NAME

       kea-dhcp6 - DHCPv6 server in Kea

SYNOPSIS

       kea-dhcp6 [-v] [-V] [-W] [-d] [-cconfig-file] [-pport-number]

DESCRIPTION

       The kea-dhcp6 daemon provides the DHCPv6 server implementation.

ARGUMENTS

       The arguments are as follows:

       -v
           Display the version.

       -V
           Display the extended version.

       -W
           Display the configuration report.

       -d
           Enable the debug mode with extra verbosity.

       -c
           Configuration file including the configuration for DHCPv6 server. It may also contain configuration
           entries for other Kea services.

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

DOCUMENTATION

       Kea comes with an extensive Kea User's Guide documentation that covers all aspects of running the Kea
       software - compilation, installation, configuration, configuration examples and many 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 typically available in various formats (txt, html, pdf) with your
       Kea distribution. The on-line version is available at http://kea.isc.org/docs/.

       Kea source code is documented in the Kea Developer's Guide. It's on-line version is available at
       http://kea.isc.org. Please follow Developer's Guide link.

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

MAILING LISTS AND SUPPORT

       There are two mailing lists available for 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 http://lists.isc.org. The community
       provides best effort type of 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.

       Kea became a standalone server and the BIND10 framework was removed. The DHCPv6 server binary was renamed
       to kea-dhcp6 in July 2014.

SEE ALSO

       kea-dhcp4(8), kea-dhcp-ddns(8), kea-admin(8), keactrl(8), perfdhcp(8), kea-lfc(8), Kea Administrator's
       Guide.

AUTHOR

       The Kea software has been written by a number of engineers working for ISC: Tomek Mrugalski, Stephen
       Morris, Marcin Siodelski, Thomas Markwalder, Francis Dupont, Jeremy C. Reed, Wlodek Wencel and Shawn
       Routhier. That list is roughly in the chronological order in which the authors made their first
       contribution. For a complete list of authors and contributors, see AUTHORS file.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2011-2016 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")