In the DHCP service main status, you can view the status of 3 services belonging to the Kea suite
¶ Kea DHCP server:
Kea DHCP4 is a modern, open-source Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server developed by the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC). It's part of the Kea DHCP suite, which is designed to provide high-performance, flexible, and scalable DHCP services for IPv4 networks.
Kea DHCP4 assigns IP addresses dynamically to client devices in a network.
It can handle both stateful (dynamic) and stateless (static) IP address assignments.
¶ Kea Control Agent
The Kea Control Agent (CA) provides a RESTful API that allows administrators and external systems to manage and control Kea DHCP servers programmatically.
This enables operations such as configuration changes, statistics gathering, and other management tasks to be performed remotely without the need to directly access the server's configuration files or command line.
¶ Kea Dynamic DNS service
The Kea Dynamic DNS (DDNS) service is responsible for updating DNS records dynamically in response to DHCP lease changes.
This integration allows for the automatic updating of DNS information, ensuring that the DNS records are always in sync with the IP addresses assigned by the DHCP server.