2 Setting Up a Kea DHCP Service

Before you can install and configure a Kea DHCP service, verify that network interfaces that will listen for DHCP messages have static IP addresses.

You must also obtain information about the system that will run the DHCP service and the network it will serve. This could include any of the following information:
  • Interface names on the system that will run the DHCP service
  • Default gateway or router addresses
  • Name server IP addresses
  • Intended subnet IP addresses and ranges
Complete the following steps to set up a DHCP service.
  1. Install the Kea package.
    sudo dnf install kea
  2. Complete either of the following procedures to configure and start the DHCP service.
    Kea provides two separate components for IPv4 networks and IPv6 networks: kea-dhcp4 and kea-dhcp6. Each component runs as an independent service, and has separate configuration files.