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11 .Op Fl -config Ns = Ns Ar DIR
12 .Op Fl -net Ns = Ns Ar NETNAME
13 .Op Fl -pidfile Ns = Ns Ar FILENAME
18 This is the control program of tinc, a secure virtual private network (VPN)
23 to alter and inspect the running VPN's state.
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26 .It Fl n, -net Ns = Ns Ar NETNAME
27 Communicate with tincd(8) connected with
29 .It Fl -pidfile Ns = Ns Ar FILENAME
32 to authenticate with a running tinc daemon.
33 If unspecified, the default is
34 .Pa @localstatedir@/run/tinc. Ns Ar NETNAME Ns Pa .pid.
36 Display short list of options.
38 Output version information and exit.
40 .Sh ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
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43 If no netname is specified on the command line with the
45 option, the value of this environment variable is used.
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51 Create initial configuration files and RSA and ECDSA keypairs with default length.
54 for this node is given, it will be asked for.
55 .It config Oo get Oc Ar variable
56 Print the current value of configuration variable
58 If more than one variable with the same name exists,
59 the value of each of them will be printed on a separate line.
60 .It config Oo set Oc Ar variable Ar value
61 Set configuration variable
65 All previously existing configuration variables with the same name are removed.
66 To set a variable for a specific host, use the notation
67 .Ar host Ns Li . Ns Ar variable .
68 .It config add Ar variable Ar value
69 As above, but without removing any previously existing configuration variables.
70 .It config del Ar variable Op Ar value
71 Remove configuration variables with the same name and
75 is given, all configuration variables with the same name will be removed.
77 Start an editor for the given configuration file.
78 You do not need to specify the full path to the file.
80 Export the host configuration file of the local node to standard output.
82 Export all host configuration files to standard output.
83 .It import Op Fl -force
84 Import host configuration file(s) from standard input.
85 Already existing host configuration files are not overwritten unless the option
88 .It start Op tincd options
91 optionally with the given extra options.
99 Partially rereads configuration files. Connections to hosts whose host
100 config files are removed are closed. New outgoing connections specified
105 Shows the PID of the currently running
107 .It generate-keys Op bits
108 Generate both RSA and ECDSA keypairs (see below) and exit.
109 .It generate-ecdsa-keys
110 Generate public/private ECDSA keypair and exit.
111 .It generate-rsa-keys Op bits
112 Generate public/private RSA keypair and exit.
115 is omitted, the default length will be 2048 bits.
116 When saving keys to existing files, tinc will not delete the old keys;
117 you have to remove them manually.
120 Dump a list of all known nodes in the VPN.
122 Dump a list of all known connections in the VPN.
124 Dump a list of all known subnets in the VPN.
126 Dump a list of all meta connections with ourself.
127 .It dump graph | digraph
128 Dump a graph of the VPN in
131 .It info Ar node | subnet | address
132 Show information about a particular node, subnet or address.
133 If an address is given, any matching subnet will be shown.
135 Purges all information remembered about unreachable nodes.
140 Capture log messages from a running tinc daemon.
141 An optional debug level can be given that will be applied only for log messages sent to
146 to try to connect to all uplinks immediately.
149 attempts to do this itself,
150 but increases the time it waits between the attempts each time it failed,
153 didn't succeed to connect to an uplink the first time after it started,
154 it defaults to the maximum time of 15 minutes.
155 .It disconnect Ar NODE
156 Closes the meta connection with the given
161 is compiled with libcurses support, this will display live traffic statistics
162 for all the known nodes, similar to the UNIX
165 See below for more information.
167 Dump VPN traffic going through the local tinc node in
169 format to standard output,
170 from where it can be redirected to a file or piped through a program that can parse it directly,
175 Examples of some commands:
176 .Bd -literal -offset indent
177 tincctl -n vpn dump graph | circo -Txlib
178 tincctl -n vpn pcap | tcpdump -r -
182 Example of configuring tinc using
184 .Bd -literal -offset indent
185 tincctl -n vpn init foo
186 tincctl -n vpn config Subnet 192.168.1.0/24
187 tincctl -n vpn config bar.Address bar.example.com
188 tincctl -n vpn config ConnectTo bar
189 tincctl -n vpn export | gpg --clearsign | mail -s "My config" vpnmaster@example.com
191 The top command connects to a running tinc daemon and repeatedly queries its per-node traffic counters.
192 It displays a list of all the known nodes in the left-most column,
193 and the amount of bytes and packets read from and sent to each node in the other columns.
194 By default, the information is updated every second.
195 The behaviour of the top command can be changed using the following keys:
198 Change the interval between updates.
201 key, enter the desired interval in seconds, followed by enter.
202 Fractional seconds are honored.
203 Intervals lower than 0.1 seconds are not allowed.
205 Toggle between displaying current traffic rates (in packets and bytes per second)
206 and cummulative traffic (total packets and bytes since the tinc daemon started).
208 Sort the list of nodes by name.
210 Sort the list of nodes by incoming amount of bytes.
212 Sort the list of nodes by incoming amount of packets.
214 Sort the list of nodes by outgoing amount of bytes.
216 Sort the list of nodes by outgoing amount of packets.
218 Sort the list of nodes by sum of incoming and outgoing amount of bytes.
220 Sort the list of nodes by sum of incoming and outgoing amount of packets.
222 Show amount of traffic in bytes.
224 Show amount of traffic in kilobytes.
226 Show amount of traffic in megabytes.
228 Show amount of traffic in gigabytes.
233 If you find any bugs, report them to tinc@tinc-vpn.org.
238 .Xr pcap-savefile 7 ,
241 .Pa http://www.tinc-vpn.org/ ,
242 .Pa http://www.cabal.org/ .
244 The full documentation for tinc is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
245 If the info and tinc programs are properly installed at your site,
248 should give you access to the complete manual.
250 tinc comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
251 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions;
252 see the file COPYING for details.
255 .An "Guus Sliepen" Aq guus@tinc-vpn.org
257 And thanks to many others for their contributions to tinc!