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Command Line Options

Health Check Monitor provides several command line options to control its behavior.

Available Options

# Basic usage
healthchecker --config config.yaml

# Override log level
healthchecker --config config.yaml --log-level DEBUG

# Just check if your config is valid
healthchecker --config config.yaml --validate-only

# Test mode (doesn't send real alerts)
healthchecker --config config.yaml --mock-alerts

Option Details

Option Description
--config Path to configuration file (required)
--log-level Override logging level (DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR)
--validate-only Validate configuration without starting monitoring
--mock-alerts Run with mock alerts (alerts are logged but not sent)
--help Show help message and exit

Environment Variables

In addition to command line options, you can use environment variables to control behavior or provide sensitive information. See General Settings for more details.