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

[Peter Davies]

Hi Nazzareno,
   The double quotes surrounding the file name are curly quote characters.
Try changing them to the same straight double quotes you use elsewhere.
/Peter



On 16/01/2026 09.17, nazzareno taborgna wrote:
> 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?
>
>
-- 
Peter Davies
Support Engineer
Internet Systems Corporation
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