KEYD(8)

📦 version 0.6.3, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble

💖 KEYD(8) 💖

ok so bestie, welcome to the manual page for keyd, aka the backend key serving daemon for the onak PGP keyserver. it lives in the System Manager's Manual section, section 8, and it's giving very much "quietly doing the most important job in the room" energy. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

keyd — backend key serving daemon for the onak PGP keyserver 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

keyd [ options ]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so. keyd is a backend daemon for the onak PGP keyserver, fr fr. it sits there listening on a Unix socket, waiting for connections from the various CGI and mail front ends, and it handles all the talking to the backend database. that's the whole vibe: front ends chat with keyd, keyd chats with the database. 💅

and why would you want a whole daemon for that? because connecting and disconnecting from the key database takes time, and in high load keyservers you do not want to be paying that tax over and over. keyd is the "reduce the time spent in connecting and disconnecting from the key database" queen. periodt. 🔥

⚠️ real talk though: keyd is currently fairly alpha code. it is only recommended that you use it if you know what you are doing. no cap. if that's not you, maybe hold off, bestie. 😭

🎀 Options 🎀

  • -c FILE — use FILE as the config file instead of the default one. iconic, custom config behavior. ✨
  • -f — run in the foreground rather than forking and daemonising. lowkey perfect if you want to actually watch what it's doing. 👀
  • -h — display help text. the classic. the moment you forget a flag, this is your girl. 🥰

💜 FILES 💜

  • /etc/onak.ini — the default configuration file 🌸

🧚 NOTES 🧚

this man page could probably do with some more details. ngl, it's a little sparse. we said what we said. 🙈

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

onak was written by Jonathan McDowell <noodles@earth.li>. you can find it at http://www.earth.li/projectpurple/progs/onak.html 🎀

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was the KEYD(8) manual page from the System Manager's Manual, and yeah, that little KEYD(8) footer tag at the bottom is just the section marker keeping everything official. go forth and keyserve responsibly, you absolute main character. 💖✨🦋🌸💅👑

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