// This is an example configuration file for DHCPv4 server in Kea.
// It's a basic scenario with three IPv4 subnets configured. In each
// subnet, there's a smaller pool of dynamic addresses.

{ "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.
// The client is told to start renewing after 1000 seconds. If the server
// does not respond within 2000 seconds of the lease being granted, client
// is supposed to start REBIND procedure (emergency renewal that allows
// switching to a different server).
  "valid-lifetime": 4000,
  "renew-timer": 1000,
  "rebind-timer": 2000,

// RFC6842 says that the server is supposed to echo back client-id option.
// However, some older clients do not support this and are getting confused
// when they get their own client-id. Kea can disable RFC6842 support.
  "echo-client-id": false,

// Some clients don't use stable client identifier, but rather generate them
// during each boot. This may cause a client that reboots frequently to get
// multiple leases, which may not be desirable. As such, sometimes admins
// prefer to tell their DHCPv4 server to ignore client-id value altogether
// and rely exclusively on MAC address. This is a parameter that is defined
// globally, but can be overridden on a subnet level.
  "match-client-id": true,

  // By default, Kea ignores requests by clients for unknown IP addresses,
  // because other non-cooperating DHCP servers could reside on the same
  // network (RFC 2131). This parameter is defined globally, but can be
  // overridden on a subnet level
  "authoritative": false,

// The following list defines subnets. Each subnet consists of at
// least subnet and pool entries.
  "subnet4": [
  {
      "pools": [ { "pool":  "192.0.2.1 - 192.0.2.200" } ],
      "id": 1,
      "subnet": "192.0.2.0/24"
  },
  {
// This particular subnet has match-client-id value changed.
      "pools": [ { "pool": "192.0.3.100 - 192.0.3.200" } ],
      "id": 2,
      "subnet": "192.0.3.0/24",
      "match-client-id": false
  },
  {
      "pools": [ { "pool": "192.0.4.1 - 192.0.4.254" } ],
      "id": 3,
      "subnet": "192.0.4.0/24"
  } ],

// 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"
        }
    ]
}

}