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KIWIX(1)		    General Commands Manual		      KIWIX(1)

NAME
       kiwix-serve - Kiwix HTTP	Server

SYNOPSIS
       kiwix-serve --library [OPTIONS] LIBRARY_FILE_PATH
       kiwix-serve [OPTIONS] ZIM_FILE_PATH ...

DESCRIPTION
       The  kiwix-serve	 command  is used to run a stand-alone HTTP server for
       serving ZIM contents over the network.

ARGUMENTS
       LIBRARY_FILE_PATH
	      Path of an XML library file listing ZIM files to	serve.	To  be
	      used  only with the --library option. Multiple library files can
	      be provided as a semicolon (;) separated list.

       ZIM_FILE_PATH ...
	      ZIM file path(s).	Multiple arguments are allowed.

OPTIONS
       --library
	      By default, kiwix-serve expects a	list of	ZIM files  as  command
	      line arguments. Providing	the --library option tells kiwix-serve
	      that the command line argument is	rather a library XML file.

       -i ADDR,	--address=ADDR
	      Listen  only  on this IP address.	By default, the	server listens
	      on all available IP addresses.

       -p PORT,	--port=PORT
	      TCP port on which	to listen for HTTP requests (default: 80).

       -r ROOT,	--urlRootLocation=ROOT
	      URL prefix on which the content should be	 made  available  (de-
	      fault: empty).

       -d, --daemon
	      Detach the HTTP server daemon from the main process.

       -a PID, --attachToProcess=PID
	      Exit when	the process with id PID	stops running.

       -M, --monitorLibrary
	      Monitor the XML library file and reload it automatically when it
	      changes.

	      Library reloading	can be forced anytime by sending a SIGHUP sig-
	      nal  to  the "kiwix-serve" process (this works regardless	of the
	      presence of the "--monitorLibrary"/"-M" option).

       -m, --nolibrarybutton
	      Disable the library home button in the ZIM viewer	toolbar.

       -n, --nosearchbar
	      Disable the search box in	the ZIM	viewer toolbar.

       -b, --blockexternal
	      Prevent users from directly navigating to	external resources via
	      links in ZIM content.

       -t N, --threads=N
	      Number of	threads	to run in parallel (default: 4).

       -s N, --searchLimit=N
	      Maximum number of	ZIM files in a fulltext	multizim  search  (de-
	      fault: No	limit).

       -z, --nodatealiases
	      Create  URL aliases for each content by removing the date	embed-
	      ded in the file name.

	      The expected format of the date in the filename  is  "_YYYY-MM".
	      For  example,  a	ZIM  file named	"wikipedia_en_all_2020-08.zim"
	      will  be	accessible  both  as  "wikipedia_en_all_2020-08"   and
	      "wikipedia_en_all".

       -c PATH,	--customIndex=PATH
	      Override the welcome page	with a custom HTML file.

       -L N, --ipConnectionLimit=N
	      Max  number  of  (concurrent) connections	per IP (default: infi-
	      nite, recommended: >= 6).

       -k, --skipInvalid
	      Startup even when	ZIM files are invalid (those will be skipped)

       -v, --verbose
	      Print debug log to STDOUT.

       -V, --version
	      Print the	software version.

       -h, --help
	      Print a help message.

EXAMPLES
       Serve a single ZIM file:

       kiwix-serve myzim.zim

       Serve multiple ZIM files:

       kiwix-serve zim1.zim zim2.zim zim3.zim

       Serve ZIM files from a library:

       kiwix-serve --library library.xml

DOCUMENTATION
       Online documentation:  https://kiwix-tools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ki-
       wix-serve.html
       Source code: https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-tools
       More info: https://wiki.kiwix.org/wiki/Kiwix-serve

AUTHORS
       Emmanuel	Engelhart <kelson@kiwix.org>
       Vasudev Kamath <kamathvasudev@gmail.com>

				 10 July 2023			      KIWIX(1)

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