On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 12:17:51PM +0100, Joachim Schrod wrote:
Hi,
I'm looking for a book that explains reliable and manageable DHCP setups. In particular, it should cover installations with failover and load balancing configurations of dhcpd. Both static and dynamic addressing is used.
In addition, an explanation how to integrate and manage an LDAP backend would be nice; maintaining the shared configuration in a text file would probably be too error-prone.
On my SUSE system, I found the IETF drafts and some example configurations. I did not found any more documentation. I searched on O'Reilly's Safari for DHCP books, but found none that covers DHCP failover. (I was astonished that ORA published a book on DHCP for Windows, but not one for Unix/Linux. It got a sad world to live in when there are more relevant Windows than Unix ORA books.)
Can anybody on this list recommend a book or an online reference for that topic on me. I have understood the basic technology, and I am interested in how-to reports that gives operational tips for enterprise-class installations and explains common pitfalls and how to avoid them.
Thanks in advance for any answer,
Joachim
PS: For relevance to this list: It should work on SUSE 10.0. But since the dhcpd has been version 3.0.x since at least 8.1, the SUSE version probably won't matter.
I can recommend the DHCP book written by Ralph Droms and Ted Lemon. It doesn't cover a lot of failover details or pitfalls, but at least the basic principles, afair. Unfortunately, I haven't seen any other reference yet which covers all one might want to know, so it seems the only option (book). Otherwise, I recommend asking/discussing on the dhcp-server list, that's where you directly reach those few (!) people who actually run dhcpd in failover mode. The list archive is a valuable resource. Peter -- When in danger, or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout. -- Robert A. Heinlein