ggate/ggated/ggated.8

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.Dd September 8, 2016
.Dt GGATED 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ggated
.Nd "GEOM Gate network daemon"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl h
.Op Fl n
.Op Fl v
.Op Fl a Ar address
.Op Fl p Ar port
.Op Fl q Ar queue_size
.Op Fl F Ar pidfile
.Op Fl R Ar rcvbuf
.Op Fl S Ar sndbuf
.Op Ar "exports file"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility is a network server for the GEOM Gate class.
It runs on a server machine to service GEOM Gate requests from workers
placed on a client machine.
Keep in mind, that connections between
.Xr ggatec 8
and
.Nm
are not encrypted.
.Pp
Available options:
.Bl -tag -width ".Ar exports\ file"
.It Fl a Ar address
Specifies an IP address to bind to.
.It Fl h
Print available options.
.It Fl n
Do not use
.Dv TCP_NODELAY
option on TCP sockets.
.It Fl p Ar port
Port on which
.Nm
listens for connections.
Default is 3080.
.It Fl q Ar queue_size
The number of IOs to queue to the disks at once.
The default is 20.
If you have a large number of disks and/or you are not seeing the expected
number of IOPS, increase this parameter.
.It Fl F Ar pidfile
PID file that
.Nm
uses.
.It Fl R Ar rcvbuf
Size of receive buffer to use.
When not specified, the system default is used.
.It Fl S Ar sndbuf
Size of send buffer to use.
When not specified, the system default is used.
.It Fl v
Do not fork, run in foreground and print debug information on standard
output.
.It Ar "exports file"
An alternate location for the exports file.
.El
.Pp
The format of an exports file is as follows:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
1.2.3.4		RO	/dev/cd0
1.2.3.0/24	RW	/tmp/test.img
hostname	WO	/tmp/image
.Ed
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /var/run/ggated.pid" -compact
.It Pa /var/run/ggated.pid
The default location of the
.Nm
PID file.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
Exit status is 0 on success, or 1 if the command fails.
To get details about the failure,
.Nm
should be called with the
.Fl v
option.
.Sh EXAMPLES
Export CD-ROM device and a file:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
# echo "1.2.3.0/24 RO /dev/cd0" > /etc/gg.exports
# echo "client RW /image" >> /etc/gg.exports
# ggated
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr geom 4 ,
.Xr ggatec 8 ,
.Xr ggatel 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility appeared in
.Fx 5.3 .
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
utility as well as this manual page was written by
.An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq Mt pjd@FreeBSD.org .