I'm sorry I was a little confused, I thought we were talking about adding support for fixed-address6 to foreman. Not adding better support to ISC DHCP
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 11:37 AM, Dmitri Dolguikh <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 4:28 PM, Perry Gagne <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wouldn't it be better to add support for fixed-address6 or is there some > > issue with doing that? > > It looks to me like ISC aren’t really interested in extending > functionality of dhcpd. On top of this, it may actually be more work > than it looks: both memory db serialization and omapi need updates > (the latter accepts fixed-addresses only atm). I have a pretty > high-level understanding of dhcpd codebase, but even at this level it > looks like omapi-related change might be quite big in scope. > > -d > > > > > On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 11:27 AM, Dmitri Dolguikh <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 4:22 PM, Perry Gagne <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> This is definitely the case as far as ipv6-specific dhcpd > >> >> configuration goes. The code I linked to is responsible for > >> >> persistence of in-memory host records, and it doesn’t support ipv6 at > >> >> all. > >> > > >> > Maybe I am confused. Are you trying to add support for fixed-address6 > or > >> > trying to work around the support not being there? > >> > >> The latter. > >> -d > >> > >> > > >> > On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 11:32 AM, Dmitri Dolguikh < > [email protected]> > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 4:11 PM, Perry Gagne <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > Doesn't ISC DHCPD use " fixed-address6", "range6", etc for DHCPv6. > >> >> > The > >> >> > code > >> >> > you linked seems to be related to "fixed-address" which is the ipv4 > >> >> > variant. > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> This is definitely the case as far as ipv6-specific dhcpd > >> >> configuration goes. The code I linked to is responsible for > >> >> persistence of in-memory host records, and it doesn’t support ipv6 at > >> >> all. > >> >> > >> >> > Another question I have, does DHCP really need to be the one > >> >> > assigning > >> >> > the > >> >> > address? Should DHCP just be providing config info, and leave the > >> >> > address up > >> >> > to SLAAC? [1] > >> >> > >> >> It is possible to use autoconf for IPv6 address (self-)assignment and > >> >> rely on dhcp for host configuration only. I’m not sure how useful > >> >> autoconf is in larger networks (anyone has experience with this?), > but > >> >> it has a potential for making our life harder. > >> >> > >> >> -d > >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > [1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3736 > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> >> Groups > >> >> "foreman-dev" group. > >> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send > >> >> an > >> >> email to [email protected]. > >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups > >> > "foreman-dev" group. > >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > >> > an > >> > email to [email protected]. > >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "foreman-dev" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > >> email to [email protected]. > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "foreman-dev" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "foreman-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "foreman-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
