# Manual execution

The plugin execution format is as follows:

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

Example:

```bash
./pandora_azure_load_balancer --conf /etc/pandora/azure_load_balancer.conf
```

In Discovery mode, Pandora FMS automatically generates the temporary configuration file and executes 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.