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6 keactrl - Shell script for managing Kea
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9 keactrl [command] [-c keactrl-config-file] [-s server[,server,...]]
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12 keactrl is a shell script which controls the startup, shutdown and
13 reconfiguration of the Kea servers (kea-dhcp4, kea-dhcp6, kea-dhcp-ddns
14 and kea-ctrl-agent). It also provides the means for checking the
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19 Depending on requirements, not all of the available servers need be
20 run. The keactrl configuration file sets which servers are enabled and
21 which are disabled. By default the configuration file is
22 [kea-install-dir]/etc/kea/keactrl.conf.
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24 See the Kea Administrator's Guide for the documentation of the
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29 Command to be issued to the servers. It can be one of the
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42 Print the status of the servers.
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44 -c|--ctrl-config keactrl-config-file
45 Specify the keactrl configuration file. Without this switch, the
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49 -s|--server server[,server,...]
50 Specifies a subset of the enabled servers to which the command
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55 DHCPv4 server (kea-dhcp4).
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58 DHCPv6 server (kea-dhcp6).
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61 DHCP DDNS server (kea-dhcp-ddns).
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64 Control Agent (kea-ctrl-agent).
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67 All servers (default).
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70 Kea comes with an extensive Kea User's Guide documentation that covers
71 all aspects of running the Kea software - compilation, installation,
72 configuration, configuration examples and many more. Kea also features
73 a Kea Messages Manual, which lists all possible messages Kea can print
74 with a brief description for each of them. Both documents are typically
75 available in various formats (txt, html, pdf) with your Kea
76 distribution. The on-line version is available at
77 http://kea.isc.org/docs/.
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79 Kea source code is documented in the Kea Developer's Guide. It's
80 on-line version is available at http://kea.isc.org. Please follow
81 Developer's Guide link.
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83 Kea project website is available at: http://kea.isc.org.
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86 There are two mailing lists available for Kea project. kea-users
87 (kea-users at lists.isc.org) is intended for Kea users, while kea-dev
88 (kea-dev at lists.isc.org) is intended for Kea developers, prospective
89 contributors and other advanced users. Both lists are available at
90 http://lists.isc.org. The community provides best effort type of
91 support on both of those lists.
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93 ISC provides professional support for Kea services. See
94 https://www.isc.org/kea/ for details.
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97 kea-dhcp4(8), kea-dhcp6(8), kea-dhcp-ddns(8), kea-ctrl-agent(8), kea-
98 admin(8), perfdhcp(8), kea-lfc(8), Kea Administrator's Guide.
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101 The Kea software has been written by a number of engineers working for
102 ISC: Tomek Mrugalski, Stephen Morris, Marcin Siodelski, Thomas
103 Markwalder, Francis Dupont, Jeremy C. Reed, Wlodek Wencel and Shawn
104 Routhier. That list is roughly in the chronological order in which the
105 authors made their first contribution. For a complete list of authors
106 and contributors, see AUTHORS file.
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109 Copyright © 2014-2017 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
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