[Kea-users] KeaDHCPv6 to derive downstream PD pools from ISP PD

[Sten Carlsen]

Hi Ben

How about looking at the issue this like:

Dhcp client running on the gateway and also dhcp server on the same machine.
"Some" SW to look for changes in the client and pushing those to the server.

This might be simpler as only the connector needs to be new. It could also be written in such a way that client and server could be on separate machines.

Just a thought.

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Sten Carlsen 


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> On 8 Jun 2026, at 15.04, Ben Scott <bscott at isc.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> On 5/31/26 05:03, Gerson Brands via Kea-users wrote:
>> Current Kea deployments assume statically configured pd-pools.
> 
>  Not really.  The Kea API allows pools to be reconfigured dynamically.
> 
>> The DHCPv6 server should be able to derive PD pools dynamically from
>> the currently active upstream delegated prefix instead of requiring
>> statically configured pd-pools or external configuration generation.
> 
>  What would this look like, to your mind?
> 
>  Do you want Kea to incorporate a DHCPv6 client?
> 
>  Do you want the Kea documentation to include examples of how to integrate third-party DHCPv6 clients with Kea, to automatically create PD pools in Kea?  If so, do you want a generic example -- say, a script that takes a prefix and submits  API commands to Kea?  Or are you looking more for concrete examples for specific DHCPv6 clients?  Or both?
> 
>  Do you want the Internet engineering community to develop a standard mechanism to allow upstream-facing DHCPv6 clients to communicate PDs they receive to downstream-facing DHCPv6 servers?
> 
>  I can write-up an issue for you, if you like, but first I have to know what you want.
> 
>  -- Ben
> 
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