Howto install and configure DHCP Server on Fedora 18

Howto install and configure DHCP Server on Fedora 18




1. Install DHCP package by yum :

[root@fedora18 ~]# yum -y install dhcp
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
fedora/18/i386/metalink | 9.6 kB 00:00
updates/18/i386/metalink | 5.8 kB 00:00
updates | 4.6 kB 00:00
updates/primary_db | 7.4 MB 00:43
updates/group_gz | 368 kB 00:01
Resolving Dependencies
–> Running transaction check
—> Package dhcp.i686 12:4.2.5-7.fc18 will be installed
–> Processing Dependency: dhcp-libs(x86-32) = 12:4.2.5-7.fc18 for package: 12:dhcp-4.2.5-7.fc18.i686
–> Processing Dependency: dhcp-common = 12:4.2.5-7.fc18 for package: 12:dhcp-4.2.5-7.fc18.i686
–> Running transaction check
—> Package dhcp-common.i686 12:4.2.4-23.P2.fc18 will be updated
–> Processing Dependency: dhcp-common = 12:4.2.4-23.P2.fc18 for package: 12:dhclient-4.2.4-23.P2.fc18.i686
—> Package dhcp-common.i686 12:4.2.5-7.fc18 will be an update
—> Package dhcp-libs.i686 12:4.2.4-23.P2.fc18 will be updated
—> Package dhcp-libs.i686 12:4.2.5-7.fc18 will be an update
–> Running transaction check
—> Package dhclient.i686 12:4.2.4-23.P2.fc18 will be updated
—> Package dhclient.i686 12:4.2.5-7.fc18 will be an update
–> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================================================
Installing:
dhcp i686 12:4.2.5-7.fc18 updates 510 k
Updating for dependencies:
dhclient i686 12:4.2.5-7.fc18 updates 275 k
dhcp-common i686 12:4.2.5-7.fc18 updates 167 k
dhcp-libs i686 12:4.2.5-7.fc18 updates 122 k
Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install 1 Package
Upgrade ( 3 Dependent packages)
Total download size: 1.0 M
Downloading Packages:
Setting up and reading Presto delta metadata
dhcp-4.2.5-7.fc18.i686.rpm FAILED
http://mirrors.ispros.com.bd/fedora/updates/18/i386/dhcp-4.2.5-7.fc18.i686.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404 – Not Found : http://mirrors.ispros.com.bd/fedora/updates/18/i386/dhcp-4.2.5-7.fc18.i686.rpm
Trying other mirror.
warning: /var/cache/yum/i386/18/updates/packages/dhcp-libs-4.2.5-7.fc18.i686.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID de7f38bd: NOKEY
Public key for dhcp-libs-4.2.5-7.fc18.i686.rpm is not installed
(1/4): dhcp-libs-4.2.5-7.fc18.i686.rpm | 122 kB 00:08
(2/4): dhcp-common-4.2.5-7.fc18.i686.rpm | 167 kB 00:09
(3/4): dhcp-4.2.5-7.fc18.i686.rpm | 510 kB 00:06
(4/4): dhclient-4.2.5-7.fc18.i686.rpm | 275 kB 00:29
——————————————————————————–
Total 36 kB/s | 1.0 MB 00:29
Retrieving key from file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-i386
Importing GPG key 0xDE7F38BD:
Userid : “Fedora (18) <fedora@fedoraproject.org>”
Fingerprint: 7efb 8811 dd11 e380 b679 fced ff01 125c de7f 38bd
Package : fedora-release-18-1.noarch (@anaconda)
From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-i386
Running Transaction Check
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Updating : 12:dhcp-libs-4.2.5-7.fc18.i686 1/7
Updating : 12:dhcp-common-4.2.5-7.fc18.i686 2/7
Installing : 12:dhcp-4.2.5-7.fc18.i686 3/7
Updating : 12:dhclient-4.2.5-7.fc18.i686 4/7
Cleanup : 12:dhclient-4.2.4-23.P2.fc18.i686 5/7
Cleanup : 12:dhcp-common-4.2.4-23.P2.fc18.i686 6/7
Cleanup : 12:dhcp-libs-4.2.4-23.P2.fc18.i686 7/7
Verifying : 12:dhcp-4.2.5-7.fc18.i686 1/7
Verifying : 12:dhcp-common-4.2.5-7.fc18.i686 2/7
Verifying : 12:dhclient-4.2.5-7.fc18.i686 3/7
Verifying : 12:dhcp-libs-4.2.5-7.fc18.i686 4/7
Verifying : 12:dhcp-common-4.2.4-23.P2.fc18.i686 5/7
Verifying : 12:dhclient-4.2.4-23.P2.fc18.i686 6/7
Verifying : 12:dhcp-libs-4.2.4-23.P2.fc18.i686 7/7
Installed:
dhcp.i686 12:4.2.5-7.fc18
Dependency Updated:
dhclient.i686 12:4.2.5-7.fc18 dhcp-common.i686 12:4.2.5-7.fc18
dhcp-libs.i686 12:4.2.5-7.fc18
Complete!

2. Set static IP address for DHCP Server:

[root@fedora18 ~]# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-p3p1
HWADDR=00:0C:29:EB:67:E9
TYPE=Ethernet
BOOTPROTO=static
DEFROUTE=yes
PEERDNS=yes
PEERROUTES=yes
IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=no
IPV6INIT=yes
IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes
IPV6_DEFROUTE=yes
IPV6_PEERDNS=yes
IPV6_PEERROUTES=yes
IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL=no
NAME=p3p1
UUID=6e8bde7b-1469-43f9-b4eb-1a95e84d0f91
ONBOOT=yes
IPADDR=192.168.117.2
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
BROADCAST=192.168.117.255
NETWORK=192.168.117.0
GATEWAY=192.168.117.1

3. Configure DHCP subnet for the network:

[root@fedora18 ~]# vi /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf
#
# DHCP Server Configuration file.
# see /usr/share/doc/dhcp*/dhcpd.conf.example
# see dhcpd.conf(5) man page
#
subnet 192.168.117.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 192.168.117.10 192.168.117.254;
option domain-name “ithelpblog.com”;
option domain-search “ithelpblog.com”, “linux.ithelpblog.com”, “windows.ithelpblog.com”, “cisco.ithelpblog.com”;
option domain-name-servers 192.168.117.3;
option routers 192.168.117.1;
}

4. Start and enable DHCP Server at boot time:

[root@fedora18 ~]# systemctl start dhcpd.service
[root@fedora18 ~]# systemctl enable dhcpd.service

5. Now clients can get IPs from our DHCP Server: