NAME

       ql2tpd - a daemon for creating static (or quiescent) L2TPv3 tunnels and sessions

SYNOPSIS

       ql2tpd [ arguments ]

DESCRIPTION

       ql2tpd is a daemon for creating static L2TPv3 (RFC 3931) tunnels and sessions.

       Static  (or  quiescent)  tunnels and sessions implement only the data plane transport: the
       L2TP control protocol is not used.  This can be useful for setting up static L2TPv3  links
       where host configuration is known in advance.

       When  configured to bring up static tunnel and session instances, ql2tpd represents a more
       convenient way to bring up static sessions than ip l2tp commands.

       Additionally, ql2tpd supports the use of a periodic keep-alive packet for  tunnels  it  is
       managing (controlled by the configuration file hello_timeout parameter).

       This  allows  for  the detection of tunnel failure, which will then tear down the sessions
       running in that tunnel.  This mode of operation must only be enabled if the peer  is  also
       running ql2tpd.

       ql2tpd  requires  root  permissions  to  run,  and is driven by a configuration file which
       details the tunnel and session instances to create.

       For further details of the configuration format, please refer to ql2tpd.toml(5).

OPTIONS

       -config string
              specify configuration file path (default “/etc/ql2tpd/ql2tpd.toml”)

       -verbose
              toggle verbose log output

SEE ALSO

       ql2tpd.toml(5), ip-l2tp(8)

AUTHORS

       Katalix Systems, Ltd.