Quick start

Quick start guide for DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 services Install required run-time and build dependencies. See for details. Download Kea source tarball from ISC.org downloads page or ISC ftp server. Extract the tarball. For example: $ tar xvzf kea-&__VERSION__;.tar.gz Go into the source directory and run the configure script: $ cd kea-&__VERSION__; $ ./configure [your extra parameters] Build it: $ make Install it (by default the installation prefix is /usr/local/, so you likely need root privileges for that step): # make install Edit the configuration file which by default is installed in [kea-install-dir]/etc/kea/kea.conf and contains configuration for all Kea services. Configuration choices for DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 services are described in and , respectively. In order to start the DHCPv4 server in background, run the following command (as root): # keactrl start -s dhcp4 Or run the following command to start DHCPv6 server instead: # keactrl start -s dhcp6 Note that it is also possible to start both servers simultaneously: $ keactrl start Verify that Kea server(s) are running: # keactrl status If the server status is "inactive" may indicate a configuration error. Please check a log file (by default located in [kea-install-dir]/var/kea/kea.log) for the details of the error. If the server has been started sucessfully, test that it is responding to DHCP queries and that the client receives a configuration from the server; for example, use the ISC DHCP client. Stop running server(s): # keactrl stop For more system specific installation procedures, you may want to visit System specific notes, available on Kea homepage. The details of keactrl script usage can be found in .