[Kea-users] DHCPv4 lease reservation based on host name (option 12)

Francis Dupont fdupont at isc.org
Thu Nov 19 17:50:37 UTC 2020


Chaigneau, Nicolas writes:
> Reading Kea documentation, I see that the < reservations > entries can have=
>  a < hostname > field.
> However (if I understand correctly) this is not used as a matching criteria=
>  on the request, but rather as information to be provided in the response.
> Can you confirm ?

=> yes, it is not an index for the allocation engine.

> If so, I think the < flex-id > commercial hook would be the solution to my =
> requirement.

=> it is what the flex-id is for.

> This IP address 10.0.0.7 would never be assigned to any other client.
> Can you confirm this is correct ?

=> yes reserved addresses are reserved.

Thanks

Francis Dupont <fdupont at isc.org>


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