// This is an example configuration of the Kea DHCPv4 server. It uses High // Availability hooks library and Lease Commands hooks library to enable // High Availability function for the DHCP server. Note that almost exactly // the same configuration must be used on the second server (partner). // The only difference is that "this-server-name" must be set to "server2" // on this other server. Also, the interface configuration depends on the // network settings of the particular machine. // // The servers using this configuration work in load balancing mode. { // DHCPv4 configuration starts here. "Dhcp4": { // Add names of your network interfaces to listen on. "interfaces-config": { // The DHCPv4 server listens on this interface. "interfaces": [ "eth0" ] }, // Control socket is required for communication between the Control // Agent and the DHCP server. High Availability requires Control Agent // to be running because lease updates are sent over the RESTful // API between the HA peers. "control-socket": { "socket-type": "unix", "socket-name": "/tmp/kea4-ctrl-socket" }, // Use Memfile lease database backend to store leases in a CSV file. // Depending on how Kea was compiled, it may also support SQL databases // (MySQL and/or PostgreSQL). Those database backends require more // parameters, like name, host and possibly user and password. // There are dedicated examples for each backend. See Section 7.2.2 "Lease // Storage" for details. "lease-database": { // Memfile is the simplest and easiest backend to use. It's an in-memory "type": "memfile" }, // Client classes will associate address pools with certain servers taking // part in providing High Availability. "client-classes": [ // phones class { "name": "phones", "test": "substring(option[60].hex,0,6) == 'Aastra'" }, // laptops are everything but phones. { "name": "laptops", "test": "not member('phones')" }, // Some phones will be handled by server1. Whether the HA_server1 // or HA_server2 is assigned for the client is a matter of load // balancing performed by the HA hooks library. { "name": "phones_server1", "test": "member('phones') and member('HA_server1')" }, // Some phones will be handled by server2. { "name": "phones_server2", "test": "member('phones') and member('HA_server2')" }, // Some laptops will be handled by server1. { "name": "laptops_server1", "test": "member('laptops') and member('HA_server1')" }, // Some laptops will be handled by server2. { "name": "laptops_server2", "test": "member('laptops') and member('HA_server2')" } ], // HA requires two hooks libraries to be loaded: libdhcp_lease_cmds.so and // libdhcp_ha.so. The former handles incoming lease updates from the HA peers. // The latter implements high availability feature for Kea. "hooks-libraries": [ // The lease_cmds library must be loaded because HA makes use of it to // deliver lease updates to the server as well as synchronize the // lease database after failure. { "library": "/opt/lib/kea/hooks/libdhcp_lease_cmds.so", "parameters": { } }, { // The HA hooks library should be loaded. "library": "/opt/lib/kea/hooks/libdhcp_ha.so", "parameters": { // High Availability configuration is specified for the HA hook library. // Each server should have the same HA configuration, except for the // "this-server-name" parameter. "high-availability": [ { // This parameter points to this server instance. The respective // HA peers must have this parameter set to their own names. "this-server-name": "server1", // The HA mode is set to load-balancing. In this mode, the active // servers share the traffic (50/50). "mode": "load-balancing", // Heartbeat is to be sent every 10 seconds if no other control // commands are transmitted. "heartbeat-delay": 10000, // Maximum time for partner's response to a heartbeat, after which // failure detection is started. This is specified in milliseconds. "max-response-delay": 60000, // The following parameters control how the server detects the // partner's failure. The ACK delay sets the threshold for the // 'secs' field of the received discovers. This is specified in // milliseconds. "max-ack-delay": 5000, // This specifies the number of clients which send messages to // the partner but appear to not receive any response. "max-unacked-clients": 5, // This specifies the maximum timeout (in milliseconds) for the server // to complete sync. If you have a large deployment (high tens or // hundreds of thausands of clients), you may need to increase it // further. The default value is 60000ms (60 seconds). "sync-timeout": 60000, "peers": [ // This is the configuration of this server instance. { "name": "server1", // This specifies the URL of our server instance. The // Control Agent must run along with our DHCPv4 server // instance and the "http-host" and "http-port" must be // set to the corresponding values. "url": "http://192.168.56.33:8000/", // This server is primary. The other one must be // secondary. "role": "primary" }, // This is the configuration of our HA peer. { "name": "server2", // Specifies the URL on which the partner's control // channel can be reached. The Control Agent is required // to run on the partner's machine with "http-host" and // "http-port" values set to the corresponding values. "url": "http://192.168.56.66:8000/", // The partner is a secondary. Our is primary. "role": "secondary" } ] } ] } } ], // This example contains a single subnet declaration. "subnet4": [ { // Subnet prefix. "subnet": "192.0.3.0/24", // Specify four address pools. "pools": [ { "pool": "192.0.3.100 - 192.0.3.125", "client-class": "phones_server1" }, { "pool": "192.0.3.126 - 192.0.3.150", "client-class": "laptops_server1" }, { "pool": "192.0.3.200 - 192.0.3.225", "client-class": "phones_server2" }, { "pool": "192.0.3.226 - 192.0.3.250", "client-class": "laptops_server2" } ], // These are options that are subnet specific. In most cases, // you need to define at least routers option, as without this // option your clients will not be able to reach their default // gateway and will not have Internet connectivity. "option-data": [ { // For each IPv4 subnet you most likely need to specify at // least one router. "name": "routers", "data": "192.0.3.1" } ], // This subnet will be selected for queries coming from the following // IP address. "relay": { "ip-address": "192.168.56.1" } } ], // Logging configuration starts here. "loggers": [ { // This section affects kea-dhcp4, which is the base logger for DHCPv4 // component. It tells DHCPv4 server to write all log messages (on // severity INFO or more) to a file. "name": "kea-dhcp4", "output_options": [ { "output": "stdout" } ], "severity": "INFO" }, { // This section specifies configuration of the HA hooks library specific // logger. "name": "kea-dhcp4.ha-hooks", "output_options": [ { "output": "stdout" } ], "severity": "INFO" } ] } }