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    KEA DHCP missing "Register DHCP leases in DNS Resolver..."

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    • JonathanLeeJ
      JonathanLee
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      I like KEA I have been testing it on and off. You get a lot of info in the logs with KEA too. I have read somewhere that ISC can have VLAN leaks into other subnets if an advanced attacker goes after this weak point. ISC even has some CVEs on it. KEA is suppose to be a more secure DHCP server. Anyone else get it to run correctly? I had some bad issues with my Layer 2 rules but it seemed to clean up this time around. I am not doing the whole KISS mindset here let's face it.

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      • JonathanLeeJ
        JonathanLee @Slowmotion 0
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        @Slowmotion-0 set some static leases for your Bonjour needs. I have one for my MFP device and it is accessible and has no issues with KEA

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          pvk1 @JonathanLee
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          @JonathanLee
          I have 2 issues with KEA DHCP. One as mentioned, it breaks get DNS to work on the local LAN. The second, it broke DHCP as well. It took a while to discover it was not running. Starting it did not help The issue was you can't have a FQDN mentioned in the NTP setting.

          Both these need to be fixed before telling users they should move the DHCP server

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          • QinnQ
            Qinn @pvk1
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            @pvk1 Do you have Service Watchdog installed and enabled on it?

            Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
            Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
            Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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              pvk1 @Qinn
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              @Qinn No I don't. I just followed this
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              It cost me a couple of hours as my wifi network went down.

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              • JonathanLeeJ
                JonathanLee @pvk1
                last edited by

                @pvk1 have you ran pkg update and updated unbound that might fix the restart issues. My system is fine with kea.

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                  pvk1 @JonathanLee
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                  @JonathanLee
                  Thx I have ran pkg update, but it did not change it.

                  If you have an fqdn in the DHCP settings and you switch to KEA, it won't start:

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                  After changing it to an IP address it worked. See https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14991

                  But I found that the DNS Resolver does not get the DHCP devices, so it is of no use to me. I will switch over when this is fixed.

                  It is explained here. That is fine for me, but that banner telling people to move to it would have better be left out

                  https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/23-09.html#kea-dhcp-server-feature-preview-now-available

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                  • JonathanLeeJ
                    JonathanLee
                    last edited by JonathanLee

                    Mine works that is weird, again I use authentication for my NTP, but that is IP based not a FQDN, what if you just found the IP of the FQDN and used that?

                    https://forum.netgate.com/topic/162746/authenicated-ntp

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                    • noloaderN
                      noloader @pvk1
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                      @pvk1 said in KEA DHCP missing "Register DHCP leases in DNS Resolver...":

                      If you have an fqdn in the DHCP settings and you switch to KEA, it won't start:

                      0d53a61f-2276-47c2-ae68-cf5215ac0a7c-image.png

                      After changing it to an IP address it worked. See https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14991

                      But I found that the DNS Resolver does not get the DHCP devices, so it is of no use to me. I will switch over when this is fixed.

                      In your image, you only show two time servers. You have to use three or more time servers. Or that's how it used to work.

                      With 2 time servers, the client does not know which is correct. 3 or more allows the client to determine a "bad ticker" from "time keepers."

                      And keep in mind, that dialog asks for servers and not pools. So be sure to specify individual servers, and not pools.

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                      • johnpozJ
                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @noloader
                        last edited by johnpoz

                        @noloader said in KEA DHCP missing "Register DHCP leases in DNS Resolver...":

                        You have to use three or more time servers. Or that's how it used to work.

                        that is never how it worked.. It might of defaulted to having 3 different pool addresses in pfsense general setup, not in dhcpd settings. But there is nothing saying you need more than 1. I only have 1, my local time server.

                        with isc dhcpd it resolves to place the IP into the dhcpd scope.. You can not hand out anything via dhcp other than IP. But the new kea preview does not resolve that fqdn you place in there..

                        The pool comment is pretty valid, because a pool address will normally return way more than 1 IP.. And dhcp can only hand out 1 IP per entry.. To be honest with a mistake to ever allow putting fqdn in there.. dhcp requires and IP.. Letting users think they could just put in a fqdn was not a good idea.

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                        • noloaderN
                          noloader @johnpoz
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                          @johnpoz said in KEA DHCP missing "Register DHCP leases in DNS Resolver...":

                          You have to use three or more time servers. Or that's how it used to work.
                          

                          that is never how it worked...

                          As far as I know, that is how NTP clients have always worked. See https://support.ntp.org/Support/SelectingOffsiteNTPServers#Upstream_Time_Server_Quantity.

                          But there's no telling what some internet entrepreneur is doing nowadays.

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                          • johnpozJ
                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @noloader
                            last edited by johnpoz

                            @noloader that has nothing to do with the ntp settings in the dhcpd settings... By default there is nothing in there.. Shoot most clients don't ever use those even if you hand them out.

                            Don't confuse ntp inner working with a completely different thing dhcpd..

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                              pvk1 @noloader
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                              @noloader You are taking this too far. I just pasted an FQDN in to give an example. Try it out yourself with a NTP server FQDN. It will allow you to enter it, but KEA won't start. The workaround is to put a IP address in there.

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                              • GertjanG
                                Gertjan @pvk1
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                                @pvk1

                                Yep. The KEA documentation - and for that matter, ISC DHCP states :
                                NTP name server fields in are 'IP' - not a host name.
                                The DHCP server KEA and ISC DHCP are not going tot resolve that host name. The DHCP RFC says : NTP servers are 'IP', not a host name.
                                Here you can see what a DHCP server should hand over to a client : rfc2132 => that's IPv4 addresses.
                                The pfSense GUI help message is :

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                                and is plain wrong. It's just a IP, no a host name, and even less a pool.

                                I guess ISC DHCP silently ignored it as a NTP host name was given, KEA just bails out with a log-error message.

                                Going even further :
                                I've got several Windows based PCs here, a version 7, a 10 and several 11 : none are using the NTP server IP (192.168.1.1) that came with DHCP ...
                                My iPhone, Pad etc : same thing.
                                Androids : let me guess ^^

                                I'm not even sure why I've set this NTP field. Maybe it will work some day.

                                No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                                Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                                  Vollans @Gertjan
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                                  @Gertjan said in KEA DHCP missing "Register DHCP leases in DNS Resolver...":

                                  I'm not even sure why I've set this NTP field. Maybe it will work some day.

                                  You’d think after over 20 years we’d just give up on the idea of anyone ever taking it up. ;)

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                                    pvk1 @Gertjan
                                    last edited by pvk1

                                    @Gertjan That is all correct, but not the point.

                                    The point is that the banner suggests that you should go to System > Advanced > Networking and switch DHCP backend. It should have pointed to a explanation page with the current limitations, because as it is people waste a lot of time.

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                                    Also both the ISC and the KEA page let you enter a FDQN without a warning. KEA brakes on a FDQN, ISC does not.

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                                      nvdx
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                                      I've made a special script that is called via Kea's hooks and live update unbound on each kea's lease update via unbound-control:
                                      https://github.com/nvandamme/kea-lease-unbound-control

                                      As i'm not an sh guru, feel free to make any pull requests !

                                      Cheers

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                                      • GertjanG
                                        Gertjan @nvdx
                                        last edited by Gertjan

                                        @nvdx

                                        Oho !
                                        (something very like) This is all that Kea needs so it can register a host name into "unbound" as soon as it comes in.

                                        👍

                                        Question :

                                        bc2240fa-cdcb-4627-9d6e-2dba6d499c32-image.png

                                        shouldn't that be :

                                        UNBOUND_CONTROL_PATH="/usr/local/sbin/unbound-control"
                                        UNBOUND_CONFIG_PATH="/var/unbound/unbound.conf"
                                        

                                        ?

                                        No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                                        Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                                        • JonathanLeeJ
                                          JonathanLee @Gertjan
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                                          @Gertjan that dependent on plus version isn’t it?

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                                          • GertjanG
                                            Gertjan @JonathanLee
                                            last edited by

                                            @JonathanLee

                                            Noop.
                                            pfSense Plus and CE are very, like a lot, identical, when it comes to these kind of details.
                                            IMHO, Plus and CE have a common build source base.
                                            Plus has some value added packages added, and some low level stuff that permits it to run on Azure.
                                            Plus has also ZFS file system kernel module loaded, so it can use ZFS as an option.
                                            Things like that.
                                            Core functionalities like "DNS", or "DHCP", are the same.

                                            No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                                            Edit : and where are the logs ??

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