KEA-DHCP6(8)                          Kea                         KEA-DHCP6(8)

NAME
       kea-dhcp6 - DHCPv6 server in Kea

SYNOPSIS
       kea-dhcp6 [-v] [-V] [-W] [-d] [-c config-file] [-t config-file] [-p
       server-port-number] [-P client-port-number]

DESCRIPTION
       The kea-dhcp6 daemon provides the DHCPv6 server implementation.

ARGUMENTS
       The arguments are as follows:

       -v     Displays the version.

       -V     Displays the extended version.

       -W     Displays the configuration report.

       -d     Enables the debug mode with extra verbosity.

       -c config-file
              Specifies the configuration file with the configuration for the
              DHCPv6 server. It may also contain configuration entries for
              other Kea services.

       -t config-file
              Checks the configuration file and reports the first error, if
              any. Note that not all parameters are completely checked; in
              particular, service and control channel sockets are not opened,
              and hook libraries are not loaded.

       -T config-file
              Checks the configuration file and reports the first error, if
              any.  It performs extra checks beyond what -t offers, such as
              establishing database connections (for the lease backend, host
              reservations backend, configuration backend, and forensic
              logging backend), loading hook libraries, parsing hook-library
              configurations, etc. It does not open UNIX or TCP/UDP sockets,
              nor does it open or rotate files, as any of these actions could
              interfere with a running process on the same machine.

       -p server-port-number
              Specifies the server port number (1-65535) on which the server
              listens. This is useful for testing purposes only.

       -P client-port-number
              Specifies the client port number (1-65535) to which the server
              responds. This is useful for testing purposes only.

DOCUMENTATION
       Kea comes with an extensive Kea Administrator Reference Manual that
       covers all aspects of running the Kea software - compilation,
       installation, configuration, configuration examples, and much more. Kea
       also features a Kea Messages Manual, which lists all possible messages
       Kea can print with a brief description for each of them. Both documents
       are available in various formats (.txt, .html, .pdf) with the Kea
       distribution. The Kea documentation is available at
       https://kea.readthedocs.io.

       Kea source code is documented in the Kea Developer's Guide, available
       at https://reports.kea.isc.org/dev_guide/.

       The Kea project website is available at https://kea.isc.org.

MAILING LISTS AND SUPPORT
       There are two public mailing lists available for the Kea project.
       kea-users (kea-users at lists.isc.org) is intended for Kea users, while
       kea-dev (kea-dev at lists.isc.org) is intended for Kea developers,
       prospective contributors, and other advanced users. Both lists are
       available at https://lists.isc.org. The community provides best-effort
       support on both of those lists.

       ISC provides professional support for Kea services. See
       https://www.isc.org/kea/ for details.

HISTORY
       The b10-dhcp6 daemon was first coded in June 2011 by Tomek Mrugalski.

       In mid-2014, Kea was decoupled from the BIND 10 framework and became a
       standalone DHCP server. The DHCPv6 server binary was renamed to
       kea-dhcp6. Kea 1.0.0 was released in December 2015.

SEE ALSO
       kea-dhcp4(8), kea-dhcp-ddns(8), kea-ctrl-agent(8), kea-admin(8),
       keactrl(8), perfdhcp(8), kea-netconf(8), kea-lfc(8), Kea Administrator
       Reference Manual.

AUTHOR
       Internet Systems Consortium

COPYRIGHT
       2019-2024, Internet Systems Consortium

 2.4.1                          April 12, 2024                    KEA-DHCP6(8)