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[4489] Minor edits to documentation
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@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ $ <userinput>kea-admin lease-upgrade cql -n <replaceable>database-name</replacea
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the read only mode.
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Sections <xref linkend="read-only-database-configuration4"/> and
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<xref linkend="read-only-database-configuration6"/> describe when
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such configuration may be desired and how to configure Kea to
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such configuration may be reqired and how to configure Kea to
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operate using read only host database.
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</para>
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</section>
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@@ -541,10 +541,10 @@ If a timeout is given though, it should be an integer greater than zero.
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</section>
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<section id="read-only-database-configuration4">
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<title>Using Read Only Databases for Host Reservations</title>
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<title>Using Read-Only Databases for Host Reservations</title>
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<para>
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In some deployments the database user, which name is specified in the database backend
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configuration, may not have write privileges to the database. This is often
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In some deployments the database user whose name is specified in the database backend
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configuration may not have write privileges to the database. This is often
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required by the policy within a given network to secure the data from being
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unintentionally modified. In many cases administrators have inventory databases
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deployed, which contain substantially more information about the hosts than
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@@ -552,13 +552,13 @@ static reservations assigned to them. The inventory database can be used to crea
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a view of a Kea hosts database and such view is often read only.
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</para>
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<para>
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Kea host database backends operate with implicit configuration to both read
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from and write to the database. If the host database is read only for the
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particular user, the backend will fail to start and consequently the server
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will refuse to start/reconfigure. If the administrator intends to use the
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read only host database for retrieving reservations for clients, to assign
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specific addresses and options, it is possible to explicitly configure
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Kea to start in "read-only" mode. This is controlled by the
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Kea host database backends operate with an implicit configuration to both
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read from and write to the database. If the database user does not have
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write access to the host database, the backend will fail to start and the
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server will refuse to start (or reconfigure). However, if access to a read
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only host database is required for retrieving reservations for clients
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and/or assign specific addresses and options, it is possible to explicitly
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configure Kea to start in "read-only" mode. This is controlled by the
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<command>readonly</command> boolean parameter as follows:
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<screen>
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"Dhcp4": { "hosts-database": { <userinput>"readonly": true</userinput>, ... }, ... }
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@@ -542,10 +542,10 @@ If a timeout is given though, it should be an integer greater than zero.
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</section>
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<section id="read-only-database-configuration6">
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<title>Using Read Only Databases for Host Reservations</title>
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<title>Using Read-Only Databases for Host Reservations</title>
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<para>
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In some deployments the database user, which name is specified in the database backend
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configuration, may not have write privileges to the database. This is often
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In some deployments the database user whose name is specified in the database backend
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configuration may not have write privileges to the database. This is often
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required by the policy within a given network to secure the data from being
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unintentionally modified. In many cases administrators have inventory databases
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deployed, which contain substantially more information about the hosts than
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@@ -553,16 +553,16 @@ static reservations assigned to them. The inventory database can be used to crea
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a view of a Kea hosts database and such view is often read only.
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</para>
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<para>
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Kea host database backends operate with implicit configuration to both read from
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and write to the database. If the host database is read only for the
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particular user, the backend will fail to start and consequently the server
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will refuse to start/reconfigure. If the administrator intends to use the
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read only host database for retrieving reservations for clients, to assign
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specific addresses and options, it is possible to explicitly configure
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Kea to start in "read-only" mode. This is controlled by the
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Kea host database backends operate with an implicit configuration to both
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read from and write to the database. If the database user does not have
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write access to the host database, the backend will fail to start and the
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server will refuse to start (or reconfigure). However, if access to a read
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only host database is required for retrieving reservations for clients
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and/or assign specific addresses and options, it is possible to explicitly
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configure Kea to start in "read-only" mode. This is controlled by the
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<command>readonly</command> boolean parameter as follows:
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<screen>
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"Dhcp4": { "hosts-database": { <userinput>"readonly": true</userinput>, ... }, ... }
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"Dhcp6": { "hosts-database": { <userinput>"readonly": true</userinput>, ... }, ... }
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</screen>
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Setting this parameter to <userinput>false</userinput> would configure the
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database backend to operate in "read-write" mode, which is also a default
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