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.TH "KEA\-DHCP4" "8" "Sep\&. 28, 2016" "ISC Kea 1.1.0" "Kea"
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.SH "NAME"
kea-dhcp4 \- DHCPv4 server in Kea
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBkea\-dhcp4\fR\ 'u
\fBkea\-dhcp4\fR [\fB\-v\fR] [\fB\-V\fR] [\fB\-W\fR] [\fB\-d\fR] [\fB\-c\fR\fB\fIconfig\-file\fR\fR] [\fB\-p\fR\fB\fIport\-number\fR\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
The
\fBkea\-dhcp4\fR
daemon provides the DHCPv4 server implementation\&.
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
The arguments are as follows:
.PP
\fB\-v\fR
.RS 4
Display the version\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-V\fR
.RS 4
Display the extended version\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-W\fR
.RS 4
Display the configuration report\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-d\fR
.RS 4
Enable the debug mode with extra verbosity\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-c\fR
.RS 4
Configuration file including the configuration for DHCPv4 server\&. It may also contain configuration entries for other Kea services\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-p\fR
.RS 4
Port number (1\-65535) on which the server listens\&. This is useful for testing purposes only\&.
.RE
.SH "DOCUMENTATION"
.PP
Kea comes with an extensive Kea User\*(Aqs 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/\&.
.PP
Kea source code is documented in the Kea Developer\*(Aqs Guide\&. It\*(Aqs on\-line version is available at http://kea\&.isc\&.org\&. Please follow Developer\*(Aqs Guide link\&.
.PP
Kea project website is available at: http://kea\&.isc\&.org\&.
.SH "MAILING LISTS AND SUPPORT"
.PP
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\&.
.PP
ISC provides professional support for Kea services\&. See https://www\&.isc\&.org/kea/ for details\&.
.SH "HISTORY"
.PP
The
\fBb10\-dhcp4\fR
daemon was first coded in November 2011 by Tomek Mrugalski\&.
.PP
In the mid 2014 Kea was decoupled from the BIND10 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\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBkea-dhcp6\fR(8),
\fBkea-dhcp-ddns\fR(8),
\fBkea-admin\fR(8),
\fBkeactrl\fR(8),
\fBperfdhcp\fR(8),
\fBkea-lfc\fR(8),
Kea Administrator\*(Aqs Guide\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
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.PP
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\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.br
Copyright \(co 2011-2016 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
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