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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/sphinx/arm/dhcp6-srv.rst | 8 |
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diff --git a/doc/sphinx/arm/dhcp4-srv.rst b/doc/sphinx/arm/dhcp4-srv.rst index ad94851cf2..ab229969de 100644 --- a/doc/sphinx/arm/dhcp4-srv.rst +++ b/doc/sphinx/arm/dhcp4-srv.rst @@ -590,6 +590,14 @@ in seconds. For example: Specifying this parameter for other backend types causes a configuration error. +.. note:: + + The timeouts described here are only effective for TCP connections. + Please note that the MySQL client library used by the Kea servers + typically connects to the database via a UNIX domain socket when the + ``host`` parameter is ``localhost`` but establishes a TCP connection + for ``127.0.0.1``. + .. _hosts4-storage: diff --git a/doc/sphinx/arm/dhcp6-srv.rst b/doc/sphinx/arm/dhcp6-srv.rst index 2823fc3ff5..68c6123d7b 100644 --- a/doc/sphinx/arm/dhcp6-srv.rst +++ b/doc/sphinx/arm/dhcp6-srv.rst @@ -547,6 +547,14 @@ in seconds. For example: Specifying this parameter for other backend types causes a configuration error. +.. note:: + + The timeouts described here are only effective for TCP connections. + Please note that the MySQL client library used by the Kea servers + typically connects to the database via a UNIX domain socket when the + ``host`` parameter is ``localhost`` but establishes a TCP connection + for ``127.0.0.1``. + .. _hosts6-storage: |