POUNDCTL(8)						      System Manager's Manual						       POUNDCTL(8)

NAME

       poundctl - control the pound(8) daemon

SYNOPSIS

       poundctl -c /path/to/socket [-L/-l] [-S/-s] [-B/-b] [-N/-n] [-H] [-X]

DESCRIPTION

       Poundctl controls various aspects of the operation of the pound(8) program.

OPTIONS

       Options available:

       -c /path/to/socket
	      The  path  to the (Unix-domain) socket Pound was configured to listen on for control. Your Pound configuration file must contain the
	      directive Control /path/to/socket for poundctl to work.

       -L/-l n
	      Enable/disable a listener. A disabled listener will stop accepting connection requests.

       -S/-s n m
	      Enable/disable a service. A disabled service will not be used by Pound to answer requests.

       -B/-b n m r
	      Enable/disable a back-end. A disabled back-end will not be passed requests to answer. Note however that existing sessions may  still
	      cause requests to be sent their way.

       -N n m k r
	      Add a session to service m in listener n. The session key is k and it points to back-end r.

       -n n m k
	      Remove a session from service m in listener n. The session key is k.

       The parameters n, m and r refer to the number assigned to a particular listener, service and back-end in the listings. A listener number of
       -1 refers by convention to the global context.

       -H     Try to resolve the addresses to symbolic names. Depending on your configuration, this may require an active DNS.

       -X     Show the results in XML format.

       When called without flags poundctl will print out a listing of the Pound internal state.

AUTHOR

       Written by Robert Segall, Apsis GmbH.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <roseg@apsis.ch>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2002-2010 Apsis GmbH.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

poundctl							     Jan 2010							       POUNDCTL(8)