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+.. _intro:
+
+************
+Introduction
+************
+
+Kea is the next generation of DHCP software, developed by Internet Systems Consortium (ISC). It
+supports both the DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 protocols along with their extensions,
+e.g. prefix delegation and dynamic updates to DNS.
+
+This guide covers Kea version |release|.
+
+For information about supported platforms see :ref:`platforms`.
+
+.. include:: platforms.rst
+
+.. _kea_software:
+
+Kea Software
+============
+
+Kea is a modular DHCP server solution. This modularity is accomplished using multiple
+cooperating processes which, together, provide the server functionality.
+The following software is included with Kea:
+
+-  ``keactrl`` — This tool starts, stops, reconfigures, and reports the status of
+   the Kea servers.
+
+-  ``kea-dhcp4`` — The DHCPv4 server process. This process responds to
+   DHCPv4 queries from clients.
+
+-  ``kea-dhcp6`` — The DHCPv6 server process. This process responds to
+   DHCPv6 queries from clients.
+
+-  ``kea-dhcp-ddns`` — The DHCP Dynamic DNS process. This process acts
+   as an intermediary between the DHCP servers and external DNS servers. It
+   receives name update requests from the DHCP servers and sends DNS
+   update messages to the DNS servers.
+
+-  ``kea-admin`` — This is a useful tool for database backend maintenance
+   (creating a new database, checking versions, upgrading, etc.).
+
+-  ``kea-lfc`` — This process removes redundant information from the
+   files used to provide persistent storage for the memfile database
+   backend. While it can be run standalone, it is normally run as and
+   when required by the Kea DHCP servers.
+
+-  ``kea-ctrl-agent`` — The Kea Control Agent (CA) is a daemon that exposes
+   a RESTful control interface for managing Kea servers.
+
+-  ``kea-netconf`` - kea-netconf is an agent that provides a
+   YANG/NETCONF interface for configuring Kea.
+
+-  ``kea-shell`` — This simple text client uses the REST interface to
+   connect to the Kea Control Agent.
+
+-  ``perfdhcp`` — This is a DHCP benchmarking tool which simulates multiple
+   clients to test both DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 server performance.
+
+The tools and modules are covered in full detail in this guide. In
+addition, manual pages are also provided in the default installation.
+
+Kea also provides C++ libraries and programmer interfaces for DHCP.
+These include detailed developer documentation and code examples.