.TH "eppclientd" "8" "March 2010" "OpenDNSSEC" "OpenDNSSEC eppclientd"
.\" $Id$
.SH "NAME"
eppclientd \- OpenDNSSEC EPP plugin daemon
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
eppclientd
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
eppclientd is a daemon used by the
.B eppclient
plugin for the OpenDNSSEC software.
It performs key updates to registries using the EPP protocol.

eppclientd keeps a queue of transactions in a sqlite database and regularly
retries unsucessful transactions.

After successful transfer, an acknowledge command is called to let OpenDNSSEC
know the key update has completed.
.SH "FILES"
.IP \fB@EPPCLIENTD_CONF@\fP
See \fBeppclientd.conf(5)\fP for details.
.IP \fB@EPPCLIENTD_PIPE@\fP
A pipe used to communicate between eppclient and eppclientd.
.IP \fB@EPPCLIENTD_PID@\fP
The pid and lock file used by eppclientd to ensure only one instance
is running.
.IP \fB@EPPCLIENTD_DB@\fP
The database file that holds the transfer queue.
.SH "DIAGNOSTICS"
eppclientd logs via the standard syslog(8) facility.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
eppclient(8), eppclientd.conf(5)
.SH "AUTHOR"
Written by Björn Stenberg as part of the OpenDNSSEC project.