# Installer kstart avec Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de kstart pour les workflows d'agents IA.

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:kstart
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install kstart
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add kstart
```

  Preuve: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kstart from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install kstart
```

  Preuve: Debian stable package indexes: kstart from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install kstart
```

  Preuve: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: kstart from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#kstart
```

  Preuve: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ks/kstart/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:kstart
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 4.3
- **Résumé source:** Modified version of kinit that can use keytabs to authenticate
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/kstart/>
- **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## exécutables

- k5start (alias)
- krenew (alias)

## Comportement d'installation

- Bouteille: non disponible

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-08-03
- version du gestionnaire: 4.3
## Historique du projet et usages

kstart is Russ Allbery's Kerberos helper package containing k5start and krenew, modified kinit-like tools for obtaining, renewing, and maintaining Kerberos ticket caches for long-running processes.

### Historique du projet

The Eyrie documentation describes k5start as a modified version of kinit that can obtain credentials from a keytab, run as a daemon, refresh credentials periodically, and optionally obtain AFS tokens. krenew shares much of the role but renews an existing renewable ticket cache rather than obtaining new tickets from a password or keytab.

### Historique d'adoption

kstart's adoption is strongest in Kerberos-heavy Unix environments: servers, cron jobs, daemons, batch jobs, and AFS sites where ticket renewal should be handled outside the application. The project page links Debian packages and Debian package tracking, reflecting its place as a small infrastructure utility rather than an end-user application.

### Modes d'utilisation

Administrators use k5start to run a command with keytab-backed credentials and keep its ticket cache alive, or to run a daemon that refreshes credentials. Users use krenew when a renewable ticket cache exists and a long-running command needs renewal without storing a keytab.

### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

kstart is a classic sysadmin package: small, security-sensitive, low-glamour, and essential in the places that need it. Its value is that it makes Kerberos ticket lifetime management scriptable and separable from the services that consume those tickets.

### Chronologie

- 2021-08-31: kstart 4.3 was released.
- 2021-08-31: The project page listed tar.gz and tar.xz release archives plus PGP signatures.
- 2021: The documentation described MIT Kerberos and Heimdal as the thoroughly tested Kerberos libraries on Debian.

### Related projects

- Related projects include MIT Kerberos, Heimdal, kinit, AFS aklog, afslog, OpenAFS, and Debian Kerberos packaging.

### Sources

- <https://git.eyrie.org/git/kerberos/kstart.git>
- <https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=kstart>
- <https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/kstart/>


## Notes de sécurité

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Risque Geiger:** vert / faible
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- Debian apt - kstart - 4.3-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: kstart from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Kerberos kinit supporting AFS and ticket refreshing | https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/kstart/
- Nix - kstart: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ks/kstart/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - kstart - 4.3-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: kstart from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Kerberos kinit supporting AFS and ticket refreshing | https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/kstart/
- apk - kstart - 4.3-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kstart from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Port of kinit for automated refreshing of service kerberos tickets | https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/kstart/
- apk - kstart-doc - 4.3-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kstart-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Port of kinit for automated refreshing of service kerberos tickets (documentation) | https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/kstart/
- dnf - kstart - 4.3-19.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: kstart from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Daemon version of kinit for Kerberos v5 | http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/kstart/


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/kstart.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/kstart.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
