###################################### DHCP ##############################################
~Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
#### basic DHCP configuration:
# ***For testing purposes on virtualbox***: set one network interface on the SERVER to
# Internal Networking and configure it to have a static IP address of your choice (this
# is the interface from which DHCP service will work); set another network interface on
# the test-CLIENT also to Internal Networking, and configure that interface to receive
# automatic DHCP information.
### install DHCP
apt install isc-dhcp-server
##### basic IPv4 configuration:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
## edit the DHCP's interface configuration file:
nano /etc/default/isc-dhcp-server #specify the network card(s) from which DHCP will work, ex.:
INTERFACESv4="enp0s8"
# let's assume, for this example, that we have a DNS configured for example.com, with a
# nameserver ns1.example.com, the DHCP server also works as router for this network and
# its IP is 10.1.1.1/24
## edit the IPv4's DHCP configuration file:
nano /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf #update the domain, DNS, subnetwork to distribute and router information:
option domain-name "example.com"; #domain
option domain-name-servers ns1.example.com; #DNS
subnet 10.1.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { #subnetwork
range 10.1.1.10 10.1.1.110; #range to distribute
option routers 10.1.1.1; #router info
} #don't forget to uncomment this!
## restart DHCP service:
systemctl restart isc-dhcp-server #OR: service isc-dhcp-server restart
# to view the distributed IP registers:
cat /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases
# to check if DHCP port is running (look for udp port 67):
netstat -awun
##### basic IPv6 configuration:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
## edit the DHCP's interface configuration file:
nano /etc/default/isc-dhcp-server #specify the network card(s) from which DHCP will work, ex.:
INTERFACESv6="enp0s8"
# let's assume, for this example, that we have a DNS configured for example.com, with a
# nameserver ns1.example.com (2001:db8::12), the DHCP server also works as router (and
# DNS) for this network and its IP is 2001:db8::12/64
## edit the IPv6's DHCP configuration file:
nano /etc/dhcp/dhcpd6.conf #update the domain, DNS, subnetwork to distribute and router information:
#... ### some of the commented lines may help you find yourself in this file
# Global definitions for name server address(es) and domain search list
option dhcp6.name-servers 2001:db8::12; #DNS, make sure to use the IPv6 number here!
option dhcp6.domain-search "example.com"; #domain
#...
# The subnet where the server is attached
# (i.e., the server has an address in this subnet)
subnet6 2001:db8::/64 { #subnetwork
# # Two addresses available to clients
# # (the third client should get NoAddrsAvail)
range6 2001:db8::aaaa 2001:db8::fffa; #range to distribute
#...
} #don't forget to uncomment this!
## restart DHCP service for IPv6:
systemctl restart isc-dhcp-server6
# to check if DHCP port is running (look for udp6 port 547):
netstat -awun
# to view the distributed IPv6 registers:
cat /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd6.leases #if you already have Router Advertisement correctly
# configured in your network, and the test-CLIENT is
# already running waiting for an IPv6 attribution,
# everything should be working and there would be
# a new record on the dhcpd6.leases file. If not,
# the next step is to configure a ROUTER
# ADVERTISEMENT (RA)!
####################################### RADVD ###########################################
~Router Advertisement Daemon
# RADVD is the router advertisement daemon for IPv6. It listens to router solicitations
# and sends router advertisements as described in "Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)"
# (RFC 4861). With these advertisements hosts can automatically configure their addresses and
# some other parameters. They can also a default router based on these advertisements.
## Ubuntu Server 20.4 and more recent versions (tested up to 24.04) requires a RA (router
## advertisement) to make DHCP for IPv6 work correctly. RADVD will simulate that on this
## test-server.
### intstall radvd
apt install radvd
# check if the service is ok:
systemctl status radvd
### usually /etc/radvd.conf does not exist or is empty... To fix this we're going to create
### that configuration file
nano /etc/radvd.conf
## example of radvd.conf's content:
interface enp0s8
{
MinRtrAdvInterval 3;
MaxRtrAdvInterval 4;
AdvSendAdvert on;
AdvManagedFlag on;
#prefix 2001:db8:cafe:5000::/64
#{ AdvValidLifetime 14300; AdvPreferredLifetime 14200; }
#;
# those lines are commented so that radvd doesn't attribute a second IPv6 besides the one
# our DHCP is providing. If you want radvd to attribute an IPv6 instead of DHCP, this is
# a way to do it!
};
### restart the service, then check the status again:
systemctl restart radvd #OR: service radvd restart
systemctl status radvd
# if you want the warning about the IPv6 forwarding setting gone, do this:
nano /etc/sysctl.conf #uncomment the following line:
net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1
# then, reboot the server or use this command:
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/forwarding
# and restart radvd again, all should be fine if you look at the status once more!!
systemctl restart radvd #OR: service radvd restart
systemctl status radvd
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EXTRAS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
##### Troubleshooting ERROR after DHCP for IPv6 configuration on UBUNTU 24.04:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
systemctl status isc-dhcp-server6 #this command shows the following error:
Can't create PID file /run/dhcp-server6/dhcpd6.pid: Permission denied.
## on another terminal (T2), run:
journalctl -f
## on your regular terminal (T1), restart the DHCP for IPv6 service:
systemctl restart isc-dhcp-server6
## check for more details of the error on T2, I found this:
audit: type=1400 audit(1715452530.661:118): apparmor="DENIED" operation="mknod" class="file"
profile="/usr/sbin/dhcpd" name="/run/dhcp-server6/dhcpd6.pid" pid=3341 comm="dhcpd"
requested_mask="c" denied_mask="c" fsuid=0 ouid=0
# similar error reported on bind at this link:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/172030/how-to-allow-bind-in-app-armor
### resolution:
nano /etc/apparmor.d/local/usr.sbin.dhcpd #and add this line to it:
/run/dhcp-server6/dhcpd6.pid rw,
## then run:
sudo apparmor_parser -r /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.dhcpd
## and restart the DHCP for IPv6 service again:
systemctl restart isc-dhcp-server6
systemctl status isc-dhcp-server6 #the error should be gone
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ATTENTION: Always read a script before you run it!!!
To run a basic DHCP for IPv4 configuration script, run the following command line in your server's terminal:
wget -nc https://www.maycke.com.br/guides/raw/dhcp_ipv4.sh && chmod 700 dhcp_ipv4.sh && sudo ./dhcp_ipv4.sh && sudo rm dhcp_ipv4.sh
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