]> This quickly covers the standard steps for installing and deploying Kea. For further details, full customizations, and troubleshooting, see the respective chapters in the Kea guide.

Install required run-time and build dependencies. See for details. Checkout the latest Kea revision from the Git repository: $ git clone git://git.kea.isc.org/kea Go into the source directory and run the configure script: $ cd kea $ autoreconf --install $ ./configure [your extra parameters] Build it: $ make Install it (by default the installation prefix is /usr/local/, so you need root privileges for that step): $ make install If you wish to run a DHCP server for IPv4, you need to set up and start the kea-dhcp4 server: Edit your configuration file for DHCPv4. describes the configuration choices available; example DHCPv4 configuration can be found in doc/examples/kea4. Start Kea DHCPv4 server (as root): # kea-dhcp4 -c /path/to/your/kea4/config/file.json Test it; for example, use the ISC DHCP client to send DHCPv4 queries to the server and verify that the client receives a configuration from the server: $ dhclient -4 eth0 If you wish to run a DHCP server for IPv6, you need to set up and start the kea-dhcp6 server: Edit your configuration file for DHCPv6. describes the configuration choices, and some example DHCPv6 configuration can be found in doc/examples/kea6. Start Kea DHCPv6 server (as root): # kea-dhcp6 -c /path/to/your/kea6/config/file.json Test it; for example, use the ISC DHCP client to send DHCPv6 queries to the server and verify that the client receives a configuration from the server: $ dhclient -6 eth0