1.\" Copyright (c) 2012 The FreeBSD Foundation 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" This software was developed by Edward Tomasz Napierala under sponsorship 5.\" from the FreeBSD Foundation. 6.\" 7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 9.\" are met: 10.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 12.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 14.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 15.\" 16.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 17.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 18.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 19.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 20.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 21.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 22.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 23.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 24.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 25.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 26.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 27.\" 28.\" $FreeBSD$ 29.\" 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