On 17/10/2022 17:29, ralph strebbing via samba wrote:> Hello All,
>
> I recently came across one of the other projects of ISC when browsing
> their website. That project being Kea DHCP (https://www.isc.org/kea/).
>
> From what I'm reading, it's a bit more modern than ISC DHCP, and
we
> were considering potentially switching to it. However, I wanted to
> poll the list here to see if anyone has messed with this yet so far as
> DNS integration etc.
>
> Right now, with ISC DHCP there is a script that hooks into each new
> lease, renewal, and expiration that updates bind and therefor Samba.
> I'm wondering if the same script can be used, if it can't, does
anyone
> have any solutions in place? Are there any considerations we should be
> aware of in general by switching out the DHCP server software?
>
> Thanks,
> Ralph
>
Last time I looked, Kea didn't have the required hooks (on-commit) to
run the required script. If you only have Windows clients, you do not
need anything (other than any dhcp server), they can update their own
records.
Rowland