15–19 Mar 2021
Europe/Zurich timezone

CERN central DHCP service: Migration from ISC DHCP to Kea

16 Mar 2021, 08:00
25m
Online workshop

Online workshop

Networking & Security Network & Security

Speaker

Maria Hrabosova (CERN)

Description

The presentation discusses the change of the DHCP software used for the CERN central DHCP service, namely the migration from ISC DHCP to Kea. It outlines the motivation behind the replacement of ISC DHCP and describes the main steps of the transition process. It covers the translation of the current CERN ISC DHCP configuration, testing the new Kea configuration, and the implementation of the software for generating Kea configuration based on data from the CERN central database. The focus is put on the main differences between ISC DHCP and Kea and the problems linked to the transition.

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