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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/hoststated/hoststated.8')
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/hoststated/hoststated.8 b/usr.sbin/hoststated/hoststated.8 index d7f7806b161..3bea663ae17 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/hoststated/hoststated.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/hoststated/hoststated.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: hoststated.8,v 1.3 2006/12/16 12:42:14 reyk Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: hoststated.8,v 1.4 2006/12/18 19:48:04 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2006 Pierre-Yves Ritschard <pyr@openbsd.org> .\" @@ -27,55 +27,54 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm is the host status daemon for server load balancing. -Its main purpose is to maintain pf tables up to date -as well as related pf rdr rules. -To communicate with +Its main purpose is to keep .Xr pf 4 +tables up to date +as well as any related pf rdr rules. +To communicate with pf, .Nm uses the anchor facility. To enable .Nm -to install rulesets through the anchor you will -need the following line in the NAT section of your -.Xr pf.conf 5 -configuration file: -.Bd -literal -offset 2n +to install rulesets through the anchor, +the following line is required in the NAT section of +.Xr pf.conf 5 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent rdr-anchor "hostated/*" .Ed .Pp .Nm -manipulates three data types: services, tables and hosts. +manipulates three data types: services, tables, and hosts. Each service represents a .Xr pf 4 rdr rule. -A service contains at least one table and one virtual ip which are +A service contains at least one table and one virtual IP which are used to create the proper rule. -Each table contains at least one host, and is mapped to a -.Xr pf 4 -table. -Additionnaly, a table can be backed up i.e its content will be swapped +Each table contains at least one host, and is mapped to a pf table. +Additionally a table can be backed up i.e. its content will be swapped by the content of another table when it is empty. This can be used to serve static content when a dynamic service goes down. See .Xr hostated.conf 5 for a more detailed explanation of how to configure -.Nm -. +.Nm . .Pp .Xr hostatectl 8 -can be used to enable or disable hosts, tables and services as well +can be used to enable or disable hosts, tables, and services as well as showing the current status of each object. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl d Do not daemonize. -If this options is specified, +If this option is specified, .Nm will run in the foreground and log to .Em stderr . .It Fl f Ar file -Specify an alternative configurate file. +Specify an alternative configuration file. +The default is +.Pa /etc/hostated.conf . .It Fl n Configtest mode. Only check the configuration file for validity. |