# faros init

Run a faros hub in-process (server side, not a client command)

Source: https://faros.sh/docs/reference/cli/commands/init/

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```bash
faros init [flags]
```

## Options

```text
      --data-dir string         Data directory for state (default "/tmp/faros-data")
      --external-kcp string     Kubeconfig for external kcp
  -h, --help                    help for init
      --hub-kubeconfig string   Kubeconfig for hub cluster
      --listen-addr string      Address to listen on (default ":9443")
```

## Inherited options

```text
      --insecure-skip-tls-verify   Skip TLS certificate verification when talking to the hub
      --kubeconfig string          Path to the kubeconfig file (default: $KUBECONFIG, then ~/.kube/config)
```

## See also

- [faros](https://faros.sh/docs/reference/cli/commands/) — faros: an open-source control plane for platform teams