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30.Dd March 23, 2018
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.Op Fl u
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm
44daemon is responsible for managing the CAM Target Layer configuration,
45accepting incoming iSCSI connections, performing authentication and
46passing connections to the kernel part of the native iSCSI target.
47.Pp
48Upon startup, the
49.Nm
50daemon parses the configuration file.
51If it encounters any errors,
52.Nm
53exits.
54It then compares the configuration with the kernel list of LUNs managed
55by previously running
56.Nm
57instances, removes LUNs no longer existing in the configuration file,
58and creates new LUNs as necessary.
59After that it listens for the incoming iSCSI connections, performs
60authentication, and, if successful, passes the connections to the kernel part
61of CTL iSCSI target,
62.Xr cfiscsi 4 ,
63which handles it from that point.
64.Pp
65When it receives a SIGHUP signal, the
66.Nm
67reloads its configuration and applies the changes to the kernel.
68Changes are applied in a way that avoids unnecessary disruptions;
69for example removing one LUN does not affect other LUNs.
70.Pp
71When exiting gracefully, the
72.Nm
73daemon removes LUNs it managed and forcibly disconnects all the clients.
74Otherwise - for example, when killed with SIGKILL - LUNs stay configured
75and clients remain connected.
76.Pp
77To perform administrative actions that apply to already connected
78sessions, such as forcing termination, use
79.Xr ctladm 8 .
80.Pp
81The following options are available:
82.Bl -tag -width ".Fl P Ar pidfile"
83.It Fl f Ar config-file
84Specifies the name of the configuration file.
85The default is
86.Pa /etc/ctl.conf .
87.It Fl d
88Debug mode.
89The daemon sends verbose debug output to standard error, and does not
90put itself in the background.
91The daemon will also not fork and will exit after processing one connection.
92This option is only intended for debugging the target.
93.It Fl u
94Use UCL configuration file format instead of the traditional non-UCL format.
95.El
96.Sh FILES
97.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /var/run/ctld.pid" -compact
98.It Pa /etc/ctl.conf
99The configuration file for
100.Nm .
101The file format and configuration options are described in
102.Xr ctl.conf 5 .
103.It Pa /var/run/ctld.pid
104The default location of the
105.Nm
106PID file.
107.El
108.Sh EXIT STATUS
109The
110.Nm
111utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
112.Sh SEE ALSO
113.Xr cfiscsi 4 ,
114.Xr ctl 4 ,
115.Xr ctl.conf 5 ,
116.Xr ctladm 8 ,
117.Xr ctlstat 8
118.Sh HISTORY
119The
120.Nm
121command appeared in
122.Fx 10.0 .
123.Sh AUTHORS
124The
125.Nm
126was developed by
127.An Edward Tomasz Napierala Aq Mt trasz@FreeBSD.org
128under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.
129