NAME

       kea-dhcp4 - DHCPv4 server in Kea

SYNOPSIS

       kea-dhcp4  [-v]  [-V]  [-W] [-d] [-c config-file] [-t config-file] [-p server-port-number]
       [-P client-port-number]

DESCRIPTION

       The kea-dhcp4 daemon provides the DHCPv4 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 DHCPv4  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-dhcp4 daemon was first coded in November 2011 by Tomek Mrugalski.

       In  mid-2014,  Kea  was  decoupled from the BIND 10 framework and became a standalone DHCP
       server. The DHCPv4 server binary was renamed to  kea-dhcp4.  Kea  1.0.0  was  released  in
       December 2015.

SEE ALSO

       kea-dhcp6(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

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