[Kea-users] Kea DHCP4 stopping by itself, one or more hook libraries failed to load

[Corby Stephens]

I brought this up previously with no response. I have a bit from the log but not much.

Sep 26 18:29:14 access-dhcp1 systemd[1]: Started isc-kea-dhcp4-server.service - Kea DHCPv4 Service.
Sep 26 18:29:14 access-dhcp1 kea-dhcp4[1024]: 2025-09-26 18:29:14.727 INFO  [kea-dhcp4.dhcp4/1024.137644572152000] DHCP4_STARTING Kea DHCPv4 server version 3.0.1 (stable) starting
Sep 26 18:29:14 access-dhcp1 kea-dhcp4[1024]: 2025-09-26 18:29:14.731 INFO  [kea-dhcp4.commands/1024.137644572152000] COMMAND_RECEIVED Received command 'config-set'Oct 01 06:12:45 access-dhcp1 systemd[1]: Stopping isc-kea-dhcp4-server.service - Kea DHCPv4 Service...
-- something happens here --
Oct 01 06:12:45 access-dhcp1 kea-dhcp4[197782]: 2025-10-01 06:12:45.228 INFO  [kea-dhcp4.dhcp4/197782.137503524004032] DHCP4_STARTING Kea DHCPv4 server version 3.0.1 (stable) starting
Oct 01 06:12:45 access-dhcp1 kea-dhcp4[197782]: 2025-10-01 06:12:45.229 INFO  [kea-dhcp4.commands/197782.137503524004032] COMMAND_RECEIVED Received command 'config-set'
Oct 01 06:12:45 access-dhcp1 kea-dhcp4[197782]: 2025-10-01 06:12:45.295 ERROR [kea-dhcp4.dhcp4/197782.137503524004032] DHCP4_INIT_FAIL failed to initialize Kea server: configuration error using file '/etc/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf': One or more hook libraries failed to load
Oct 01 06:12:45 access-dhcp1 kea-dhcp4[197782]: 2025-10-01 06:12:45.296 INFO  [kea-dhcp4.commands/197782.137503524004032] HTTP_COMMAND_MGR_SERVICE_STOPPING Server is stopping HTTP service bound to address 10.0.207.12 port 8002

No human is issuing the stop service command. Does it periodically restart itself? The system didn't reboot. The service was running for five days.

The fourth Oct 01 entry is an error. These are the hook libraries I'm using.

libdhcp_pgsql.so
libdhcp_subnet_cmds.so
libdhcp_lease_cmds.so
libdhcp_stat_cmds.so
libdhcp_host_cmds.so
libdhcp_legal_log.so

They are all present in the file system, they don't go away. The Postgresql database is still running.



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