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Kea An Open-Source DHCP Server Stephen Morris Internet Systems Consortium stephen@isc.org ISC DHCP Open-Source First version released in 1997 Default DHCP software in many distributions Server/relay/client for IPv4 & IPv6


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Kea An Open-Source DHCP Server

Stephen Morris Internet Systems Consortium stephen@isc.org

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ISC DHCP

  • Open-Source
  • First version released in 1997
  • Default DHCP software in many

distributions

  • Server/relay/client for IPv4 & IPv6
  • Feature-rich
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Why DHCP Rewrite?

  • Existing code is 17 years old
  • Networks have changed
  • Hardware has changed
  • Drawbacks with ISC DHCP

– Complex code, difficult to extend – Internal documentation lacking – Performance lacking

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Kea

  • Originally part of BIND 10, now being

developed as standalone product

  • Written in C++
  • Currently server is available, client

planned

  • Addresses issues with ISC DHCP
  • Adds own unique features

– Highly flexible and customizable

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Kea Components

DHCPv4 Server DHCPv6 Server DDNS Server

libdhcp++

  • General purpose DHCP library
  • IPv4/6 packet parsing and assembly
  • IPv4/6 option parsing and assembly
  • Interface detection
  • Socket management

perfdhcp

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Server Status

  • Address assignment, renewal, rebind,

release, expiration

  • Dynamic reconfiguration
  • Options
  • Standard options
  • Custom options
  • Nested options
  • Option namespaces
  • Prefix delegation (DHCPv6 server)

DHCPv6 Server DHCPv4 Server

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Switchable Lease Storage Back Ends

  • ISC DHCP uses lease file
  • Kea has choice of lease storage

back-ends

– Memfile – with or without CSV file – MySql – PostgreSQL

  • Adding back-ends is easy – well

defined interface

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Hooks: Extending the Server

Kea Process User Library 1 User Library 2 F1() F2() G1() G2()

Step A Step B Step C Step D Step E

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Roadmap (1)

  • Kea 0.8

– Available now in BIND 10 1.2

ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind10/1.2.0/bind10-1.2.0.tar.gz

  • Kea 0.9

– Summer 2014 – Functionally same as Kea 0.8, but without BIND 10 framework

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Roadmap (2)

  • Kea 1.0 (Early 2015)

– Lease expiration processing – Host reservation – Client classification – Fully supported

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Beyond Kea 1.0

  • Addition of missing protocol features
  • ISC DHCP configuration migration
  • Failover
  • Statistics
  • Additional back-ends
  • Additional operating systems
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Community Contributions

  • Kea is Open-Source

– Code repository is public – Bug database public – Mailing list public

  • Looking for contributions, e.g.

– Additional back ends – Applications via Hooks API – Basic GUI

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More Information

http://kea.isc.org