usage: epmd [-d|-debug] [DbgExtra...] [-address List] [-port No] [-daemon] [-relaxed_command_check] epmd [-d|-debug] [-port No] [-names|-kill|-stop name] See the Erlang epmd manual page for info about the usage. Regular options -address List Let epmd listen only on the comma-separated list of IP addresses (and on the loopback interface). -port No Let epmd listen to another port than default 4369 -d -debug Enable debugging. This will give a log to the standard error stream. It will shorten the number of saved used node names to 5. If you give more than one debug flag you may get more debugging information. -daemon Start epmd detached (as a daemon) -relaxed_command_check Allow this instance of epmd to be killed with epmd -kill even if there are registered nodes. Also allows forced unregister (epmd -stop). DbgExtra options -packet_timeout Seconds Set the number of seconds a connection can be inactive before epmd times out and closes the connection (default 60). -delay_accept Seconds To simulate a busy server you can insert a delay between epmd gets notified about that a new connection is requested and when the connections gets accepted. -delay_write Seconds Also a simulation of a busy server. Inserts a delay before a reply is sent. Interactive options -names List names registered with the currently running epmd -kill Kill the currently running epmd (only allowed if -names show empty database or -relaxed_command_check was given when epmd was started). -stop Name Forcibly unregisters a name with epmd (only allowed if -relaxed_command_check was given when epmd was started).