Add scope without service restart, possible?

Simon Hobson dhcp1 at thehobsons.co.uk
Fri May 22 19:22:14 UTC 2020


Cayab, Jefrey E. <jcayab at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wanted to check if it's possible to add new DHCP scope to a running DHCPd service and to take effect without restart the service? Is there a reload equivalent that can take in the updated config?

Not with the ISC server. However, a restart should be very quick for any reasonable configuration - and if you use dual servers with failover, then no interruption in service to end devices.

Simon



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