5.3 Daemon Configuration

The following statements configure slb activities in daemon mode.

Config: standalone bool

Enables or disables standalone daemon mode. The standalone mode is enabled by default. It is disabled either by setting

 
standalone no;

in the configuration file, or by using the ‘--cron’ command line option (see option–cron).

Config: foreground bool

Do not detach from the controlling terminal. See option–foreground.

Config: pidfile string

Store master process PID in file. Default pidfile location is ‘/var/run/slb.pid’.

Config: wakeup number

Sets wake-up interval in seconds. SLB will recompute the server load table each number seconds.

Config: suppress-output number

Suppress output during the first number wakeups. This statement is reserved mostly for debugging purposes.