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+// This is an example configuration file for the DHCPv4 server in Kea.
+// It demonstrates simple configuration of the options for a subnet.
+
+{ "Dhcp4":
+
+{
+// Kea is told to listen on eth0 interface only.
+ "interfaces-config": {
+ "interfaces": [ "eth0" ]
+ },
+
+// We need to specify the database used to store leases. As of
+// June 2022, three database backends are supported: MySQL,
+// PostgreSQL and the in-memory database, Memfile.
+// We'll use memfile because it doesn't require any prior set up.
+ "lease-database": {
+ "type": "memfile"
+ },
+
+// Addresses will be assigned with a lifetime of 4000 seconds.
+ "valid-lifetime": 4000,
+
+// Renew and rebind timers are commented out. This implies that options
+// 58 and 59 will not be sent to the client. In this case it is up to
+// the client to pick the timer values according to RFC2131. Uncomment the
+// timers to send these options to the client.
+// "renew-timer": 1000,
+// "rebind-timer": 2000,
+
+// Defining a subnet. There are some DHCP options returned to the
+// clients connected to this subnet. The first and third options are
+// clients connected to this subnet. The first two options are
+// identified by the name. The third option is identified by the
+// option code.
+// There is an address pool defined within this subnet. Pool
+// specific value for option domain-name-servers is defined
+// for the pool.
+ "subnet4": [
+ {
+ "subnet": "192.0.2.0/24",
+ "option-data": [
+ // When specifying options, you typically need to specify
+ // one of (name or code) and data. The full option specification
+ // covers name, code, space, csv-format and data.
+ // space defaults to "dhcp4" which is usually correct, unless you
+ // use encapsulate options. csv-format defaults to "true", so
+ // this is also correct, unless you want to specify the whole
+ // option value as long hex string. For example, to specify
+ // domain-name-servers you could do this:
+ // {
+ // "name": "domain-name-servers",
+ // "code": 6,
+ // "csv-format": true,
+ // "space": "dhcp4",
+ // "data": "192.0.2.1, 192.0.2.2"
+ // }
+ // but it's a lot of writing, so it's easier to do this instead:
+ {
+ "name": "domain-name-servers",
+ "data": "192.0.2.1, 192.0.2.2"
+ },
+ // Note the Kea provides some of the options on its own. In
+ // particular:
+
+ // - IP address lease time (option 51) is governed by
+ // valid-lifetime parameter, so you don't need to specify
+ // it as option.
+ // - Subnet mask (option 1) is calculated automatically from the
+ // subnet parameter specified for each "subnet4" entry.
+ // - renewal-timer (option 58) is calculated from renew-timer
+ // parameter
+ // - rebind timer (option 59) is calculated from rebind-timer
+ // parameter
+
+ // For each IPv4 subnet you most likely need to specify at least
+ // one router.
+ {
+ "name": "routers",
+ "data": "192.0.2.1"
+ },
+
+ // Typically people prefer to refer to options by their
+ // names, so they don't need to remember the code names.
+ // However, some people like to use numerical values. For
+ // example, option "domain-name" uses option code 15, so you
+ // can reference to it either by
+ // "name": "domain-name" or "code": 15.
+ {
+ "code": 15,
+ "data": "example.org"
+ },
+ // Domain search is also a popular option. It tells the client to
+ // attempt to resolve names within those specified domains. For
+ // example, name "foo" would be attempted to be resolved as
+ // foo.mydomain.example.com and if it fails, then as
+ // foo.example.com
+
+ {
+ "name": "domain-search",
+ "data": "mydomain.example.com, example.com"
+ },
+
+ // Options can also be specified using hexadecimal format.
+ // This should be avoided if possible, because Kea ability to
+ // validate correctness is limited when using hex values.
+ {
+ "name": "broadcast-address",
+ "csv-format": false,
+ "data": "ffff8000"
+ },
+
+ // String options that have a comma in their values need to have
+ // it escaped (i.e. each comma is preceded by two backslashes).
+ // That's because commas are reserved for separating fields in
+ // compound options. At the same time, we need to be conformant
+ // with JSON spec, that does not allow "\,". Therefore the
+ // slightly uncommon double backslashes notation is needed.
+
+ // Legal JSON escapes are \ followed by "\/bfnrt character
+ // or \u followed by 4 hexa-decimal numbers (currently Kea
+ // supports only \u0000 to \u00ff code points).
+ // CSV processing translates '\\' into '\' and '\,' into ','
+ // only so for instance '\x' is translated into '\x'. But
+ // as it works on a JSON string value each of these '\'
+ // characters must be doubled on JSON input.
+ {
+ "name": "boot-file-name",
+ "data": "EST5EDT4\\,M3.2.0/02:00\\,M11.1.0/02:00"
+
+ },
+ // Options that take integer values can either be specified in
+ // dec or hex format. Hex format could be either plain (e.g. abcd)
+ // or prefixed with 0x (e.g. 0xabcd).
+ {
+ "name": "default-ip-ttl",
+ "data": "0xf0"
+ },
+ // At a few exceptions options are added to response only when
+ // the client requests them. The always-send flag should be used
+ // to enforce a particular option.
+ {
+ "name": "vendor-class-identifier",
+ "data": "isc",
+ "always-send": true
+ }
+ ],
+
+ // Now we define pools. There are two pools here.
+ "pools": [ {
+ // This is the first pool. Nothing spectacular here, just a range
+ // of addresses.
+ "pool": "192.0.2.10 - 192.0.2.100"
+
+ }, {
+ // This second pool is more interesting. Anyone who gets an
+ // address from this pool will also get this specific option
+ // value if asks for DNS servers configuration. This value,
+ // being more specific, overrides any values that were specified
+ // on either global or subnet scope.
+ "pool": "192.0.2.101 - 192.0.2.200",
+ "option-data": [
+ {
+ "name": "domain-name-servers",
+ "data": "192.0.2.3, 192.0.2.4"
+ }
+ ]
+ } ]
+ } ],
+
+// The following configures logging. It assumes that messages with at
+// least informational level (info, warn, error and fatal) should be
+// logged to stdout.
+ "loggers": [
+ {
+ "name": "kea-dhcp4",
+ "output_options": [
+ {
+ "output": "stdout"
+ }
+ ],
+ "severity": "INFO"
+ }
+ ]
+}
+
+}