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12.4 poundctl options

The following options are understood by poundctl:

-C file

-C dir

Read certificate authority files from file or from files in dir. See Using poundctl for remote access. This overrides the CAFile or CAPath configuration settings (see Configuring poundctl).

-f file

Read pound configuration from file, instead of the default configuration file.

-i n

Sets indentation level for JSON output to n columns.

-j

Use JSON output format.

-K file

Read client certificate and private key from file. See Using poundctl for remote access. This option overrides the ClientCert configuration setting (see Configuring poundctl).

-k

Disable peer certificate verification. See Using poundctl for remote access. This overrides the Verify configuration setting (see Configuring poundctl).

-h

Shows a short help output and exits.

-S name

Operate on server defined by Section "name" in the .poundctl file. See Multiple Servers Configuration, for a detailed discussion.

-s socket

-s url

Sets pathname of the control socket, or its URL (for remote access, see Using poundctl for remote access). This overrides the URL configuration setting (see Configuring poundctl).

-T file

Sets the name of the template file to use. Overrides the TemplateFile configuration setting (see Configuring poundctl).

-t name

Defines the name of the template to use, instead of the ‘default’. This overrides the TemplateName configuration setting (see Configuring poundctl).

-V

Prints program version, compilation settings, and exits.

-v

Increases output verbosity level.