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/opt/iamguarded/clickhouse/bin/clickhouse-docker-init

From clickhouse-26.4-iamguarded-compat 26.4.5.143-r8 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running clickhouse-docker-init --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: clickhouse docker-init [--keeper] [-- <extra-args>...]
Docker entrypoint for distroless ClickHouse images.

Options:
  --keeper   Start ClickHouse Keeper instead of server
  --help     Show this help message

Environment variables (server mode):
  CLICKHOUSE_CONFIG                   Path to config file (default: /etc/clickhouse-server/config.xml)
  CLICKHOUSE_RUN_AS_ROOT              Run as root (0/1)
  CLICKHOUSE_DO_NOT_CHOWN             Skip chown operations (0/1)
  CLICKHOUSE_UID                      Override UID to run as
  CLICKHOUSE_GID                      Override GID to run as
  CLICKHOUSE_USER                     Default user name (default: default)
  CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD                 Default user password
  CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD_FILE            File containing password
  CLICKHOUSE_DB                       Database to create on init
  CLICKHOUSE_DEFAULT_ACCESS_MANAGEMENT  Enable access management (0/1)
  CLICKHOUSE_SKIP_USER_SETUP          Skip user setup (0/1)
  CLICKHOUSE_ALWAYS_RUN_INITDB_SCRIPTS  Always run init scripts
  CLICKHOUSE_INIT_TIMEOUT             Max retries for server readiness (default: 1000)
  CLICKHOUSE_WATCHDOG_ENABLE          Enable watchdog (default: 0)

Environment variables (keeper mode):
  KEEPER_CONFIG                       Path to keeper config file
  CLICKHOUSE_DATA_DIR                 Data directory (default: /var/lib/clickhouse)
  LOG_DIR                             Log directory (default: /var/log/clickhouse-keeper)
Options (2)
OptionDescriptionSource
--keeperStart ClickHouse Keeper instead of serverhelp
--helpShow this help messagehelp

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