NAME

       kea-shell - Text client for Control Agent process

SYNOPSIS

       kea-shell  [-h]  [-v]  [--host]  [--port]  [--path]  [--ca] [--cert] [--key] [--auth-user]
       [--auth-password] [--timeout] [--service] [command]

DESCRIPTION

       The kea-shell provides a REST client for the Kea Control Agent (CA).  It takes commands as
       a  command-line  parameter that is sent to the CA with proper JSON encapsulation. Optional
       arguments may be specified on the standard input. The request  is  sent  via  HTTP  and  a
       response  is  retrieved,  displayed  on the standard output. Basic HTTP authentication and
       HTTPS, i.e. TLS transport, are supported.

ARGUMENTS

       The arguments are as follows:

       -h     Displays help regarding command-line parameters.

       -v     Displays the version.

       --host Specifies the host to connect  to.  The  Control  Agent  must  be  running  at  the
              specified host. If not specified, 127.0.0.1 is used.

       --port Specifies  the  TCP  port  to  connect  to.  Control Agent must be listening at the
              specified port. If not specified, 8000 is used.

       --path Specifies the path in the URL to connect to. If not specified,  an  empty  path  is
              used.  As  Control  Agent  listens at the empty path, this parameter is useful only
              with a reverse proxy.

       --ca   Specifies the file or directory  name  of  the  Certification  Authority.   If  not
              specified, HTTPS is not used.

       --cert Specifies  the  file  name  of  the  user  end-entity  public  key certificate.  If
              specified, the file name of the user key must also be specified.

       --key  Specifies the file name of the user key file. If specified, the file  name  of  the
              user certificate must also be specified.  Encrypted key files are not supported.

       --auth-user
              Specifies the user ID for basic HTTP authentication. If not specified, or specified
              as the empty string, authentication is not used.

       --auth-password
              Specifies the password for basic HTTP authentication. If not specified but the user
              ID is specified, an empty password is used.

       --timeout
              Specifies the connection timeout, in seconds. The default is 10.

       --service
              Specifies  the  service  that  is  the  target  of a command. If not specified, the
              Control Agent itself is targeted. May be used more than once  to  specify  multiple
              targets.

       command
              Specifies  the  command  to  be  sent to the CA. If not specified, list-commands is
              used.

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 kea-shell was first coded in March 2017 by Tomek Mrugalski.

SEE ALSO

       kea-dhcp4(8), kea-dhcp6(8), kea-dhcp-ddns(8), kea-ctrl-agent(8), kea-admin(8), keactrl(8),
       perfdhcp(8), kea-lfc(8), Kea Administrator Reference Manual.

AUTHOR

       Internet Systems Consortium

COPYRIGHT

       2019-2023, Internet Systems Consortium