OPS235 Lab 8 - Fedora17

Install and Configure a DHCP Server

Warning!
This lab is under heavy construction. Please do not start the lab until this notice is removed.

Objectives

• To install, configure, and test ISC's DHCP Server

Reference

• man pages for dhcpd, dhcpd.conf, dhcpd.leases, dhcp-options, dhclient, dhclient-conf
• Fedora DHCP Configuration Guide
• Internet Software Consortium DHCP page

Required materials

• Fedora 12 Live CD or a classmate on the same pod
• One SATA hard disk in a removable drive tray with Fedora host and 3 Fedora Virtual Machines installed
• Completion of Lab 6

Lab Preparation

Update your systems
It is advisable to perform a yum update on your Fedora host and all 3 VM's.

Backup your VMs before proceeding
If you did not do it at the end of Lab 7, stop all of your VMs and backup your VM disk images.

ISC DHCP packages Overview
The version of DHCP server (rpm package name called "dhcp-4.1.1-9.fc12.x86_64" ) that comes with Fedora is maintained and distributed by the Internet Software Consortium (http://www.isc.org). The source package that you can download from ISC includes not only the DHCP server, but also a DHCP client and a DHCP relay agent. However, Fedora separates it into two RPM packages: the DHCP client package called "dhclient-4.1.1-9.fc12.x86_64" and the DHCP server package called "dhcp-4.1.1-9.fc12.x86_64". The DHCP client package is installed by default by the workstation installation.

Investigation 1: How do you install the DHCP Server.

Note!
Complete the following steps on your fedora3 VM.

• To check that you have dhclient installed, enter the command:
  • rpm -q dhclient
• If the package is not installed, you will get the message "package dhclient is not installed", otherwise, you will get the version information of the rpm package. Install the dhclient package if it was not installed.
• Check to see if the dhcp server package is installed.
• Follow the normal procedure to install the DHCP server rpm package called dhcp using yum.
• Enter the command to list all the files installed from the DHCP server package.
• What file appears to be a sample configuration file?
• Copy the sample dhcpd.conf file to the /etc/ directory making sure it is named /etc/dhcpd.conf
• Answer the Investigation 1 question in your log book.

Investigation 2: What configuration options and directives need to be set in dhcpd.conf?

Note!
Complete the following steps on your fedora3 VM.

• Study the man pages of dhcpd, dhcpd.conf, dhcp-options, and dhcpd.leases and make notes in your log book. In particular, look up the meaning and possible value(s), if any, for the following configuration options:
  • broadcast-address
  • default-lease-time
  • max-lease-time (How is this different from default-lease-time?)
  • domain-name
  • domain-name-servers
  • fixed-address
  • group
  • hardware
  • host
  • host-name
  • range
  • routers
  • subnet
  • subnet-mask
• Study the sample dhcpd.conf file to see examples of how these options are used.
• Answer the Investigation 2 question in your log book.