Elektra provides a universal and secure framework to store configuration parameters in a global, hierarchical key database.

The core is a small library implemented in C. The plugin-based framework fulfills many configuration-related tasks to avoid any unnecessary code duplication across applications while it still allows the core to stay without any external dependency. Elektra abstracts from cross-platform-related issues with an consistent API, and allows applications to be aware of other applications' configurations, leveraging easy application integration.

The man pages can also be viewed online at: http://doc.libelektra.org/api/current/html/pages.html

And the page you are currently reading at: http://doc.libelektra.org/api/current/html/md_doc_help_kdb.html

Concepts are in man page section 7 and are prefixed with elektra-. You should start reading elektra-introduction(7).

Tools are in man page section 1 and are prefixed with kdb-. You should start reading kdb-introduction(1).

Documentation of plugins is available using the kdb-info(1) tool. Run kdb list for a list of plugins.

The man pages are also displayed when invoking a kdb-tool with --help.

OPTIONS

Commonly used options for all programs:

-H, --help: Show the man page.
-V, --version: Print version info.