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.Dd November 1, 2006
.Dt HOSTATECTL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm hostatectl
.Nd control the host status daemon
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Ar command
.Op Ar arguments ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
program controls the
.Xr hostated 8
daemon.
.Pp
The following commands are available:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Cm show
.It Cm show summary
Show status of services, tables and hosts.
.It Cm service disable id
Disable a service.
If it has
.Xr pf 4
redirection rules installed, remove them.
Mark the service's main table and -
if applicable - backup table disabled as well.
.It Cm service enable id
Enable a service.
Mark the service's main table and - if applicable - backup
table enabled as well.
.It Cm table disable id
Disable a table.
Consider all hosts disabled.
If it is a main table of a service which has a non-empty backup table,
swap the contents of the
.Xr pf 4
table with those of the backup table.
.It Cm table enable id
Enable a table.
Start doing checks for all hosts that aren't individually disabled
again.
.It Cm host disable id
Disable a host.
Treat it as though it were always down.
.It Cm host enable id
Enable the host.
Start checking its health again.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/var/run/hostated.sockXX" -compact
.It /var/run/hostated.sock
Unix-domain socket used for communication with
.Xr hostated 8 .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr hostated.conf 5 ,
.Xr hostated 8