basexserver1

Usage

Overview

basexserver starts the server mode of the native XML database system basex(1) on default port 1984.

Options

A short description of option can be obtained from

    $ basexserver -h

or by browsing https://docs.basex.org/wiki/Command-Line_Options#HTTP_Server

User management

On first startup a user 'admin' with default password 'admin' exists (make sure to change this)!

Admin permissions are needed to execute one of the following processes.

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Creating user 'test' with password 'test':

   > CREATE USER test test

As global permissions valid options are 'none', 'read', 'write', 'create' and 'admin'.

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Revoking all global permissions from user 'test':

   > GRANT none TO test

Valid local permissions are 'none', 'read' and 'write'.

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Granting write permission on database 'factbook' to user 'test':

    > GRANT write ON factbook TO test

Note: Local permissions overwrite global permissions. As a consequence, the 'test' user will only be allowed to access (i.e., read and write) the 'factbook' database. If no local permissions are set, the global rights are inherited.

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Showing global permissions:

    > SHOW USERS

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Showing local permissions on database 'factbook':

   > SHOW USERS ON factbook

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Dropping of user 'test':

   > DROP USER test

Further details on user management are to be found in the BaseX Documentation Wiki (https://docs.basex.org/wiki/User_Management).

Database commands

A list of supported Database commands can be obtained from

    $ basexserver -ic help

or by browsing https://docs.basex.org/wiki/Commands