NAME

       ovsqlite-server - Sole owner of the ovsqlite database

SYNOPSIS

       ovsqlite-server [-d]

DESCRIPTION

       The ovsqlite-server daemon is the only program that opens the overview SQLite database.  It accepts
       connections from the other parts of INN that want to operate on overview data (innd, nnrpd, expireover,
       makehistory).

       This daemon must therefore be started before any other process can access the overview database.
       ovsqlite-server is normally invoked automatically by rc.news when starting the news system.  It is also
       stopped automatically by rc.news when stopping the news system.

       In case you need to talk to this daemon from Perl, the binary protocol used to communicate with it has
       been implemented in the "INN::ovsqlite_client" Perl module.  See its manual page for more information
       about its possibilities.

OPTIONS

       -d  ovsqlite-server normally puts itself into the background, points its standard output and error to log
           files,  and  disassociates itself from the terminal.  Using -d prevents all of this, resulting in log
           messages being written to the standard error output; this is generally useful only for debugging.

FILES

       pathetc/ovsqlite.conf
           The configuration file.  See ovsqlite(5).

       pathoverview/ovsqlite.db
           The SQLite database file.

       pathrun/ovsqlite.pid
           Stores the PID of the server process while it's running.

       pathrun/ovsqlite.sock
           When Unix-domain sockets are available, the server binds its listening socket to this path.

       pathrun/ovsqlite.port
           When Unix-domain sockets aren't available, the server binds its listening socket  to  a  dynamic  TCP
           port on the IPv4 loopback interface and stores the port number in this file.

HISTORY

       Initial implementation of ovsqlite written by Bo Lindbergh <2bfjdsla52kztwejndzdstsxl9athp@gmail.com> for
       InterNetNews.

SEE ALSO

       INN::ovsqlite_client(3pm), ovsqlite(5), rc.news(8).

INN 2.7.2                                          2024-03-31                                 OVSQLITE-SERVER(8)