[Kea-users] debian 13, kea-dhcp4 deads after using include directive in conf file

[nazzareno taborgna]

Hello,

I have kea installed on a debian 13.

I can get the dhcp4 daemon running with a single kea-dhcp4.conf file.

Now, I would like put all reservations in a separate file by using the 
include directive:

     },
//    "reservations": [
//         {  "hw-address": "00:11:22:aa:bb:cc", "ip-address": 
"172.17.1.5" }
//     ],
<?include “reservation.json”?>
//    ,
//

the reservation.json is this:


     "reservations": [
          {  "hw-address": "00:11:22:aa:bb:cc", "ip-address": 
"172.17.1.5" }
      ],

gen 14 17:25:21 testkea (ea-dhcp4)[613]: kea-dhcp4-server.service: 
ConfigurationDirectory 'kea' already exists but the mode is different. 
(File system: 750 ConfigurationDirectoryMode: 755)
gen 14 17:25:22 testkea kea-dhcp4[613]: 2026-01-14 17:25:22.154 INFO  
[kea-dhcp4.dhcp4/613.140521569732544] DHCP4_STARTING Kea DHCPv4 server 
version 2.6.3 (stable) starting
gen 14 17:25:22 testkea kea-dhcp4[613]: [207B blob data]
gen 14 17:25:22 testkea kea-dhcp4[613]: [226B blob data]
gen 14 17:25:22 testkea systemd[1]: kea-dhcp4-server.service: Main 
process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
gen 14 17:25:22 testkea systemd[1]: kea-dhcp4-server.service: Failed 
with result 'exit-code'.

Any help about this problem?