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title: Install dhcp-kea on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of dhcp-kea for Linux - ISC Kea DHCP Server
url: https://snapcraft.io/dhcp-kea
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# dhcp-kea

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latest/stable 2.4.1

Install latest/stable of dhcp-kea

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install dhcp-kea
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* dhcp-kea

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### License

* MPL-2.0

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### Last updated

* 14 April 2026 - latest/stable
* 13 April 2026 - latest/edge

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### Source code

* [github.com/r00ta/dhcp-kea-snap](https://github.com/r00ta/dhcp-kea-snap "https://github.com/r00ta/dhcp-kea-snap")
* [github.com/isc-projects/kea](https://github.com/isc-projects/kea "https://github.com/isc-projects/kea")

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/dhcp-kea#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/dhcp-kea#tab-security)

#### ISC Kea DHCP Server

Kea is an open-source, high-performance DHCP server from ISC (Internet
Systems Consortium). It supports DHCPv4, DHCPv6, and Dynamic DNS updates.

This snap packages the following Kea daemons:

* kea-dhcp4: IPv4 DHCP server
* kea-dhcp6: IPv6 DHCP server
* kea-ctrl-agent: REST API management agent
* kea-dhcp-ddns: Dynamic DNS update service

**Configuration**

Configuration files are stored in:
/var/snap/dhcp-kea/common/etc/kea/

After installation, edit the configuration files to match your network:
sudo vi /var/snap/dhcp-kea/common/etc/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf

Then restart the desired service:
sudo snap restart dhcp-kea.dhcp4

Lease databases are stored in:
/var/snap/dhcp-kea/common/var/lib/kea/

Logs are written to stdout and can be viewed with:
sudo snap logs dhcp-kea.dhcp4

**Services**

All four daemons are packaged as snap services. By default only dhcp4
is enabled. Enable others as needed:
sudo snap start --enable dhcp-kea.dhcp6
sudo snap start --enable dhcp-kea.ctrl-agent
sudo snap start --enable dhcp-kea.ddns

**Administration**

The kea-admin and kea-shell utilities are available as:
sudo dhcp-kea.admin ...
sudo dhcp-kea.shell ...

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## Install dhcp-kea on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhcp-kea/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhcp-kea/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhcp-kea/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhcp-kea/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhcp-kea/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhcp-kea/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhcp-kea/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhcp-kea/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhcp-kea/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhcp-kea/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhcp-kea/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhcp-kea/ubuntu)