NAME

       kea-ctrl-agent - Control Agent process in Kea

SYNOPSIS

       kea-ctrl-agent [-v] [-V] [-W] [-d] [-c config-file] [-t config-file]

DESCRIPTION

       The  kea-ctrl-agent  provides a REST service for controlling Kea services. The received HTTP requests are
       decapsulated and forwarded to the respective Kea services in JSON format.  Received  JSON  responses  are
       encapsulated  within  HTTP responses and returned to the controlling entity. Some commands may be handled
       by the Control Agent directly, and not forwarded to any Kea service.

ARGUMENTS

       The arguments are as follows:

       -v     Displays the version.

       -V     Displays the extended version.

       -W     Displays the configuration report.

       -d     Sets the logging level to debug with extra verbosity. This is primarily for  development  purposes
              in stand-alone mode.

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

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

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.  Its  online  version  is  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-ctrl-agent was first coded in December 2016 by Marcin Siodelski.

SEE ALSO

       kea-dhcp4(8), kea-dhcp6(8), kea-dhcp-ddns(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

2.0.2                                             May 12, 2023                                 KEA-CTRL-AGENT(8)