Daemon Options - Salt

.. option:: -u USER, --user=USER

Specify user to run |salt-daemon|

.. option:: -d, --daemon

Run |salt-daemon| as a daemon

.. option:: --pid-file PIDFILE

Specify the location of the pidfile. Default: /var/run/|salt-daemon|.pid

.. option:: --disable-keepalive

Disable the automatic restart mechanism for |salt-daemon|. By default, the
daemon runs in a subprocess with automatic restart capabilities if it exits
with a keepalive signal. This option disables that behavior and runs the
daemon directly without the keepalive wrapper. Useful when an external
process manager like systemd handles restarts, or in containerized
environments where the container runtime manages the process lifecycle