TiKV supports readable units in command line parameters.

• File size (bytes by default, case-insensitive): KB, MB, GB, TB, PB
• Time (ms by default): ms, s, m, h

-A, --addr

• The address that the TiKV server monitors
• Default: “127.0.0.1:20160”
• To deploy a cluster, you must use --addr to specify the IP address of the current host, such as “192.168.100.113:20160”. If the cluster is running on Docker, specify the IP address of Docker as “0.0.0.0:20160”.

--advertise-addr

• The server advertise address for client traffic from outside
• Default: ${addr}
• If the client cannot connect to TiKV through the --addr address because of Docker or NAT network, you must manually set the --advertise-addr address.
• For example, the internal IP address of Docker is “172.17.0.1”, while the IP address of the host is “192.168.100.113” and the port mapping is set to “-p 20160:20160”. In this case, you can set --advertise-addr to “192.168.100.113:20160”. The client can find this service through “192.168.100.113:20160”.

--status-addr

• The port through which the TiKV service status is listened
• Default: “20180”
• The Prometheus can access this status information via “http://host:status\_port/metrics”.
• The Profile can access this status information via “http://host:status\_port/debug/pprof/profile”.

--advertise-status-addr

• The address through which TiKV accesses service status from outside.
• Default: The value of --status-addr is used.
• If the client cannot connect to TiKV through the --status-addr address because of Docker or NAT network, you must manually set the --advertise-status-addr address.
• For example, the internal IP address of Docker is “172.17.0.1”, while the IP address of the host is “192.168.100.113” and the port mapping is set to “-p 20180:20180”. In this case, you can set --advertise-status-addr="192.168.100.113:20180". The client can find this service through “192.168.100.113:20180”.

-C, --config

• The config file
• Default: “”
• If you set the configuration using the command line, the same setting in the config file is overwritten.

--capacity

• The store capacity
• Default: 0 (unlimited)
• PD uses this parameter to determine how to balance TiKV servers. (Tip: you can use 10GB instead of 1073741824)

--data-dir

• The path to the data directory
• Default: “/tmp/tikv/store”

-L

• The log level
• Default: “info”
• You can choose from trace, debug, info, warn, error, or off.

--log-file

• The log file
• Default: “”
• If this parameter is not set, logs are written to stderr. Otherwise, logs are stored in the log file which will be automatically rotated every day.

--pd

• The address list of PD servers
• Default: “”
• To make TiKV work, you must use the value of --pd to connect the TiKV server to the PD server. Separate multiple PD addresses using comma, for example “192.168.100.113:2379, 192.168.100.114:2379, 192.168.100.115:2379”.