From: Stephen Morris Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 11:00:39 +0000 (+0100) Subject: [4489] Minor edits to documentation X-Git-Tag: trac4631_base~9^2~8 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=134a55c708212a1d55c9b5eb9660da6590c93835;p=thirdparty%2Fkea.git [4489] Minor edits to documentation --- diff --git a/doc/guide/admin.xml b/doc/guide/admin.xml index ccfe991d77..e5decedaf0 100644 --- a/doc/guide/admin.xml +++ b/doc/guide/admin.xml @@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ $ kea-admin lease-upgrade cql -n database-name and describe when - such configuration may be desired and how to configure Kea to + such configuration may be reqired and how to configure Kea to operate using read only host database. diff --git a/doc/guide/dhcp4-srv.xml b/doc/guide/dhcp4-srv.xml index ebf5aa6ae8..fa2646efee 100644 --- a/doc/guide/dhcp4-srv.xml +++ b/doc/guide/dhcp4-srv.xml @@ -541,10 +541,10 @@ If a timeout is given though, it should be an integer greater than zero.
-Using Read Only Databases for Host Reservations +Using Read-Only Databases for Host Reservations -In some deployments the database user, which name is specified in the database backend -configuration, may not have write privileges to the database. This is often +In some deployments the database user whose name is specified in the database backend +configuration may not have write privileges to the database. This is often required by the policy within a given network to secure the data from being unintentionally modified. In many cases administrators have inventory databases deployed, which contain substantially more information about the hosts than @@ -552,13 +552,13 @@ static reservations assigned to them. The inventory database can be used to crea a view of a Kea hosts database and such view is often read only. -Kea host database backends operate with implicit configuration to both read -from and write to the database. If the host database is read only for the -particular user, the backend will fail to start and consequently the server -will refuse to start/reconfigure. If the administrator intends to use the -read only host database for retrieving reservations for clients, to assign -specific addresses and options, it is possible to explicitly configure -Kea to start in "read-only" mode. This is controlled by the +Kea host database backends operate with an implicit configuration to both +read from and write to the database. If the database user does not have +write access to the host database, the backend will fail to start and the +server will refuse to start (or reconfigure). However, if access to a read +only host database is required for retrieving reservations for clients +and/or assign specific addresses and options, it is possible to explicitly +configure Kea to start in "read-only" mode. This is controlled by the readonly boolean parameter as follows: "Dhcp4": { "hosts-database": { "readonly": true, ... }, ... } diff --git a/doc/guide/dhcp6-srv.xml b/doc/guide/dhcp6-srv.xml index 0b63c3a42b..444b95ebe8 100644 --- a/doc/guide/dhcp6-srv.xml +++ b/doc/guide/dhcp6-srv.xml @@ -542,10 +542,10 @@ If a timeout is given though, it should be an integer greater than zero.
-Using Read Only Databases for Host Reservations +Using Read-Only Databases for Host Reservations -In some deployments the database user, which name is specified in the database backend -configuration, may not have write privileges to the database. This is often +In some deployments the database user whose name is specified in the database backend +configuration may not have write privileges to the database. This is often required by the policy within a given network to secure the data from being unintentionally modified. In many cases administrators have inventory databases deployed, which contain substantially more information about the hosts than @@ -553,16 +553,16 @@ static reservations assigned to them. The inventory database can be used to crea a view of a Kea hosts database and such view is often read only. -Kea host database backends operate with implicit configuration to both read from -and write to the database. If the host database is read only for the -particular user, the backend will fail to start and consequently the server -will refuse to start/reconfigure. If the administrator intends to use the -read only host database for retrieving reservations for clients, to assign -specific addresses and options, it is possible to explicitly configure -Kea to start in "read-only" mode. This is controlled by the +Kea host database backends operate with an implicit configuration to both +read from and write to the database. If the database user does not have +write access to the host database, the backend will fail to start and the +server will refuse to start (or reconfigure). However, if access to a read +only host database is required for retrieving reservations for clients +and/or assign specific addresses and options, it is possible to explicitly +configure Kea to start in "read-only" mode. This is controlled by the readonly boolean parameter as follows: -"Dhcp4": { "hosts-database": { "readonly": true, ... }, ... } +"Dhcp6": { "hosts-database": { "readonly": true, ... }, ... } Setting this parameter to false would configure the database backend to operate in "read-write" mode, which is also a default