[Kea-users] Kea overriding predefined Option

[stefan novak]

thx for the help.

flex-options worked for me ;-)

kind regards,
Stefan
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On Wed, 26 Aug 2026 at 02:11, Darren Ankney <darren.ankney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Stefan,
>
> > => Kea does not allow to redefine standard options.
> >
> > > but on the old isc-dhcp-server i can write:
> >
> > => yes, ISC DHCP allowed this but not Kea.
> >
> > but Kea provides a tool, the flex option hook library, which can
> > overwrite the content of any option by what you want.
>
> We have a knowledge base article that describes some details about
> this: https://kb.isc.org/docs/redefining-standard-options
>
> See the ARM for further information:
> https://kea.readthedocs.io/en/stable/arm/hooks.html#libdhcp-flex-option-so-flexible-option-actions-for-option-value-settings
>
> Thank you,
> Darren Ankney
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