How To Install dhcp-server on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcp-server on CentOS 8.
What is dhcp-server
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a protocol which allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information (IP address, subnetmask, broadcast address, etc.) from a DHCP server. The overall purpose of DHCP is to make it easier to administer a large network. This package provides the ISC DHCP server.
We can use yum or dnf to install dhcp-server on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dhcp-server.
Install dhcp-server on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install dhcp-server using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dhcp-server
Install dhcp-server on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install dhcp-server using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dhcp-server
How To Uninstall dhcp-server on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the dhcp-server package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dhcp-server
dhcp-server Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/NetworkManager
/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d
/etc/dhcp
/etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf
/etc/dhcp/dhcpd6.conf
/etc/openldap/schema
/etc/openldap/schema/dhcp.schema
/etc/sysconfig/dhcpd
/usr/bin/omshell
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/65317388cf105ebe304f830965cf9afe389f96
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4/9f2682bc12d00bb4128acc5873269b3547bf9f
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpd6.service
/usr/sbin/dhcpd
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-server
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-server/dhcp-lease-list.pl
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-server/dhcpd.conf.example
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-server/dhcpd6.conf.example
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-server/ldap
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-server/ldap/README.ldap
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-server/ldap/dhcp.schema
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-server/ldap/dhcpd-conf-to-ldap
/usr/share/man/man1/omshell.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/dhcpd.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/dhcpd.leases.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dhcpd.8.gz
/var/lib/dhcpd
/var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases
/var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd6.leases
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcp-server on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.