Hi Kevin, "enable-multi-threading" for the main process (not HA) defaults to true as of Kea 2.3.5 (and thus will be on in the next stable release - 2.4.0). In the main process, multi-threading is about performance. In the HA its (partially) about performance and allowing a separate listener thread to exist. In versions prior to 2.3.5, you need to enable multi-threading in the main process before you can enable it for HA. I personally like HA without the kea-ctrl-agent but you do need the kea-ctrl-agent if you want to do anything with the API that requires remote access. You can send API commands directly to the kea-dhcp4 process over UNIX socket - which is all that is available without the kea-ctrl-agent.
Thank you, Darren Ankney On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 4:08 PM Kevin P. Fleming <lists.kea-us...@kevin.km6g.us> wrote: > > > I will definitely read through the docs on this. And I know this next > > question may be a bit difficult/subjective perhaps to answer - but my > > use case is my home network with fairly long leases. It’s also on the > > “quiet” side. This obviously isn’t the load/rps of say a college > > campus, municipal wifi, etc. Would multithreading still be recommended > > ? I’ve been running ISC dhcpd for years with no issues. > > I'm in a similar situation (overly complex home network), and I'm currently > using the 'legacy' HA implementation which requires the Kea control agent to > be running alongside the DHCP server(s). > > If you have no other need for the control agent (i.e. you're not running > Stork), then you can choose between running the control agent or using the > 'multithreaded' DHCP server implementation. The 'multithreaded' mode isn't > related to performance or capacity as best I can tell, it's just about > providing the HTTP endpoint needed for HA directly in the DHCP server itself. > -- > ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. > Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. > > To unsubscribe visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/kea-users. > > Kea-users mailing list > Kea-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/kea-users -- ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. To unsubscribe visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/kea-users. Kea-users mailing list Kea-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/kea-users
