This article will describe running DHCP server.
Table of Contents
1 Install dhcpd
Install dhcpd with yum.
$ sudo yum install -y dhcp
2 /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf
Define domain name, DHCP server IP address and gateway IP address.
Mapping MAC address 52:54:00:61:e4:e7 to IP address 192.168.11.128.
$ cat /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf
subnet 192.168.11.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
option domain-name "my.net";
option domain-name-servers 192.168.11.70, 192.168.11.1;
option routers 192.168.11.1;
}
host debian-8 {
hardware ethernet 52:54:00:61:e4:e7;
fixed-address 192.168.11.128;
}
3 firewalld
Open port 67/udp with using service file in /usr/lib/firewalld/services/dhcp.xml.
$ sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=dhcp --permanent success $ sudo firewall-cmd --reload success
4 Run dhcpd
Run dhcpd with systemctl.
$ sudo systemctl enable dhcpd $ sudo systemctl restart dhcpd
5 Execution result
Checking IP address on MAC address 52:54:00:61:e4:e7 machine.
$ ifconfig eth0
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.11.128 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast
192.168.11.255
inet6 fe80::5054:ff:fe61:e4e7 prefixlen 64 scopeid
0x20<link>
ether 52:54:00:61:e4:e7 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 212 bytes 25859 (25.2 KiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 150 bytes 20382 (19.9 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Generated by NetworkManager
search my.net
nameserver 192.168.11.70
nameserver 192.168.11.1