Manpage of Orthanc

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NAME
       Orthanc  - Lightweight, RESTful DICOM server for healthcare and medical
       research

SYNOPSIS
       Orthanc [OPTION]... [CONFIGURATION]

DESCRIPTION
       Orthanc, lightweight, RESTful DICOM server for healthcare  and  medical
       research.

       The  "CONFIGURATION"  argument  can be a single file or a directory. In
       the case of a directory, all the JSON files it contains will be merged.
       If no configuration path is given on the command line, a set of default
       parameters is used. Please refer to the Orthanc Book for the  full  in‐
       structions   about   how   to   use   Orthanc   <https://orthanc.uclou‐
       vain.be/book/>.

       Pay attention to the fact that the order of the options  is  important.
       Options  are read left to right. In particular, options such as "--ver‐
       bose" can reset the value of other log-related options that  were  read
       before.

       The recommended set of options to debug DICOM communications is "--ver‐
       bose --trace-dicom --logfile=dicom.log"

   Command-line options:
       --help display this help and exit

       --logdir=[dir]
              directory where to store the log files (by default, the  log  is
              dumped to stderr)

       --logfile=[file]
              file  where  to store the log of Orthanc (by default, the log is
              dumped to stderr)

       --config=[file]
              create a sample configuration file and exit (if "file"  is  "-",
              dumps to stdout)

       --errors
              print the supported error codes and exit

       --verbose
              be verbose in logs

       --trace
              highest verbosity in logs (for debug)

       --upgrade
              allow  Orthanc  to  upgrade  the version of the database (beware
              that the database will become incompatible with former  versions
              of Orthanc)

       --no-jobs
              don't  restart  the jobs that were stored during the last execu‐
              tion of Orthanc

       --openapi=[file]
              write the OpenAPI documentation and  exit  (if  "file"  is  "-",
              dumps to stdout)

       --cheatsheet=[file]
              write  the cheat sheet of REST API as CSV and exit (if "file" is
              "-", dumps to stdout)

       --version
              output version information and exit

   Fine-tuning of log categories:
       --verbose-generic
              be verbose in logs of category "generic"

       --trace-generic
              use highest verbosity for logs of category "generic"

       --verbose-plugins
              be verbose in logs of category "plugins"

       --trace-plugins
              use highest verbosity for logs of category "plugins"

       --verbose-http
              be verbose in logs of category "http"

       --trace-http
              use highest verbosity for logs of category "http"

       --verbose-sqlite
              be verbose in logs of category "sqlite"

       --trace-sqlite
              use highest verbosity for logs of category "sqlite"

       --verbose-dicom
              be verbose in logs of category "dicom"

       --trace-dicom use highest verbosity for logs of category "dicom"

       --verbose-jobs
              be verbose in logs of category "jobs"

       --trace-jobs
              use highest verbosity for logs of category "jobs"

       --verbose-lua be verbose in logs of category "lua"

       --trace-lua
              use highest verbosity for logs of category "lua"

   Exit status:
       0      if success,

       -1     if error (have a look at the logs).

AUTHOR
       Written by Sebastien Jodogne <s.jodogne@orthanc-labs.com>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2012-2016 Sebastien Jodogne,  Medical  Physics  Department,
       University Hospital of Liege (Belgium)
       Copyright © 2017-2024 Osimis S.A. (Belgium)
       Copyright © 2021-2024 Sebastien Jodogne, ICTEAM UCLouvain (Belgium) Li‐
       censing  GPLv3+:  GNU  GPL  version  3  or  later   <http://gnu.org/li‐
       censes/gpl.html>.
       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Orthanc 1.12.3                   January 2024                       ORTHANC(1)