[Kea-users] How do I install and configure ISC Kea DHCP Server on RHEL 9.0?

[Kenneth Porter]

On 11/15/2022 1:03 AM, Sandro wrote:
> I would recommend, if possible, to update straight to Rocky 9, or 
> better, since you are on CentOS, to CentOS Stream 9.
>
> Otherwise you'll have to upgrade again in ~18 month, when Rocky 8 
> (CentOS Stream 8) goes EOL. Kea is available for el9 from EPEL 
> (version 2.2.0). 

As a rule, I upgrade the OS when I upgrade the hardware, because 
upgrading between major revisions isn't supported. And generally 
requires a lot of finicky tweaking of settings, so I need to get that 
done while the old hardware and OS are in service.

Back when Fedora replaced the original Red Hat releases for end user 
installation, I discovered I was supposed to upgrade every 6 months. I 
discovered RHEL/CentOS had a much longer upgrade cycle matching how long 
I went between hardware replacement, so I switched.

For specific applications I'm willing to install a more bleeding-edge 
version, and Kea fits into that category, as there don't seem to be 
major breaking changes between minor versions, and I'm not doing 
anything exotic with my small networks.