[Kea-users] KEA DHCP with DB back end

[Nicolò Borghi]

Hello,

unfortunately, the DB backend is not supposed to be edited manually. Instead, you'd need to load either the MySQL or PostgreSQL Configuration Backend hook library. This exposes a convenient API to interact with the DB.
>From this section of the manual: https://kea.readthedocs.io/en/kea-2.4.0/arm/hooks.html#available-hook-libraries you'll find that both hook libs are open source. However, they have an inevitable dependency on this other hook: https://kea.readthedocs.io/en/kea-2.4.0/arm/hooks.html#std-ischooklib-libdhcp_cb_cmds.so which is only available after paying a recurring subscription.

The structure of the DB is rather intuitive, but manually inserting rows into it has been made rather difficult on purpose and I don't suggest trying to bypass all the obstacles, otherwise the integrity of the DB may not be fully guaranteed.

Best,
Nicolò.






January 15, 2024 at 12:10 PM, "mtint hpc" <hpcmtint at gmail.com> wrote:


> 
> Hello everyone, 
> 
> We are in the process of transitioning from our previous DDI solution to phpIPAM, KEA DHCP with a database backend, and PowerDNS. Currently, KEA is operational without a database backend for DHCP reservations. In our setup, there won't be any DHCP pools, and IP addresses will be allocated via the DHCP reservation. We have a total of 10 subnets. Can anyone provide guidance on how to proceed with this migration and which tables in the Kea schema should be edited? 
> 
> Thank you, 
> 
> Michael
>
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