Howdy.
The docs for the generic linux tarball (http://docs.grafana.org/installation/debian/#installing-from-binary-tar-file) say to run with ./bin/grafana-server web.
However the init.d script and systemd unit files are running without the web bit.
running ./bin/grafana-server --help doesn’t help answer this question either
root@de03:/opt/grafana/current# ./bin/grafana-server --help
Usage of ./bin/grafana-server:
-config string
path to config file
-homepath string
path to grafana install/home path, defaults to working directory
-packaging string
describes the way Grafana was installed (default "unknown")
-pidfile string
path to pid file
-profile
Turn on pprof profiling
-profile-port int
Define custom port for profiling (default 6060)
-test.bench regexp
run only benchmarks matching regexp
-test.benchmem
print memory allocations for benchmarks
-test.benchtime d
run each benchmark for duration d (default 1s)
-test.blockprofile file
write a goroutine blocking profile to file
-test.blockprofilerate rate
set blocking profile rate (see runtime.SetBlockProfileRate) (default 1)
-test.count n
run tests and benchmarks n times (default 1)
-test.coverprofile file
write a coverage profile to file
-test.cpu list
comma-separated list of cpu counts to run each test with
-test.cpuprofile file
write a cpu profile to file
-test.failfast
do not start new tests after the first test failure
-test.list regexp
list tests, examples, and benchmarks matching regexp then exit
-test.memprofile file
write an allocation profile to file
-test.memprofilerate rate
set memory allocation profiling rate (see runtime.MemProfileRate)
-test.mutexprofile string
write a mutex contention profile to the named file after execution
-test.mutexprofilefraction int
if >= 0, calls runtime.SetMutexProfileFraction() (default 1)
-test.outputdir dir
write profiles to dir
-test.parallel n
run at most n tests in parallel (default 2)
-test.run regexp
run only tests and examples matching regexp
-test.short
run smaller test suite to save time
-test.testlogfile file
write test action log to file (for use only by cmd/go)
-test.timeout d
panic test binary after duration d (default 0, timeout disabled)
-test.trace file
write an execution trace to file
-test.v
verbose: print additional output
-v prints current version and exits
Google searching "grafana-server web" doesn’t give much beyond the already cited install doc.
Originally I figured this was a case of missing docs (ie web is a feature that isn’t well documented) or just out of date docs.
However: running grafana-server web starts without any errors. Running without web also starts without any errors. I would expect that if web wasn’t a valid option that grafana-server would throw an error.
Is there a difference? Am I an idiot and just missed the docs somewhere? Thanks.