16.41. taler-merchant-httpd(1)
16.41.1. Name
taler-merchant-httpd - Run Taler merchant backend (with RESTful API)
16.41.2. Synopsis
taler-merchant-httpd
[-a**_|_–auth**]
[-C | –connection-close]
[-c FILENAME | –config=FILENAME]
[-h | –help]
[-L LOGLEVEL | –loglevel=LOGLEVEL]
[-l FILENAME | –logfile=FILENAME]
[-T USEC | –timetravelUSEC]
[-v | –version]
16.41.3. Description
taler-merchant-httpd is a command-line tool to run the Taler merchant
(HTTP backend). The required configuration and database must exist
before running this command.
16.41.4. Options
- -a TOKEN | –auth=TOKEN
- Use TOKEN for initial access control to the merchant backend. TOKEN must start with the “secret-token:” prefix, as per RFC 8959. The value
given in TOKEN must appear in backoffice requests to the default instance
of the merchant, i.e. “Authorization: Bearer TOKEN” to obtain
access to the merchant backend. Note that setting a passphrase for the
default instance by any means will block future access via TOKEN. This
is basically a way to reset the passphrase protecting access. TOKEN
should be a “pchar” as per RFC 8959, but this is NOT checked. Note that
TOKEN will only grant access to the ‘default’ instance, not other instances.
Instead of using the command-line, which exposes TOKEN to users on the
system, you may want to consider setting the
TALER_MERCHANT_TOKEN environment variable instead.
- -C | –connection-close
- Force each HTTP connection to be closed after each request
(useful in combination with -f to avoid having to wait for nc to
time out).
- -c FILENAME | –config=FILENAME
- Use the configuration and other resources for the merchant to
operate from FILENAME.
- -h | –help
- Print short help on options.
- -L LOGLEVEL | –loglevel=LOGLEVEL
- Specifies the log level to use. Accepted values are:
DEBUG, INFO,
WARNING, ERROR.
- -l FILENAME | –logfile=FILENAME
- Send logging output to FILENAME.
- -T USEC | –timetravel=USEC
- Modify the system time by USEC microseconds.
USEC may be prefixed with
+ or - (e.g. -T +300).
This option is intended for debugging/testing only.
- -v | –version
- Print version information.
16.41.5. Signals
- SIGTERM
- Sending a SIGTERM to the process will cause it to shutdown
cleanly.
16.41.6. Environment Variables
- TALER_MERCHANT_TOKEN
- Like the “-a” option, resets the access token for the default
instance to the given value.
16.41.7. See Also
taler-merchant-dbinit(1), taler-merchant-tip-enable(1), taler.conf(5)