint32 Maximum length of a log entry (in bytes)
Default: 134217728
Introduced in: v3.7.9
log.output string… Log destination(s), e.g. file:///path/to/file (any ‘$PID’ will be replaced with the process id)
Default: []
log.performance boolean Shortcut for ‘--log.level performance=trace’
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
Deprecated in: v3.5.0
log.prefix string Prefix log message with this string
Default: ""
log.process boolean Show process identifier (pid) in log message
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: true
Introduced in: v3.8.0
log.request-parameters boolean Include full URLs and HTTP request parameters in trace logs
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: true
log.role boolean Log server role
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
log.shorten-filenames boolean Shorten filenames in log output (use with --log.line-number)
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: true
log.thread boolean Show thread identifier in log message
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
log.thread-name boolean Show thread name in log message
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
log.time-format string Time format to use in logs
Default: "utc-datestring"
Possible values: “local-datestring”, “timestamp”, “timestamp-micros”, “timestamp-millis”, “uptime”, “uptime-micros”, “uptime-millis”, “utc-datestring”, “utc-datestring-millis”
Introduced in: v3.5.0
log.use-json-format boolean Use json output format
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
Introduced in: v3.8.0
log.use-local-time boolean Use local timezone instead of UTC
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
Deprecated in: v3.5.0
log.use-microtime boolean Use microtime instead
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
Deprecated in: v3.5.0

Random

Name Type Description
random.generator uint32 Random number generator to use (1 = MERSENNE, 2 = RANDOM, 3 = URANDOM, 4 = COMBINED (not for Windows), 5 = WinCrypt (Windows only)
Default: 1
Possible values: 1, 2, 3, 4

Server

Name Type Description
server.ask-jwt-secret boolean If this option is specified, the user will be prompted for a JWT secret. This option is not compatible with --server.username or --server.password. If specified, it will be used for all connections - even when a new connection to another server is created
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: true
server.authentication boolean Require authentication credentials when connecting (does not affect the server-side authentication settings)
This option can be specified without value to enable it.
Default: false
server.connection-timeout double Connection timeout in seconds
Default: 5
server.database string Database name to use when connecting
Default: "_system"
server.endpoint string… Endpoint to connect to. Use ‘none’ to start without a server. Use http+ssl:// as schema to connect to an SSL-secured server endpoint, otherwise http+tcp:// or unix://
Default: ["http+tcp://127.0.0.1:8529"]
server.jwt-secret-keyfile string If this option is specified, the jwt secret will be loaded from the given file. This option is not compatible with --server.ask-jwt-secret, --server.username or --server.password. If specified, it will be used for all connections - even when a new connection to another server is created
Default: ""
server.max-packet-size uint64 Maximum packet size (in bytes) for client/server communication
Default: 1073741824
server.password string Password to use when connecting. If not specified and authentication is required, the user will be prompted for a password
Default: ""
server.request-timeout double Request timeout in seconds
Default: 1200
server.username string Username to use when connecting
Default: "root"

SSL

Name Type Description
ssl.protocol uint64 Ssl protocol (1 = SSLv2 (unsupported), 2 = SSLv2 or SSLv3 (negotiated), 3 = SSLv3, 4 = TLSv1, 5 = TLSv1.2, 6 = TLSv1.3, 9 = generic TLS)
Default: 5
Possible values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9

Temp

Name Type Description
temp.path string Path for temporary files
Default: ""
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