SmartAnthill is based on Twisted and can be launched as Foreground Process as well as Background Process.
The whole list of usage options for SmartAnthill is accessible via:
smartanthill --helpQuick launching (the user's home directory ${HOME} will be used as
:ref:`wsdir`):
smartanthillLaunching with specific :ref:`wsdir`:
smartanthill --workspacedir=/path/to/workspace/directoryCheck the :ref:`configuration` page for detailed configuration options.
The launching in the Background Process implements through twistd utility.
The whole list of usage options for twistd is accessible via
twistd --help command. The final SmartAnthill command looks like:
twistd smartanthillSmartAnthill Dashboard is accessible by default on http://localhost:8138.
However, you can change TCP/IP port later using Dashboard > Settings page.