---
name: "erbium"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "erbium"
version: "1.0.5-2+b7"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/erbium"
---

# erbium(8)

Network services for small/home networks.

## NAME

erbium - Network services for small/home networks.

## SYNOPSIS

**erbium** *\[path/to/erbium.conf\]*

## DESCRIPTION

erbium is a collection of networking service for small/home networks.  Erbium is designed to be an easily configured daemon that provides all the networking protocol support you need for a small/home network.

Currently erbium supports DHCP and has limited support for DNS, but other protocols are planned.

erbium ships a number of related binaries.  The main **erbium** binary implements all the protocols in one integrated binary, but there are individual binaries for each protocol to allow testing.  Note that when running the combined **erbium** binary the protocols will integrate with each other, but when run separately there is no integration between the protocols.

## OPTIONS

- path/to/erbium.conf

  Provide the path to the configuration file to read instead of erbium.conf

## ENVIRONMENT

- RUST\_BACKTRACE=full

  erbium is written in rust, so you can configure the rust runtime how to display backtraces using environment variables.

## FILES

erbium.conf

## BUGS

erbium is currently under active development, and many important features and protocols are not yet complete, or even implemented yet.

## SEE ALSO

[**erbium.conf**(5)](/erbium.conf/5.md), **erbium-dns**(8), **erbium-dhcp**(8), **erbium-conftest**(8)