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Running i2pd
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Starting, stopping and reloading configuration
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This chapter explains how to start and manage i2pd daemon under \*nix operation systems.
After you have built i2pd from source, just run a binary:
./i2pd
To display all available options:
./i2pd --help
i2pd can be controlled with signals. Process ID by default is written to file `~/.i2pd/i2pd.pid` or `/var/run/i2pd/i2pd.pid`.
You can use `kill` utility to send signals like this:
kill -INT $( cat /var/run/i2pd/i2pd.pid )
i2pd supports the following signals:
* INT - Graceful shutdown. i2pd will wait for 10 minutes and stop. Send second INT signal to shutdown i2pd immediately.
* HUP - Reload configuration files.
### systemd unit
Some Linux packages have a systemd control unit, so it is possible to managage i2pd with it.
Start/stop i2pd:
sudo systemctl start i2pd.service
sudo systemctl stop i2pd.service
Enable/disable i2pd to be started on bootup:
sudo systemctl enable i2pd.service
sudo systemctl disable i2pd.service
Recommended way to run i2pd built from source
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This way all i2pd-related files will be stored at `$HOME/dist`.
mkdir $HOME/dist
cp i2pd $HOME/dist
cp -R contrib/certificates $HOME/dist
cp docs/i2pd.conf $HOME/dist
cd $HOME/dist
ulimit -n 4096 # only on Linux, increasing open file limit
./i2pd --datadir .