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6 kea-ctrl-agent - Control Agent process in Kea
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9 kea-ctrl-agent [-v] [-V] [-W] [-d] [-c config-file] [-t config-file]
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12 The kea-ctrl-agent provides a REST service for controlling Kea ser‐
13 vices. The received HTTP requests are decapsulated and forwarded to the
14 respective Kea services in JSON format. Received JSON responses are en‐
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26 -W Displays the configuration report.
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28 -d Sets the logging level to debug with extra verbosity. This is
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43 Kea comes with an extensive Kea Administrator Reference Manual that
44 covers all aspects of running the Kea software - compilation, installa‐
45 tion, configuration, configuration examples, and much more. Kea also
46 features a Kea Messages Manual, which lists all possible messages Kea
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49 tion. The Kea documentation is available at https://kea.readthedocs.io.
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51 Kea source code is documented in the Kea Developer's Guide, available
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54 The Kea project website is available at https://kea.isc.org.
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57 There are two public mailing lists available for the Kea project.
58 kea-users (kea-users at lists.isc.org) is intended for Kea users, while
59 kea-dev (kea-dev at lists.isc.org) is intended for Kea developers,
60 prospective contributors, and other advanced users. Both lists are
61 available at https://lists.isc.org. The community provides best-effort
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64 ISC provides professional support for Kea services. See
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68 The kea-ctrl-agent was first coded in December 2016 by Marcin Siodel‐
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72 kea-dhcp4(8), kea-dhcp6(8), kea-dhcp-ddns(8), kea-admin(8), keactrl(8),
73 perfdhcp(8), kea-lfc(8), Kea Administrator Reference Manual.
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79 2019-2023, Internet Systems Consortium
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