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26.Dd January 15, 2014
27.Dt RUMP_SERVER 1
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm rump_server ,
31.Nm rump_allserver
32.Nd rump kernel server
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Nm
35.Op Fl sv
36.Op Fl c Ar ncpu
37.Op Fl d Ar drivespec
38.Op Fl l Ar library
39.Op Fl m Ar module
40.Op Fl r Ar total_ram
41.Ar url
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
45utility is used to provide a rump kernel service.
46Clients can use the system calls provided by
47.Nm
48via
49.Ar url .
50.Pp
51The difference between
52.Nm
53and
54.Nm rump_allserver
55is that
56.Nm
57offers only a minimalistic set of features,
58while
59.Nm rump_allserver
60provides all rump kernel components which were available when the
61system was built.
62At execution time it is possible to load components from the command
63line as described in the options section.
64.Bl -tag -width indent
65.It Fl c Ar ncpu
66Configure
67.Ar ncpu
68virtual CPUs on SMP-capable archs.
69By default, the number of CPUs equals the number of CPUs on the
70host.
71.It Fl d Ar drivespec
72The argument
73.Ar drivespec
74maps a host file in the rump kernel fs namespace.
75The string
76.Ar drivespec
77must be of comma-separated
78.Dq name=value
79format and must contain the following tokens:
80.Bl -tag -width hostpath1234
81.It Ar key
82Block device path in rump kernel namespace.
83This must be specified according to the rules for a key in
84.Xr rump_etfs 3 .
85.It Ar hostpath
86Host file used for storage.
87If the file does not exist, it will be created.
88.It Ar size
89Size of the mapping.
90Similar to
91.Xr dd 1 ,
92this argument accepts a suffix as the multiplier for the number.
93The special value
94.Dq host
95indicates that the current size of
96.Ar hostpath
97will be used.
98In this case it is assumed that
99.Ar hostpath
100exists and is a regular file.
101.It OR
102.It Ar disklabel
103Use a disklabel partition identifier to specify the offset and size
104of the mapping.
105.Ar hostpath
106must contain an existing and valid disklabel within the first 64k.
107.El
108.Pp
109The following are optional:
110.Bl -tag -width hostpath1234
111.It Ar offset
112Offset of the mapping.
113The window into
114.Ar hostpath
115therefore is
116.Fa [ offset , offset+size ] .
117In case this parameter is not given, the default value 0 is used.
118.It Ar type
119The type of file that
120.Ar key
121is exposed as within the rump kernel.
122The possibilities are
123.Dq blk ,
124.Dq chr ,
125and
126.Dq reg
127for block device, character device and regular file, respectively.
128The default is a block device.
129.Pp
130Note: the contents of block devices are cached in the rump kernel's
131buffer cache.
132To avoid cache incoherency, it is advisable not to access a file
133through the host namespace while it is mapped as a block device in
134a rump kernel.
135.El
136.Pp
137In case
138.Ar hostpath
139does not exist, it will be created as a regular file with mode
1400644 (plus any restrictions placed by umask).
141In case
142.Ar hostpath
143is a regular file and is not large enough to accommodate the
144specified size, it will be extended to the specified size.
145.It Fl l Ar library
146Call
147.Fn dlopen
148on library before initializing the rump kernel.
149In case
150.Ar library
151provides a kernel module, it will appear as a builtin module in the
152rump kernel.
153Any rump kernel component present in
154.Ar library
155will also be initialized.
156.Pp
157The argument
158.Ar library
159can contain a full path or a filename, in which case the standard
160dynamic library search path will be used.
161By default, lazy resolution is used, and may result in a runtime
162error due to missing components.
163To test a configuration, run
164.Nm
165with
166.Ev LD_BIND_NOW=1
167(see examples).
168.It Fl m Ar module
169Load and link a kernel module after the rump kernel is initialized.
170For this to work, the rump kernel must include the vfs faction,
171since the module is loaded using kernel vfs code (see
172.Sx EXAMPLES ) .
173.It Fl r Ar total_ram
174Sets the limit of kernel memory allocatable by the server to
175.Ar total_ram
176as opposed to the default which allows the server to allocate as much
177memory as the host will give it.
178This parameter is especially useful for VFS servers, since by
179default the virtual file system will attempt to consume as much
180memory as it can, and accessing large files can cause an excessive
181amount of memory to be used as file system cache.
182.It Fl s
183Do not detach from the terminal.
184By default,
185.Nm
186detaches from the terminal once the service is running on
187.Ar url .
188.It Fl v
189Set bootverbose.
190.El
191.Pp
192After use,
193.Nm
194can be made to exit using
195.Xr rump.halt 1 .
196.Sh EXAMPLES
197Start a server and load the tmpfs file system module, and halt the
198server immediately afterwards:
199.Bd -literal -offset indent
200$ rump_server -lrumpvfs -m /modules/tmpfs.kmod unix://sock
201$ env RUMP_SERVER=unix://sock rump.halt
202.Ed
203.Pp
204Start a server with the one gigabyte host file
205.Pa dk.img
206mapped as the block device
207.Pa /dev/dk
208in the rump kernel.
209.Bd -literal -offset indent
210$ rump_allserver -d key=/dev/dk,hostpath=dk.img,size=1g unix://sock
211.Ed
212.Pp
213Start a server which listens on INADDR_ANY port 3755
214.Bd -literal -offset indent
215$ rump_server tcp://0:3755/
216.Ed
217.Pp
218Test that a configuration contains all of the necessary components:
219.Bd -literal -offset indent
220$ env LD_BIND_NOW=1 rump_server -lrumpvfs -lrumpfs_ffs unix://tsock
221.Ed
222.Pp
223Start a FFS server with a 16MB kernel memory limit.
224.Bd -literal -offset indent
225$ rump_server -lrumpfs_ffs [...] -r 16m unix://ffs
226.Ed
227.Sh SEE ALSO
228.Xr rump.halt 1 ,
229.Xr dlopen 3 ,
230.Xr rump 3 ,
231.Xr rump_sp 7
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