Kea DHCP : Configure Server2025/03/13 |
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. This example shows only IPv4. |
root@dlp:~# apt -y install kea-dhcp4-server
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[2] | Configure Kea DHCP. |
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 } ] } } systemctl restart kea-dhcp4-server |
[3] | 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 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 _kea _kea 103 Mar 12 20:24 kea-leases4.csvroot@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:f5:43,3600,1741827897,1,0,0,rx-0.,0,,0 10.0.0.200,00:0c:29:e5:f5:43,01:00:0c:29:e5:f5:43,3600,1741828116,1,0,0,rx-0.,0,,0 10.0.0.201,52:54:00:1e:27:13,ff:56:50:4d:98:00:02:00:00:ab:11:c8:77:4d:72:b6:0e:1b:84,3600,1741828325,1,0,0,ubuntu,0,,0 ..... ..... |
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