KYLIN-AI-VECTOR-ENGINE(1)

NAME
kylin-ai-vector-engine - lightweight vector database engine based on Milvus Lite

SYNOPSIS
kylin-ai-vector-engine work_dir address [log_level] [lock_file]

DESCRIPTION
kylin-ai-vector-engine is a lightweight vector database engine forked from Milvus Lite. It provides gRPC-based vector similarity search and management services.

The engine stores vector data in a local SQLite-backed database and supports operations such as collection creation, vector insertion, search, and indexing.

ARGUMENTS

work_dir
    Path to the database directory. The directory must exist before starting the service.

address
    gRPC listening address. Use unix:/path/to/socket for Unix domain socket, or host:port for TCP.

log_level
    Optional. Logging verbosity. Accepted values: ERROR (default) or INFO.

lock_file
    Optional. Path to a lock file for process synchronization. When specified, the process will block on this file lock and exit when the lock is released (used for lifecycle management by the wrapper script).

ENVIRONMENT

LOG_LEVEL
    Default log level when not specified on the command line. Defaults to ERROR.

EXIT STATUS

0   Normal shutdown.

1   Initialization failure or invalid arguments.

FILES

/usr/lib/kylin-ai-vector-engine/default.db
    System-provided default database template.

SEE ALSO
kylin-ai-vector-engine-default(1)

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2019–2024 Zilliz. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2024–2026 KylinSoft Co., Ltd.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.