SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/keepalived [-n] [-f keepalived.conf] [-d] [-h] [-v]

DESCRIPTION

The keepalived The keepalived server implements the vrrpd routing demon which enables routing failover for a pair (or set) of routers (or LVS directors) and the keepalived demon which sets up and does the health checking of virtual services in a Linux Virtual Servier.

OPTIONS

--vrrp, -P

Only run the VRRP subsystem.

--check, -C

Only run the healthchecker subsystem.

--dont-release-vrrp, -V

leave (don't remove) VRRP VIPs & VROUTEs on daemon stop.

--dont-release-ipvs, -I

Dont remove IPVS topology on daemon stop.

--dont-fork, -n

Dont fork the daemon process.

--use-file, -f keepalived.conf_file

Use the specified configuration file.

--wdog-vrrp, -R

Define VRRP watchdog polling delay (default=5s)

--wdog-check, -H

Define healthchecker's watchdog polling delay (default=5s)

--dump-conf, -d

Dump the configuration data.

--log-console, -l

Log messages to local console.

--log-detail, -D

Detailed log messages (the default with the rc script provided).

--log-facility, -S

0-7 Set syslog facility to LOG_LOCAL[0-7] (default=LOG_DAEMON)

--help, -h

Display a short inlined help screen.

--version, -v

Display the version number.

FILES

/etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf

AUTHORS

Joseph Mack
from inspection of the output of keepalived --help from keepalived-1.1.4