# Manual execution

The plugin execution format is:

```bash
./pandora_azure_gateway --conf <path to configuration file>
```

Example:

```bash
./pandora_azure_gateway --conf /etc/pandora/azure_application_gateway.conf
```

In Discovery mode, Pandora FMS automatically generates the temporary configuration file and runs the binary with the `--conf` parameter.

The execution returns JSON output with summary information and monitoring data in the `monitoring_data` field, so it can be consumed by the Discovery server. If `xml` is selected, the plugin generates XML output for manual tests.