[Kea-users] How to compile ISC KEA as shared object lib

[Darren Ankney]

Hi Anil,

It sounds like you need to write a custom hook to be able to
accomplish those goals.  There is a developer's guide which is a good
starting point:
https://reports.kea.isc.org/dev_guide/df/d46/hooksdgDevelopersGuide.html

Thank you,
Darren Ankney

On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 2:12 AM Anil kumar <anil.patna at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> Let's say we go the async way, I will post a message to my process from kea process's hook callback to my process which is bookkeeping.
>
> Can KEAI hold off packet processing till it gets a green signal to proceed further with the packet from my bookkeeping process ?
>
> If my bookkeeping code and kea were running on the same process I would have done all necessary things in the hook callback  and let KEA continue processing the packet; Is there a way to make this step ASYNC with a different process. ?
>
> With Regards
> Anil Kumar S N
>
> On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 at 11:29, Peter Davies <peterd at isc.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Anil,
>>   I have no idea how you would go about doing this.
>> However, the run script hooks library may be useful if you need Kea to send data
>> to external processes.
>>
>> See: https://kea.readthedocs.io/en/kea-2.4.1/arm/hooks.html#libdhcp-run-script-so-run-script-support-for-external-hook-scripts
>>
>> Kind Regards Peter
>>
>>
>> On 20/04/2024 06.49, Anil kumar wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> 1. Would it be possible to compile KEA as a shared object and link it to my process ?
>>
>> 2. I would like book keep and track all the clients as part of hook callbacks so that once address is assigned would want to updated Linux IP Routes tables and IP neighbor tables ?
>>
>> Any suggestions and guidance from the community is highly appreciated.
>>
>> With Regards
>> Anil Kumar S N
>>
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