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# Serve Command

```
$ konduit serve [-ad <additional_dependencies>] [-b] [-cp <classpath>] -c
       <server-config>  [-h <host>] [-i <instances>] [-jo <value>]  [-p <port>]
       [-p <profile_name>] [-rwm] [-s <type>] [-id <value>]
```

**OPTIONS**

| Command Flags             | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| -ad,--addDep              | Additional dependencies to include with the launch.                                                                                                                                                                      |
| -b,--background           | Runs the process in the background, if set.                                                                                                                                                                              |
| -cp,--classpath           | Provides an extra classpath to be used for the verticle deployment.                                                                                                                                                      |
| -c,--config               | Specifies configuration that should be provided to the verticle. `<config>` should reference either a text file containing a valid JSON object which represents the configuration OR be a JSON string.                   |
| -h,--host                 | Specifies the host name of the Konduit server when the configuration provided is just a pipeline configuration instead of a whole inference configuration. Defaults is: `localhost`.                                     |
| -i,--instances            | Specifies how many instances of the server will be deployed. Defaults is: `1`.                                                                                                                                           |
| -jo,--java-opts           | Java Virtual Machine options to pass to the spawned process such as "`-Xmx1G` `-Xms256m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m`". If not set, the `JAVA_OPTS` environment variable is used.                                                |
| -p,--port                 | Specifies the port number of the konduit server when the configuration provided is just a pipeline configuration instead of a whole inference configuration. Defaults is: `0`.                                           |
| -p,--profileName          | Name of the profile to be used with the server launch.                                                                                                                                                                   |
| -rwm,--runWithoutManifest | Do not create the manifest jar file before launching the server.                                                                                                                                                         |
| -s,--service              | Service type that needs to be deployed. Defaults is: `inference`.                                                                                                                                                        |
| -id,--serving-id          | Id of the serving process. This will be visible in the `list` command. This id can be used to call `predict` and `stop` commands on the running servers. If not given then an 8 character UUID is created automatically. |