1KEA-DHCP4(8)                          Kea                         KEA-DHCP4(8)
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NAME

6       kea-dhcp4 - DHCPv4 server in Kea
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SYNOPSIS

9       kea-dhcp4  [-v]  [-V]  [-W]  [-d] [-c config-file] [-t config-file] [-p
10       server-port-number] [-P client-port-number]
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DESCRIPTION

13       The kea-dhcp4 daemon provides the DHCPv4 server implementation.
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ARGUMENTS

16       The arguments are as follows:
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18       -v     Displays the version.
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20       -V     Displays the extended version.
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22       -W     Displays the configuration report.
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24       -d     Enables the debug mode with extra verbosity.
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26       -c config-file
27              Specifies the configuration file with the configuration for  the
28              DHCPv4  server.  It  may  also contain configuration entries for
29              other Kea services.
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31       -t config-file
32              Checks the configuration file and reports the  first  error,  if
33              any.  Note  that  not  all parameters are completely checked; in
34              particular, service and control channel sockets are not  opened,
35              and hook libraries are not loaded.
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37       -p server-port-number
38              Specifies  the  server port number (1-65535) on which the server
39              listens. This is useful for testing purposes only.
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41       -P client-port-number
42              Specifies the client port number (1-65535) to which  the  server
43              responds. This is useful for testing purposes only.
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DOCUMENTATION

46       Kea  comes  with  an  extensive Kea Administrator Reference Manual that
47       covers all aspects of running the Kea software - compilation, installa‐
48       tion,  configuration,  configuration  examples, and much more. Kea also
49       features a Kea Messages Manual, which lists all possible  messages  Kea
50       can print with a brief description for each of them. Both documents are
51       available in various formats (.txt, .html, .pdf) with the Kea distribu‐
52       tion. The Kea documentation is available at https://kea.readthedocs.io.
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54       Kea  source  code is documented in the Kea Developer's Guide, available
55       at https://reports.kea.isc.org/dev_guide/.
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57       The Kea project website is available at https://kea.isc.org.
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MAILING LISTS AND SUPPORT

60       There are two public mailing  lists  available  for  the  Kea  project.
61       kea-users (kea-users at lists.isc.org) is intended for Kea users, while
62       kea-dev (kea-dev at lists.isc.org)  is  intended  for  Kea  developers,
63       prospective  contributors,  and  other  advanced  users. Both lists are
64       available at https://lists.isc.org. The community provides  best-effort
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-dhcp4 daemon was first coded in November 2011 by Tomek  Mrugal‐
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74       In  mid-2014, Kea was decoupled from the BIND 10 framework and became a
75       standalone DHCP  server.  The  DHCPv4  server  binary  was  renamed  to
76       kea-dhcp4. Kea 1.0.0 was released in December 2015.
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SEE ALSO

79       kea-dhcp6(8),  kea-dhcp-ddns(8), kea-ctrl-agent(8), kea-admin(8), keac‐
80       trl(8), perfdhcp(8), kea-netconf(8), kea-lfc(8), Kea Administrator Ref‐
81       erence Manual.
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AUTHOR

84       Internet Systems Consortium
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87       2019-2022, Internet Systems Consortium
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