<para>
It is recommended that the Kea DHCPv4 server be started and stopped
- using <command>keactrl</command> (described in <xref linkend="keactrl"/>).
- However, it is also possible to run the server directly: it accepts
+ using <command>keactrl</command> (described in <xref linkend="keactrl"/>);
+ however, it is also possible to run the server directly. It accepts
the following command-line switches:
</para>
logging should be switched to debug/verbose mode. In verbose mode,
the logging severity and debuglevel specified in the configuration
file are ignored and "debug" severity and the maximum debuglevel
- (99) are assumed. The flag is convenient, for temporarily
+ (99) are assumed. The flag is convenient for temporarily
switching the server into maximum verbosity, e.g. when
debugging.</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<command>-p <replaceable>server-port</replaceable></command> -
- specifies UDP local port on which the server will listen.
+ specifies the UDP local port on which the server will listen.
This is only useful during testing, as a DHCPv4 server
listening on ports other than the standard ones will not
be able to handle regular DHCPv4 queries.</simpara>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<command>-P <replaceable>client-port</replaceable></command> -
- specifies UDP remote port to which the server will send
+ specifies the UDP remote port to which the server will send
all responses. This is only useful during testing, as a
DHCPv4 server sending responses to ports other than the
standard ones will not be able to handle regular DHCPv4
- clients.</simpara>
+ queries.</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
checks. Note that certain checks are possible only while
running the actual server. The actual status is reported
with an exit code (0 = configuration looks ok, 1 = error
- encountered). Kea will print out log messages to standard
+ encountered). Kea prints out log messages to standard
output and errors to standard error when testing the
configuration.</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
- <command>-v</command> - prints out the Kea version and exits.
+ <command>-v</command> - displays the Kea version and exits.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
- <command>-V</command> - prints out the Kea extended version with
+ <command>-V</command> - displays the Kea extended version with
additional parameters and exits. The listing includes the versions
of the libraries dynamically linked to Kea.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
- <command>-W</command> - prints out the Kea configuration report
+ <command>-W</command> - displays the Kea configuration report
and exits. The report is a copy of the
<filename>config.report</filename> file produced by
<userinput>./configure</userinput>; it is embedded in the
<para>
The <filename>config.report</filename> may also be accessed more
- directly; the following command may be used to extract this
- information. The binary <userinput>path</userinput> may be found
+ directly, via the following command. The binary <userinput>path</userinput> may be found
in the install directory or in the <filename>.libs</filename>
subdirectory in the source tree. For example:
<filename>kea/src/bin/dhcp4/.libs/kea-dhcp4</filename>.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<simpara><command>localstatedir</command>: The value as passed into the
- build configure script. It defaults to "/usr/local/var". (Note
+ build configure script; it defaults to "/usr/local/var". Note
that this value may be overridden at runtime by setting the environment
- variable KEA_PIDFILE_DIR. This is intended primarily for testing purposes.)
+ variable KEA_PIDFILE_DIR. This is intended primarily for testing purposes.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara><command>conf name</command>: The configuration file name
- used to start the server, minus all preceding path and file extensions.
+ used to start the server, minus all preceding paths and the file extension.
For example, given a pathname of "/usr/local/etc/kea/myconf.txt", the
portion used would be "myconf".
</simpara>