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+<refentry>
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <productname>ISC Kea</productname>
+ <date>2016 Mar 8</date>
+ <edition>1.2.0</edition>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>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.</contrib>
+ <orgname>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.</orgname>
+ </author>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>kea-shell</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo class="manual">Kea</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>kea-shell</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Text client for Control Agent process</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <docinfo>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2016</year>
+ <holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ </docinfo>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>kea-shell</command>
+ <arg><option>-h</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>--host</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>--port</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>-v</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>command</option></arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+ <para>
+ The <command>kea-shell</command> provides a REST client for the
+ Kea Control Agent (CA). It takes command as a command-line parameter
+ that is being sent to CA with proper JSON
+ encapsulation. Optional parameters may be specified on the
+ stdin. The request it sent of HTTP and a response is
+ retrieved. That response is printed out on stdout.
+ </para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>ARGUMENTS</title>
+
+ <para>The arguments are as follows:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-v</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Display the version.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-h</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Displays help regarding command line parameters.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--host</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Specifies the host to connect to. Control Agent must be
+ running at specified host. If not specified, 127.0.0.1 is used.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--port</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Specifies the TCP port to connect to. Control Agent must be
+ listening at specified port. If not specified, 8000 is used.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--timeout</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Specifies the connection timeout in seconds. If not
+ specified, 10 (seconds) is used.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>command</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Specifies the command to be sent to CA. If not
+ specified, "list-commands" is used.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>DOCUMENTATION</title>
+ <para>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/.</para>
+ <para>
+ 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.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Kea project website is available at: http://kea.isc.org.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>MAILING LISTS AND SUPPORT</title>
+ <para>
+ 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.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ ISC provides professional support for Kea services. See
+ https://www.isc.org/kea/ for details.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>HISTORY</title>
+ <para>
+ The <command>kea-shell</command> was first coded in March 2017
+ by Tomek Mrugalski.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>SEE ALSO</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>kea-ctrl-agent</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>kea-dhcp4</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>kea-dhcp6</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>kea-dhcp-ddns</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>kea-admin</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>keactrl</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>perfdhcp</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>kea-lfc</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+
+ <citetitle>Kea Administrator's Guide</citetitle>.
+
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
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