Kea Hook Libraries
  • 13 Dec 2023
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Article Summary

Kea Hook Library Packages

Kea Hooks are separate libraries that can be optionally installed with Kea to provide additional functionality.
Some of the Kea hooks are licensed under the MPL 2.0 open source license, and are packaged with the open source distribution of the core Kea daemons, DHCPv4, DHCPv6 and DDNS. Other Kea hooks are licensed under a commercial license and are distributed in bundles as Kea Premium Hooks, Kea Subscriber Hooks and Kea Enterprise Hooks.

Product bundle Hooks included License
Kea Open Source Hooks Bootp, Flexible Options, High Availability, Lease Commands, MySQL and PostgreSQL Backend, Run Script, Stats Command, User Check (example hook) MPL 2.0
Kea Premium Hooks DDNS Tuning, Flexible Identifiers, Forensic Logging, and Host Commands HBCEULA
Kea Subscriber Hooks Client Classification, Configuration Backend (requires either MySQL or PostgreSQL backend hooks, which are included with the open source), GSS-TSIG, Limits, Leasequery, Ping-check, RADIUS (with Host Cache), and Subnet Management HBCEULA
Kea Enterprise Hook Role-based Access Control HBCEULA

Document History

Date of change Author Significant Changes
November 20, 2023 Vicky Risk Initial Version
December 13, 2023 Vicky Risk Added new Ping-Check hook to Subscriber level
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