Hi Udo,

That is correct.  To store the configuration in the database, you
would need the Configuration Backend Commands hook:
https://kea.readthedocs.io/en/kea-2.4.1/arm/hooks.html#libdhcp-cb-cmds-so-configuration-backend-commands
which does require a support subscription.

Thank you,
Darren Ankney

On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 8:10 AM Udo Rader <udo.ra...@bestsolution.at> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> even after searching the list archives and the docs, I am not really sure 
> what the migration path for our existing ISC DHCP server could look like.
>
> Currently we are using ISC DHCP in three different places (data centers). 
> They all consume their configuration (subnets, static host entries, DHCP 
> options, ...) from an OpenLDAP server, which is replicated to the different 
> data centers.
>
> Every data center has its own base DN in LDAP, eg
>
> dhcpd.conf in data center1:
> [...]
> ldap-base-dn "ou=DC1,ou=DHCP,dc=example,dc=com";
> [...]
>
> dhcpd.conf in data center 2:
> [...]
> ldap-base-dn "ou=DC2,ou=DHCP,dc=example,dc=com";
> [...]
>
> dhcpd.conf in data center 3:
> [...]
> ldap-base-dn "ou=DC3,ou=DHCP,dc=example,dc=com";
> [...]
>
> Leases are stored locally and they are irrelevant for migration.
>
> I understand that KEA does not support LDAP as a backend and so I would be 
> willing to migrate the existing configuration to something else, but even 
> after reading the docs, I fail to fully understand what my options are.
>
> My best guess so far is that I could replace LDAP by either MySQL or 
> Postgres, configure database replication and have the various local KEA 
> instances connect to the replicated local database instances. Is that correct?
>
> And if so, am I right to assume that for this to work, I need the "Kea 
> Configuration Backend" (which requires a support subscription)?
>
> Thanks for any insights.
>
> Udo
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