VOLTTRON Config File

The VOLTTRON platform config file can contain any of the command line arguments for starting the platform…

-c FILE, --config FILE
                 read configuration from FILE
-l FILE, --log FILE   send log output to FILE instead of stderr
-L FILE, --log-config FILE
                 read logging configuration from FILE
-q, --quiet           decrease logger verboseness; may be used multiple
                 times
-v, --verbose         increase logger verboseness; may be used multiple
                 times
--verboseness LEVEL   set logger verboseness
--help                show this help message and exit
--version             show program's version number and exit

agent options:

--autostart           automatically start enabled agents and services
--publish-address ZMQADDR
                     ZeroMQ URL for used for agent publishing
--subscribe-address ZMQADDR
                     ZeroMQ URL for used for agent subscriptions

control options:

--control-socket FILE
                      path to socket used for control messages
--allow-root          allow root to connect to control socket
--allow-users LIST    users allowed to connect to control socket
--allow-groups LIST   user groups allowed to connect to control socket

Boolean options, which take no argument, may be inversed by prefixing the

option with no- (e.g. –autostart may be inversed using –no-autostart).