---
name: "dhis-register"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "dhis-tools-dns"
version: "5.0-8+b1"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dhis-register"
---

# dhis-register(8)

Dynamic Host Information System client registration.

## NAME

**dhis-register-p**, **dhist-register-q** – Dynamic Host Information System client registration.

## SYNOPSIS

**dhis-register-p**,

**dhis-register-q** *hostname* *contact* *email*

## DESCRIPTION

**dhis-register** is a tool to generate a new entry in the DHIS client database. When run it will create an entry with a unique client ID, create a password (**dhis-register-p**) or QRC keypair (**dhis-register-q**) and add an entry for the specified *hostname* to the corresponding nameserver zonefile.

## FILES

- */etc/dhis-server/dhis.db*

  DHIS client database. Contains the credentials of clients.

- */etc/default/dhis-tools-dns*

  Default parameters to use when creating DNS records.

## SEE ALSO

[dhisd(8)](/dhisd/8.md), [dhis-genid(8)](/dhis-genid/8.md), [dhis-genpass(8)](/dhis-genpass/8.md), [dhis-genkeys(8)](/dhis-genkeys/8.md), [nsupdate(8)](/nsupdate/8.md)

## AUTHOR

**dhis-register** has been written by Joao Cabral ⟨jcnc@dhis.org⟩.

This manual page was written by Guus Sliepen ⟨guus@debian.org⟩ for the Debian GNU/Linux system.