[Kea-users] Adding a lease via lease4-add API call

[Nicolò Borghi]

Yes, I'm fully aware of this, but I'm trying to move in a tight space where
it is perceived easier to find a sketchy workaround than using the server
properly. Let's call it creativity ;)

Cheers,
Nicolò.




Il giorno ven 12 gen 2024 alle ore 10:41 Marek Greško via Kea-users <
kea-users at lists.isc.org> ha scritto:

> Insnely long expire time would probably solve the problem, but anyway the
> lease is something what it is not designed for becoming a reservation.
>
> Marek
>
> On Friday, January 12th, 2024 at 10:37, Nicolò Borghi <
> borghi.nicolo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> what if I create a lease with an insanely long expire time? Or the offline
> status of the target host will cause the lease to be deleted anyways?
>
> Best,
> Nicolò.
>
>
>
>
> Il giorno ven 12 gen 2024 alle ore 10:31 Marek Greško via Kea-users <
> kea-users at lists.isc.org> ha scritto:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>    - can I add a lease with an IP of a given subnet but outside of a
>>    particular pool?
>>
>>
>> Yes for sure. If the lease exists it takes precedence even before an
>> existing reservation which makes a headache for me.
>>
>>
>>    - does kea actually use the lease to assign the IP? I mean, can this
>>    feature be used as a poor man's alternative to the JSON/DB based concept of
>>    host reservation?
>>
>>
>> Yes it does and no, it cannot be used. The lease is time limited and then
>> disappears if the device is off for some time. Your pseudo reservation will
>> then be gone.
>>
>> Marek
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> On Wednesday, January 10th, 2024 at 9:17, Nicolò Borghi <
>> borghi.nicolo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Kea users,
>>
>> I'm exploring potentially useful features for my use case. I'm running
>> Kea 2.4.0.
>>
>> Section 16.15.1 of the manual reads:
>>
>> "The lease4-add and lease6-add commands allow a new lease to be created.
>> Typically Kea creates a lease when it first sees a new device; however,
>> sometimes it may be convenient to create the lease manually."
>>
>> I have several questions about these two lines:
>>
>>
>>    - what would be one of those cases when it is convenient to create
>>    the lease manually?
>>    - can I add a lease with an IP of a given subnet but outside of a
>>    particular pool?
>>    - does kea actually use the lease to assign the IP? I mean, can this
>>    feature be used as a poor man's alternative to the JSON/DB based concept of
>>    host reservation?
>>
>>
>> Thank you for your support.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Nicolò.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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