# Command Line Options

The server accepts a few command-line options for SSL.

When starting `tibemsd`, you can specify the following options:

- `-ssl_trace`—enables tracing of loaded certificates. This prints a message to the console during startup of the server that describes each loaded certificate.
- `-ssl_debug_trace`—enables more detailed SSL tracing for debugging only; it is not for use in production systems.
- `-ssl_password`—specifies the private key password. Alternatively, you can specify this password in the `ssl_server_password` parameter in `tibemsd.conf`. If you do not supply a password using either of these methods, `tibemsd` will prompt for the password when it starts. For more information, see the description of the `ssl_password` configuration parameter.

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