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30.Dd September 20, 2012
31.Dt CTLD 8
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm ctld
35.Nd CAM Target Layer / iSCSI target daemon
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Nm
38.Op Fl d
39.Op Fl f Ar config-file
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Nm
43daemon is responsible for managing the CAM Target Layer configuration,
44accepting incoming iSCSI connections, performing authentication and
45passing connections to the kernel part of the native iSCSI target.
46.Pp
47Upon startup, the
48.Nm
49daemon parses the configuration file and exits, if it encounters any errors.
50Then it compares the configuration with the kernel list of LUNs managed
51by previously running
52.Nm
53instances, removes LUNs no longer existing in the configuration file,
54and creates new LUNs as neccessary.
55After that it listens for the incoming iSCSI connections, performs
56authentication, and, if successful, passes the connections to the kernel part
57of CTL iSCSI target, which handles it from that point.
58.Pp
59When it receives a SIGHUP signal, the
60.Nm
61reloads its configuration and applies the changes to the kernel.
62Changes are applied in a way that avoids unneccessary disruptions;
63for example removing one LUN does not affect other LUNs.
64.Pp
65When exiting gracefully, the
66.Nm
67daemon removes LUNs it managed and forcibly disconnects all the clients.
68Otherwise - e.g. when killed with SIGKILL - LUNs stay configured
69and clients remain connected.
70.Pp
71To perform administrative actions that apply to already connected
72sessions, such as forcing termination, use
73.Xr ctladm 8 .
74.Pp
75The following options are available:
76.Bl -tag -width ".Fl P Ar pidfile"
77.It Fl f Ar config-file
78Specifies the name of the configuration file.
79The default is
80.Pa /etc/ctl.conf .
81.It Fl d
82Debug mode.
83The server sends verbose debug output to standard error, and does not
84put itself in the background.
85The server will also not fork and will exit after processing one connection.
86This option is only intended for debugging the target.
87.El
88.Sh FILES
89.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /var/run/ctld.pid" -compact
90.It Pa /etc/ctl.conf
91The configuration file for
92.Nm .
93The file format and configuration options are described in
94.Xr ctl.conf 5 .
95.It Pa /var/run/ctld.pid
96The default location of the
97.Nm
98PID file.
99.El
100.Sh EXIT STATUS
101The
102.Nm
103utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
104.Sh SEE ALSO
105.Xr ctl 4 ,
106.Xr ctl.conf 5 ,
107.Xr ctladm 8
108.Sh AUTHORS
109The
110.Nm
111was developed by
112.An Edward Tomasz Napierala Aq trasz@FreeBSD.org
113under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.
114