[Kea-users] DHCPv6, shared network, and double-relay Solicit messages

Butler, Glenn glenn.butler at ziply.com
Tue Apr 23 21:57:49 UTC 2024


I need to figure this out also, as I run Kea in a container that can be destroyed and rebuilt anytime.  I am thinking I will update the Kea config via a shell script run on boot/init.

Would be nice if there was a "listen on all" option like 0.0.0.0 does for IPv4, but all the docs I have read indicate that it only binds to one address.

On Apr 23, 2024 09:26, Marek Hajduczenia <mxhajduczenia at gmail.com> wrote:
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So I think I found the potential solution, though I am not sure I understand why this happens. I had to specifically configure the unicast IPv6 address in the “interfaces” clause, as follows

    "interfaces-config": {
      "interfaces": [
        "enp6s18/2600:6ce4:0:42::130"
      ]
    },

far from ideal, but it seems to force the association with the unicast IPv6 address (marked in yellow highlight below)

root at server-kea-node1:/etc/kea# ss -tulpn
Netid     State      Recv-Q     Send-Q                                 Local Address:Port            Peer Address:Port     Process
udp       UNCONN     0          0                                          127.0.0.1:53001                0.0.0.0:*         users:(("kea-dhcp-ddns",pid=629,fd=13))
udp       UNCONN     0          0                                      127.0.0.53%lo:53                   0.0.0.0:*         users:(("systemd-resolve",pid=610,fd=13))
udp       UNCONN     0          0                                     172.17.129.130:67                   0.0.0.0:*         users:(("kea-dhcp4",pid=630,fd=17))
udp       UNCONN     0          0                              [2600:6ce4:0:42::130]:547                     [::]:*         users:(("kea-dhcp6",pid=2059,fd=17))
udp       UNCONN     0          0                [fe80::be24:11ff:fea6:ccbe]%enp6s18:547                     [::]:*         users:(("kea-dhcp6",pid=2059,fd=18))
udp       UNCONN     0          0                                [ff02::1:2]%enp6s18:547                     [::]:*         users:(("kea-dhcp6",pid=2059,fd=19))
tcp       LISTEN     0          4096                                       127.0.0.1:8000                 0.0.0.0:*         users:(("kea-ctrl-agent",pid=628,fd=7))
tcp       LISTEN     0          128                                          0.0.0.0:22                   0.0.0.0:*         users:(("sshd",pid=673,fd=3))
tcp       LISTEN     0          4096                                   127.0.0.53%lo:53                   0.0.0.0:*         users:(("systemd-resolve",pid=610,fd=14))
tcp       LISTEN     0          4096                                               *:9119                       *:*         users:(("stork-agent",pid=632,fd=8))
tcp       LISTEN     0          128                                             [::]:22                      [::]:*         users:(("sshd",pid=673,fd=4))
tcp       LISTEN     0          4096                                               *:8080                       *:*         users:(("stork-agent",pid=632,fd=9))
tcp       LISTEN     0          4096                                               *:9547                       *:*         users:(("stork-agent",pid=632,fd=3)

but this behavior does not seem to be documented anywhere. I did not find any indication that for v6 an explicit address allocation is also required, otherwise just the link local will be bound. Is this an expected behavior?

Regards

Marek

From: mxhajduczenia at gmail.com <mxhajduczenia at gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 9:56 AM
To: 'Kea user's list' <kea-users at lists.isc.org>
Subject: RE: DHCPv6, shared network, and double-relay Solicit messages
I guess netstat is deprecated. “ss” seems to show the binding but … only to a link local address for some reason on the v6 side.

root at server-kea-node1:~# ss -tulpn
Netid          State           Recv-Q           Send-Q                                           Local Address:Port                      Peer Address:Port          Process
udp            UNCONN          0                0                                                    127.0.0.1:53001                          0.0.0.0:*              users:(("kea-dhcp-ddns",pid=629,fd=13))
udp            UNCONN          0                0                                                127.0.0.53%lo:53                             0.0.0.0:*              users:(("systemd-resolve",pid=610,fd=13))
udp            UNCONN          0                0                                               172.17.129.130:67                             0.0.0.0:*              users:(("kea-dhcp4",pid=630,fd=17))
udp            UNCONN          0                0                          [fe80::be24:11ff:fea6:ccbe]%enp6s18:547                               [::]:*              users:(("kea-dhcp6",pid=1631,fd=17))
udp            UNCONN          0                0                                          [ff02::1:2]%enp6s18:547                               [::]:*              users:(("kea-dhcp6",pid=1631,fd=18))
tcp            LISTEN          0                4096                                                 127.0.0.1:8000                           0.0.0.0:*              users:(("kea-ctrl-agent",pid=628,fd=7))
tcp            LISTEN          0                128                                                    0.0.0.0:22                             0.0.0.0:*              users:(("sshd",pid=673,fd=3))
tcp            LISTEN          0                4096                                             127.0.0.53%lo:53                             0.0.0.0:*              users:(("systemd-resolve",pid=610,fd=14))
tcp            LISTEN          0                4096                                                         *:9119                                 *:*              users:(("stork-agent",pid=632,fd=8))
tcp            LISTEN          0                128                                                       [::]:22                                [::]:*              users:(("sshd",pid=673,fd=4))
tcp            LISTEN          0                4096                                                         *:8080                                 *:*              users:(("stork-agent",pid=632,fd=9))
tcp            LISTEN          0                4096                                                         *:9547                                 *:*              users:(("stork-agent",pid=632,fd=3))

The host does have unicast IPv6 address on it and the binding is done on specific interface.

root at server-kea-node1:~# ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: enp6s18: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether bc:24:11:a6:cc:be brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 172.17.129.130/25 brd 172.17.129.255 scope global enp6s18
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 2600:6ce4:0:42::130/64 scope global
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::be24:11ff:fea6:ccbe/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Regards

Marek

From: mxhajduczenia at gmail.com <mxhajduczenia at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2024 9:42 AM
To: 'Kea user's list' <kea-users at lists.isc.org>
Subject: RE: DHCPv6, shared network, and double-relay Solicit messages

I wonder whether it has anything to do with the fact that DHCPv6 process does not seem to listen on port 546

root at server-kea-node1:/home/kea # sudo netstat -tulpn | grep LISTEN
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:8000          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      628/kea-ctrl-agent
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:22              0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      673/sshd: /usr/sbin
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.53:53           0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      610/systemd-resolve
tcp6       0      0 :::9119                 :::*                    LISTEN      632/stork-agent
tcp6       0      0 :::22                   :::*                    LISTEN      673/sshd: /usr/sbin
tcp6       0      0 :::8080                 :::*                    LISTEN      632/stork-agent
tcp6       0      0 :::9547                 :::*                    LISTEN      632/stork-agent

root at server-kea-node1:/home/kea# nmap localhost
Starting Nmap 7.80 ( https://nmap.org<https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/___https://nmap.org___.YzJ1OnppcGx5ZmliZXI6YzpvOjZkYzY1Y2Y5MDliYzlmMGM0MTg5Zjc2NGVlMjYzMzQ1OjY6ZGFmOTowNDc5ZWVmYzVmY2FiM2NmMTU2MDk4Y2MxOGQ4MTFmMjdkNzY4YzNjZjgwZmQ0MTExZDVlZDM0OGEwZDQ4ZmZlOmg6VA> ) at 2024-04-23 15:35 UTC
Nmap scan report for localhost (127.0.0.1)
Host is up (0.0000030s latency).
Not shown: 997 closed ports
PORT     STATE SERVICE
22/tcp   open  ssh
8000/tcp open  http-alt
8080/tcp open  http-proxy

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.08 seconds

I do not see DHCPv4 or DHCPv6 ports open at all. Per manual, “The DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 protocols assume the server will open privileged UDP port 67 (DHCPv4) or 547 (DHCPv6).” , which is fine, I do start the DHCPv6 process as root, so it should show up in the list of ports being open.

Marek

From: mxhajduczenia at gmail.com<mailto:mxhajduczenia at gmail.com> <mxhajduczenia at gmail.com<mailto:mxhajduczenia at gmail.com>>
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2024 9:19 AM
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Subject: DHCPv6, shared network, and double-relay Solicit messages

Dear colleagues,

I have been attempting to test a setup in the lab with DOCSIS CM operating in IPv6 mode only, where the DHCPv6 messages are relayed across the CMTS and the first-hop router (relay address 2600:6ce4:0:3e::1) towards a Kea server running 2.4 code (address 2600:6ce4:0:42::130).

At the Kea server level, I ran a packet capture, to observe an interesting behavior – the Solicit messages from the DOCSIS CM are being forwarded back to the relay, embedded within the ICMPv6 message with indication that the destination is unreachable for some reason.

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The Kea server is running without any issues so it seems that the binding is successful and

root at server-kea-node1:/home/ace# service isc-kea-dhcp6-server status
● isc-kea-dhcp6-server.service - Kea DHCPv6 Service
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/isc-kea-dhcp6-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2024-04-23 15:02:41 UTC; 11min ago
       Docs: man:kea-dhcp6(8)
   Main PID: 1551 (kea-dhcp6)
      Tasks: 7 (limit: 4550)
     Memory: 3.5M
        CPU: 119ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/isc-kea-dhcp6-server.service
             └─1551 /usr/sbin/kea-dhcp6 -c /etc/kea/kea-dhcp6.conf

Apr 23 15:14:29 server-kea-node1 kea-dhcp6[1551]: 2024-04-23 15:14:29.467 DEBUG [kea-dhcp6.commands/1551.140682475032192] COMMAND_SOCKET_CONNECTION_OPENED Opened socket 22 for incoming command connection
Apr 23 15:14:29 server-kea-node1 kea-dhcp6[1551]: 2024-04-23 15:14:29.468 DEBUG [kea-dhcp6.commands/1551.140682475032192] COMMAND_SOCKET_READ Received 129 bytes over command socket 22
Apr 23 15:14:29 server-kea-node1 kea-dhcp6[1551]: 2024-04-23 15:14:29.468 INFO  [kea-dhcp6.commands/1551.140682475032192] COMMAND_RECEIVED Received command 'statistic-get'
Apr 23 15:14:29 server-kea-node1 kea-dhcp6[1551]: 2024-04-23 15:14:29.468 DEBUG [kea-dhcp6.commands/1551.140682475032192] COMMAND_SOCKET_WRITE Sent response of 92 bytes (0 bytes left to send) over command socket 22
Apr 23 15:14:29 server-kea-node1 kea-dhcp6[1551]: 2024-04-23 15:14:29.468 DEBUG [kea-dhcp6.commands/1551.140682475032192] COMMAND_SOCKET_CONNECTION_CLOSED Closed socket 22 for existing command connection
Apr 23 15:14:30 server-kea-node1 kea-dhcp6[1551]: 2024-04-23 15:14:30.158 DEBUG [kea-dhcp6.commands/1551.140682475032192] COMMAND_SOCKET_CONNECTION_OPENED Opened socket 22 for incoming command connection
Apr 23 15:14:30 server-kea-node1 kea-dhcp6[1551]: 2024-04-23 15:14:30.158 DEBUG [kea-dhcp6.commands/1551.140682475032192] COMMAND_SOCKET_READ Received 117 bytes over command socket 22
Apr 23 15:14:30 server-kea-node1 kea-dhcp6[1551]: 2024-04-23 15:14:30.158 INFO  [kea-dhcp6.commands/1551.140682475032192] COMMAND_RECEIVED Received command 'statistic-get-all'
Apr 23 15:14:30 server-kea-node1 kea-dhcp6[1551]: 2024-04-23 15:14:30.158 DEBUG [kea-dhcp6.commands/1551.140682475032192] COMMAND_SOCKET_WRITE Sent response of 8715 bytes (0 bytes left to send) over command socket 22
Apr 23 15:14:30 server-kea-node1 kea-dhcp6[1551]: 2024-04-23 15:14:30.158 DEBUG [kea-dhcp6.commands/1551.140682475032192] COMMAND_SOCKET_CONNECTION_CLOSED Closed socket 22 for existing command connection

I attach the Kea DHCPv6 config for reference (keav6.json) – the test device should match rpd-10 class, and make its way into 2600:6ce4:0:3e::/64 subnet.

I am drawing blank on what the problem might be in here. I have not seen this behavior before and I am not sure whether it is related with the fact that I have two layers of relays in messages or not

Regards

Marek

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