NEXTEPC-HSSD(8)

💖 NEXTEPC-HSSD(8) 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're about to talk about nextepc-hssd, aka the section 8 (system administration) girlie of the nextepc squad. she runs the whole subscriber database and she is very booked and busy. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

nextepc-hssd — Home Subscriber Server (EPC / LTE). yes that's her full government name 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

nextepc-hssd [options]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. just the command plus whatever options you're feeling ✨

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so nextepc-hssd is the process that contains the Home Subscriber Server (HSS) of nextepc. think of the HSS as the main character of the whole operation, because she holds the central database of mobile network subscribers, and bestie, she is holding everything:

• their IMSI 🔑
• their MSISDN 📱
• the cryptographic key materials 🧚
• service subscription information 📋
• etc. (yes, there's more, she's a collector 💜)

and the way she talks to the world? she implements the S6a interface towards the MME using the DIAMETER protocol. no cap, that's literally what she does. icon behavior only 👑

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

one bullet per flag, no notes, let's go 🔥

• -v — show version. she'll tell you who she is 💁‍♀️
• -h — show help. when you're lost and need a little guidance 🥺
• -d — start as daemon. she'll go do her thing in the background, quietly, like the main character she is 🌙
• -f <conf> — set configuration file name. point her at the config file you want her to use 📝
• -l <log_file> — log file path to be logged to. where all the receipts go 🧾
• -p <pid_file> — PID file path. where her PID lives, so you can find her later 🫶

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🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

this manual page was written by Ruben Undheim <ruben.undheim@gmail.com> for the Debian project (and may be used by others). shoutout to Ruben fr fr, we appreciate the documentation service 💖

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and that's the whole page bestie!! slay, you now know everything about nextepc-hssd ✨

this was NEXTEPC-HSSD(8) from 02 April 2026 🌸 bye bye, go run your HSS responsibly!! 💅🦋