The ArangoDB server is the core component of ArangoDB. The executable file to run it is named arangod. The d stands for daemon. A daemon is a long-running background process that answers requests for services.

The server process serves the various client connections to the server via the TCP/HTTP protocol. It also provides a web interface.

arangod can run in different deployment modes for single server and cluster setups.

See Administration for server configuration and Deploy for operation mode details.