1KEA-DHCP6(8)                          Kea                         KEA-DHCP6(8)
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NAME

6       kea-dhcp6 - DHCPv6 server in Kea
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SYNOPSIS

9       kea-dhcp6 [-v] [-V] [-W] [-d] [-c config-file] [-t config-file]
10                 [-p port-number]
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DESCRIPTION

13       The kea-dhcp6 daemon provides the DHCPv6 server implementation.
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ARGUMENTS

16       The arguments are as follows:
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18       -v
19           Display the version.
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21       -V
22           Display the extended version.
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24       -W
25           Display the configuration report.
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27       -d
28           Enable the debug mode with extra verbosity.
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30       -c
31           Configuration file including the configuration for DHCPv6 server.
32           It may also contain configuration entries for other Kea services.
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34       -t
35           Check the configuration file and report the first error if any.
36           Note that not all parameters are completely checked, in particular,
37           service and control channel sockets are not opened, and hook
38           libraries are not loaded.
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40       -p
41           Port number (1-65535) on which the server listens. This is useful
42           for testing purposes only.
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DOCUMENTATION

45       Kea comes with an extensive Kea User's Guide documentation that covers
46       all aspects of running the Kea software - compilation, installation,
47       configuration, configuration examples and many more. Kea also features
48       a Kea Messages Manual, which lists all possible messages Kea can print
49       with a brief description for each of them. Both documents are typically
50       available in various formats (txt, html, pdf) with your Kea
51       distribution. Kea user documentation is availalable on-line at
52       https://kb.isc.org/docs/kea-administrator-reference-manual .
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54       Kea source code is documented in the Kea Developer's Guide. Its on-line
55       version is available at https://jenkins.isc.org/job/Kea_doc/doxygen/.
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57       Kea project website is available at: https://kea.isc.org.
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MAILING LISTS AND SUPPORT

60       There are two mailing lists available for Kea project. kea-users
61       (kea-users at lists.isc.org) is intended for Kea users, while kea-dev
62       (kea-dev at lists.isc.org) is intended for Kea developers, prospective
63       contributors and other advanced users. Both lists are available at
64       http://lists.isc.org. The community provides best effort type of
65       support on both of those lists.
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67       ISC provides professional support for Kea services. See
68       https://www.isc.org/kea/ for details.
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HISTORY

71       The b10-dhcp6 daemon was first coded in June 2011 by Tomek Mrugalski.
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73       Kea became a standalone server and the BIND10 framework was removed.
74       The DHCPv6 server binary was renamed to kea-dhcp6 in July 2014.
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SEE ALSO

77       kea-dhcp4(8), kea-dhcp-ddns(8), kea-ctrl-agent(8), kea-admin(8),
78       keactrl(8), kea-netconf(8), perfdhcp(8), kea-lfc(8), Kea
79       Administrator's Guide.
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AUTHOR

82       The Kea software has been written by a number of engineers working for
83       ISC: Tomek Mrugalski, Stephen Morris, Marcin Siodelski, Thomas
84       Markwalder, Francis Dupont, Jeremy C. Reed, Wlodek Wencel and Shawn
85       Routhier. That list is roughly in the chronological order in which the
86       authors made their first contribution. For a complete list of authors
87       and contributors, see AUTHORS file.
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90       Copyright © 2011-2018 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
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