Running i2pd ============ Starting, stopping and reloading configuration ---------------------------------------------- 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 $( cat /var/run/i2pd/i2pd.pid ) i2pd supports the following signals: * INT - Graceful shutdown. i2pd will wait for 10 minutes and stop. Send second INT signal to shutdown i2pd immediately. * HUP - Reload configuration files. ### systemd unit Some Linux packages have a systemd control unit, so it is possible to managage i2pd with it. Start/stop i2pd: sudo systemctl start i2pd.service sudo systemctl stop i2pd.service Enable/disable i2pd to be started on bootup: sudo systemctl enable i2pd.service sudo systemctl disable i2pd.service Recommended way to run i2pd built from source --------------------------------------------- This way all i2pd-related files will be stored at `$HOME/dist`. mkdir $HOME/dist cp i2pd $HOME/dist cp -R contrib/certificates $HOME/dist cp contrib/i2pd.conf $HOME/dist cd $HOME/dist ulimit -n 4096 # only on Linux, increasing open file limit ./i2pd --datadir .