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DOCBOOK = kea-guide.xml logging.xml config.xml install.xml
DOCBOOK = kea-guide.xml intro.xml quickstart.xml install.xml config.xml
DOCBOOK += dhcp4-srv.xml dhcp6-srv.xml logging.xml
EXTRA_DIST = $(DOCBOOK)
DISTCLEANFILES = $(HTMLDOCS) $(DOCS) kea-messages.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY mdash "&#x2014;" >
<!ENTITY % version SYSTEM "version.ent">
%version;
]>
<chapter id="intro">
<title>Introduction</title>
<para>
Kea is the next generation of DHCP servers developed by ISC.
It supports both DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 protocols along with their
extensions, e.g. prefix delegation and dynamic updates to DNS.
</para>
<para>
Kea has been initially developed as a part of the BIND 10 framework
(<ulink url="http://bind10.isc.org"/>). In early 2014, ISC
made the decision to discontinue active development of BIND 10 and
continue development of Kea as standalone DHCP servers. As a result,
the components and libraries related to the BIND10 framework and DNS
are going to be removed from the Kea source tree over time.
In order to remove the dependency on Python 3, the BIND 10 framework
will be replaced by the server startup and configuration mechanisms
written in C++.
</para>
<note>
<simpara>Kea has been implemented in BIND 10 framework and to certain extent
it still depends on various BIND 10 libraries. It also requires the BIND 10
framework to run, because BIND 10 configuration mechanisms are used to
configure Kea. As a result, this document still refers to BIND 10 in many
paragraphs. The term "BIND 10" in the context of this document means
"BIND 10 libraries and applications which are necessary for Kea to run
and configure". The term "Kea" means "the collection of binaries and libraries
which, as a whole, implement the DHCP protocols".
</simpara>
</note>
<para>
This guide covers Kea version &__VERSION__;.
</para>
<section>
<title>Supported Platforms</title>
<para>
Kea is officially supported on RedHat Enterprise Linux,
CentOS, Fedora and FreeBSD systems. It is also likely to work on many
other platforms: builds have been tested on (in no particular order)
Debian GNU/Linux 6 and unstable, Ubuntu 9.10, NetBSD 5,
Solaris 10 and 11, FreeBSD 7 and 8, CentOS Linux 5.3,
MacOS 10.6 and 10.7, and OpenBSD 5.1. Non supported systems
(especially non-Linux) are likely to have issues with directly
connected DHCPv4 clients.
</para>
<para>There are currently no plans to port Kea to Windows platforms.</para>
</section>
<section id="required-software">
<title>Required Software at Run-time</title>
<para>
Running Kea uses various extra software which may
not be provided in some operating systems' default
installations nor standard packages collections. You may
need to install this required software separately.
(For the build requirements, also see
<xref linkend="build-requirements"/>.)
</para>
<para>
Kea was developed as a collection of applications within BIND
10 framework and it still relies on the remaining parts of
this framework. In particular, the servers' configuration and
startup are still facilitated by the modules which originate
in BIND 10. These modules require at least Python 3.1 to run.
They also work with Python 3.2, 3.3 or 3.4 (<ulink
url="http://www.python.org/"/>). The dependency on Python will
be removed once a replacing configuration and startup
mechanisms are developed and released as Kea 0.9. At this
point Kea will be written in pure C++.
</para>
<para>
Kea uses the Botan crypto library for C++
(<ulink url="http://botan.randombit.net/"/>).
It requires at least Botan version 1.8.
<!-- @todo 0.9/#2406: Add info about OpenSSL here -->
</para>
<para>
Kea uses the log4cplus C++ logging library
(<ulink url="http://log4cplus.sourceforge.net/"/>).
It requires at least log4cplus version 1.0.3.
</para>
<para>
Kea can use MySQL headers and libraries to build MySQL database backend
that can be used to store leases. This is an optional dependency. When
it is missing, Kea will lack the ability to store leases in MySQL
database.
</para>
<para>
Kea can use PostgreSQL headers and libraries to build PostgreSQL
database backend that can be used to store leases. This is an optional
dependency. When it is missing, Kea will lack the ability to store
leases in PostgreSQL database.
</para>
</section>
<section id="starting_stopping">
<title>Starting and Stopping the Server</title>
<!-- @todo: Rewrite this section as part of #3422-->
<para>
Kea is modular. Part of this modularity is
accomplished using multiple cooperating processes which, together,
provide the server functionality.
</para>
<!-- @todo: Rename processes here, once they are renamed in the source -->
<para>
At first, running many different processes may seem confusing.
However, these processes are started by running a single
command, <command>bind10</command>. This command starts
a master process, <command>b10-init</command>, which will
start other required processes and other processes when
configured. The processes that may be started have names
starting with "b10-", including:
</para>
<para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<command>b10-cfgmgr</command> &mdash;
Configuration manager.
This process maintains all of the configuration for BIND 10.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<command>b10-cmdctl</command> &mdash;
Command and control service.
This process allows external control of the BIND 10 system.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<command>b10-dhcp4</command> &mdash;
DHCPv4 server process.
This process responds to DHCPv4 queries from clients.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<command>b10-dhcp6</command> &mdash;
DHCPv6 server process.
This process responds to DHCPv6 queries from clients.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<command>b10-dhcp-ddns</command> &mdash;
DHCP-DDNS process.
This process acts as an intermediary between the DHCP servers
and DNS server. It receives name update requests from the DHCP
servers and sends DNS Update messages to the DNS servers.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<command>b10-msgq</command> &mdash;
Message bus daemon.
This process coordinates communication between all of the other
BIND 10 processes.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<command>b10-sockcreator</command> &mdash;
Socket creator daemon.
This process creates sockets used by
network-listening BIND 10 processes.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<command>b10-stats</command> &mdash;
Statistics collection daemon.
This process collects and reports statistics data.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<command>b10-stats-httpd</command> &mdash;
HTTP server for statistics reporting.
This process reports statistics data in XML format over HTTP.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
These do not need to be manually started independently.
</para>
</section>
<section id="managing_once_running">
<title>Managing BIND 10</title>
<!-- @todo: Rewrite this section as part of #3422 -->
<para>
Once BIND 10 is running, a few commands are used to interact
directly with the system:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<command>bindctl</command> &mdash;
Interactive administration interface.
This is a low-level command-line tool which allows
a developer or an experienced administrator to control
Kea.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<command>b10-cmdctl-usermgr</command> &mdash;
User access control.
This tool allows an administrator to authorize additional users
to manage Kea.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<!-- TODO usermgr -->
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
<para>
The tools and modules are covered in full detail in this guide.
<!-- TODO point to these -->
In addition, manual pages are also provided in the default installation.
</para>
<!--
bin/
bindctl*
host*
lib/
libauth
libdns
libexceptions
python3.1/site-packages/isc/{cc,config}
sbin/
bind10
share/
share/bind10/
auth.spec
b10-cmdctl.pem
init.spec
passwd.csv
man/
var/
bind10/b10-config.db
-->
<para>
BIND 10 also provides libraries and programmer interfaces
for C++ and Python for the message bus and configuration backend,
and, of course, DHCP. These include detailed developer
documentation and code examples.
<!-- TODO point to this -->
</para>
</chapter>
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY mdash "&#x2014;" >
]>
<chapter id="libdhcp">
<title>libdhcp++ library</title>
<para>
libdhcp++ is a common library written in C++ that handles
many DHCP-related tasks, including:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<simpara>DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 packets parsing, manipulation and assembly</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>Option parsing, manipulation and assembly</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>Network interface detection</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>Socket operations such as creation, data transmission and reception and socket closing.</simpara>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
While this library is currently used by Kea, it is designed to
be a portable, universal library, useful for any kind of DHCP-related software.
</para>
<!-- TODO: point to doxygen docs -->
<section id="iface-detect">
<title>Interface detection and Socket handling</title>
<para>Both the DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 components share network
interface detection routines. Interface detection is
currently supported on Linux, all BSD family (FreeBSD, NetBSD,
OpenBSD), Mac OS X and Solaris 11 systems.</para>
<para>DHCPv4 requires special raw socket processing to send and receive
packets from hosts that do not have IPv4 address assigned yet. Support
for this operation is implemented on Linux only, so it is likely that
DHCPv4 component will not work in certain cases on systems other than
Linux.</para>
</section>
<!--
<section id="packet-handling">
<title>DHCPv4/DHCPv6 packet handling</title>
<para>TODO: Describe packet handling here, with pointers to wiki</para>
</section>
-->
</chapter>
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY mdash "&#x2014;" >
]>
<chapter id="quickstart">
<title>Quick start</title>
<para>
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.
</para>
<section id="quick-start">
<title>Quick start guide for DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 services</title>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<simpara>
Install required run-time and build dependencies. See <xref
linkend="build-requirements"/> for details.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<!-- We may need to replace it with the link to a downloadable tarball
once we have it. -->
<listitem>
<simpara>
Checkout the latest Kea revision from the Git repository:
<screen>$ <userinput>git clone git://git.kea.isc.org/kea</userinput> </screen>
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Go into the source and run configure:
<screen>$ <userinput>cd kea</userinput>
$ <userinput>autoreconf --install</userinput>
$ <userinput>./configure [your extra parameters]</userinput></screen>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Build it:
<screen>$ <userinput>make</userinput></screen>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Install it as root (by default to prefix
<filename>/usr/local/</filename>):
<screen>$ <userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Edit your configuration file for DHCPv4. See doc/examples/kea4
for a set of examples.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Start Kea DHCPv4 server (as root):
<screen># <userinput>b10-dhcp4 -c /path/to/your/kea4/config/file.json</userinput></screen>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Test it; for example, use the
<ulink url="http://www.isc.org/downloads/DHCP/">ISC DHCP client</ulink>
to send DHCPv4 queries to the server and verify that the client receives a
configuration from the server:
<screen>$ <userinput>dhclient -4 eth0</userinput></screen>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Edit your configuration file for DHCPv6. See doc/examples/kea6
for a set of examples.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Start Kea DHCPv6 server (as root):
<screen># <userinput>b10-dhcp6 -c /path/to/your/kea6/config/file.json</userinput></screen>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Test it; for example, use the
<ulink url="http://www.isc.org/downloads/DHCP/">ISC DHCP client</ulink>
to send DHCPv6 queries to the server and verify that the client receives a
configuration from the server:
<screen>$ <userinput>dhclient -6 eth0</userinput></screen>
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</section>
</chapter>
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