Kea DHCP : Configure Server2025/03/12 |
Configure DHCP ( Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol ) Server to assign IP addresses to client hosts in local network. |
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[1] | Install Kea DHCP. |
[root@dlp ~]# dnf -y install kea
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[2] | Configure Kea DHCP. This example shows only IPv4. |
[root@dlp ~]# mv /etc/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf /etc/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf.org
[root@dlp ~]#
vi /etc/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf # create new { "Dhcp4": { "interfaces-config": { # specify network interfaces to listen on "interfaces": [ "enp1s0" ] }, # settings for expired-leases (follows are default) "expired-leases-processing": { "reclaim-timer-wait-time": 10, "flush-reclaimed-timer-wait-time": 25, "hold-reclaimed-time": 3600, "max-reclaim-leases": 100, "max-reclaim-time": 250, "unwarned-reclaim-cycles": 5 }, # T1 timer that govern when the client begins the renewal processes (sec) "renew-timer": 900, # T2 timer that govern when the client begins the rebind processes (sec) "rebind-timer": 1800, # how long the addresses (leases) given out by the server are valid (sec) "valid-lifetime": 3600, "option-data": [ { # specify your DNS server # to specify multiple entries, separate them with commas "name": "domain-name-servers", "data": "10.0.0.10" }, { # specify your domain name "name": "domain-name", "data": "srv.world" }, { # specify your domain-search base # to specify multiple entries, separate them with commas "name": "domain-search", "data": "srv.world" }, ], "subnet4": [ { "id": 1, # specify subnet that DHCP is used "subnet": "10.0.0.0/24", # specify the range of IP addresses to be leased "pools": [ { "pool": "10.0.0.200 - 10.0.0.254" } ], "option-data": [ { # specify your gateway "name": "routers", "data": "10.0.0.1" } ], } ], # logging settings "loggers": [ { "name": "kea-dhcp4", "output-options": [ { "output": "/var/log/kea/kea-dhcp4.log" } ], "severity": "INFO", "debuglevel": 0 } ] } } chown root:kea /etc/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf [root@dlp ~]# chmod 640 /etc/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf [root@dlp ~]# systemctl enable --now kea-dhcp4 |
[3] | If Firewalld is running, allow DHCP service. DHCP Server uses [67/UDP]. |
[root@dlp ~]# firewall-cmd --add-service=dhcp success [root@dlp ~]# firewall-cmd --runtime-to-permanent success |
[4] | It's possible to see leased IP address in the file below from DHCP Server to DHCP Clients. |
[root@dlp ~]# ll /var/lib/kea total 8 -rw-r--r--. 1 kea kea 272 Mar 12 10:43 kea-leases4.csv -rw-r--r--. 1 kea kea 194 Mar 12 10:40 kea-leases4.csv.2 -rw-r-----. 1 kea kea 0 Feb 17 09:00 kea-leases6.csv[root@dlp ~]# cat /var/lib/kea/kea-leases4.csv address,hwaddr,client_id,valid_lifetime,expire,subnet_id,fqdn_fwd,fqdn_rev,hostname,state,user_context,pool_id 10.0.0.200,00:0c:29:e5:f5:43,01:00:0c:29:e5:f5:43,3600,1741743703,1,0,0,,2,,0 10.0.0.200,00:0c:29:e5:f5:43,01:00:0c:29:e5:f5:43,3600,1741747381,1,0,0,rx-0.,0,,0 ..... ..... |
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