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Start command

supertokens start [options]

Start an instance of SuperTokens. By default the process will be started as a daemon.

Options#

`--with-space`#

Sets the amount of space, in MB, to allocate to the JVM.
Example: supertokens start --with-space=200 allocates 200MB for the JVM.

`--with-config`#

Specify the location of the config file to load. Can be either relative or absolute.
Example: supertokens start --with-config=/usr/config.yaml

`--port`#

Sets the port on which this instance of SuperTokens should run.
Example: supertokens start --port=8080

`--host`#

Sets the host on which this instance of SuperTokens should run.
Example: supertokens start --host=192.168.0.1

`--foreground`#

Runs this instance of SuperTokens in the foreground (not as a daemon).
Example: supertokens start --foreground

`--help`#

Help for this command.
Example: supertokens start --help

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