Kea DHCP : Configure Server2025/03/12 |
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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. |
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[root@dlp ~]# dnf -y install kea
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| [2] | Configure Kea DHCP. This example shows only IPv4. |
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[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]. |
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[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. |
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[root@dlp ~]# ll /var/lib/kea total 4 -rw-r-----. 1 kea kea 189 Jun 18 08:41 kea-leases4.csv -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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