diff --git a/swh/storage/api/server.py b/swh/storage/api/server.py
--- a/swh/storage/api/server.py
+++ b/swh/storage/api/server.py
@@ -242,7 +242,8 @@
 @click.command()
 @click.argument('config-path', required=1)
 @click.option('--host', default='0.0.0.0', help="Host to run the server")
-@click.option('--port', default=5000, help="Binding port of ther server")
+@click.option('--port', default=5000, type=click.INT,
+              help="Binding port of the server")
 @click.option('--debug/--nodebug', default=True,
               help="Indicates if the server should run in debug mode")
 def launch(config_path, host, port, debug):
diff --git a/swh/storage/archiver/director.py b/swh/storage/archiver/director.py
--- a/swh/storage/archiver/director.py
+++ b/swh/storage/archiver/director.py
@@ -5,23 +5,24 @@
 
 import swh
 import logging
+import click
 
 from datetime import datetime
 
-from swh.core import hashutil
+from swh.core import hashutil, config
 from swh.scheduler.celery_backend.config import app
 from . import tasks  # NOQA
 
 
 DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
-    'objstorage_path': '/tmp/swh-storage/objects',
-    'batch_max_size': 50,
-    'archival_max_age': 3600,
-    'retention_policy': 2,
-    'asynchronous': True,
-
-    'dbname': 'softwareheritage',
-    'user': 'root'
+    'objstorage_path': ('str', '/tmp/swh-storage/objects'),
+    'batch_max_size': ('int', 50),
+    'archival_max_age': ('int', 3600),
+    'retention_policy': ('int', 2),
+    'asynchronous': ('bool', True),
+
+    'dbname': ('str', 'softwareheritage'),
+    'user': ('str', 'root')
 }
 
 task_name = 'swh.storage.archiver.tasks.SWHArchiverTask'
@@ -216,3 +217,32 @@
         else:
             raise ValueError("status must be either 'present', 'missing' "
                              "or 'ongoing'")
+
+
+@click.command()
+@click.argument('config-path', required=1)
+@click.option('--dbname', default=DEFAULT_CONFIG['dbname'][1],
+              help="Db name for the archiver to connect to")
+@click.option('--user', default=DEFAULT_CONFIG['user'][1],
+              help="Username to connect to the db")
+@click.option('--async/--sync', default=DEFAULT_CONFIG['asynchronous'][1],
+              help="Indicates if the archiver should run asynchronously")
+def launch(config_path, dbname, user, async):
+    # The configuration have following priority :
+    # command line > file config > default config
+    cl_config = {
+        'dbname': dbname,
+        'user': user,
+        'asynchronous': bool(async)
+    }
+    conf = config.read(config_path, DEFAULT_CONFIG)
+    conf.update(cl_config)
+    # Create connection data and run the archiver.
+    dbconn_string = 'dbname=%s user=%s' % (conf['dbname'], conf['user'])
+    archiver = ArchiverDirector(dbconn_string, conf)
+    logger.info("Starting an archival at", datetime.now())
+    archiver.run()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    launch()
diff --git a/swh/storage/objstorage/api/server.py b/swh/storage/objstorage/api/server.py
--- a/swh/storage/objstorage/api/server.py
+++ b/swh/storage/objstorage/api/server.py
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@
 
 
 @click.command()
-@click.argument('Config-path', required=1)
+@click.argument('config-path', required=1)
 @click.option('--host', default='0.0.0.0', help="Host to run the server")
-@click.option('--port', default=5000, help="Server's port")
+@click.option('--port', default=5000, type=click.INT,
+              help="Binding port of the server")
 @click.option('--debug/--nodebug', default=True,
               help="Indicates if the server should run in debug mode")
 def launch(config_path, host, port, debug):