.. _bootp-library:

BOOTP support
=============

.. note::

   This is library is still in experimental phase. Use with care!


This hooks library adds support for BOOTP with vendor information extensions
(`RFC 1497 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1497>`__). Received BOOTP
requests are recognized, translated into DHCPREQUEST packets by adding
a dhcp-message-type option and put into the "BOOTP" client class.
Members of this class get infinite lifetime leases but the class can
be used too for instance to guard a pool of addresses.

The library is available since Kea 1.7.2 and can be loaded in a
similar way as other hook libraries by the ``kea-dhcp4`` process.
It takes no parameter.

::

    "Dhcp4": {
        "hook_libraries": [
            {   "library": "/usr/local/lib/libdhcp_bootp.so" },
            ...
        ]
    }


.. note::

   This library is only meant to be loaded by the ``kea-dhcp4`` process
   as there is no BOOTP protocol for IPv6.

.. note::

   A host reservation for a BOOTP client should use the hardware address
   as the identifier (the client-id option is a DHCP specific option).

.. _hooks-bootp-config:

Incoming BOOTP packets are added to the BOOTP class. This can be used
to segregate BOOTP clients to separate pool. For example you can do
the following:

::

   "Dhcp4": {
       "client-classes": [
           {
               // The DHCP class is the complement of the BOOTP class
               "name": "DHCP",
               "test": "not member('BOOTP')"
           }
       ],
       "subnet4": [
           {
               "subnet": "192.0.2.0/24",
               "pools": [
               {
                   // BOOTP clients will be handled here
                   "pool": "192.0.2.200 - 192.0.2.254",
                   "client-class": "BOOTP"
               },
               {
                   // Regular DHCP clients will be handled here
                   "pool": "192.0.2.1 - 192.0.2.199",
                   "client-class": "DHCP"
               }],
               ...
           },
           ...
       ],
       ...
   }


.. _hooks-bootp-limitations:

BOOTP Hooks Limitations
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Currently the BOOTP library has the following limitations:

- BOOTP protocol assumes all lease assignments are permanent. Kea does
  not support infinite leases yet. You may configure arbitrarily long
  leases (e.g. a year), but after the lease lifetime elapses, Kea will
  recycle the lease and may assign it to some other device. This
  limitation will be removed in the near future.

- A basic BOOTP as defined in `RFC 951
  <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc951>`__ is not supported. Kea only
  supports the BOOTP with vendor information extensions. Depending on
  the demand, this may or may not be implemented in the future.