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English Forums => 26.1 Series => Topic started by: Monviech (Cedrik) on March 12, 2026, 05:35:17 PM

Title: CALL FOR TESTING: Kea DDNS server
Post by: Monviech (Cedrik) on March 12, 2026, 05:35:17 PM
I added the KEA DDNS server to KEA this week.

https://github.com/opnsense/docs/blob/7d3f4cb060f2d5d9846aaf5867f4ccf7dbfb0521/source/manual/kea.rst?plain=1#L315

The implementation is currently in master.

https://github.com/opnsense/core/commit/e5b530a67c68c633c46f922c8f9eacca9b1fd641

I wonder if anybody has a standard ISC BIND server to test the configuration example I published to the docs.

To test you need to go to development branch in firmware, and then upgrade to master.

e.g.,

# git clone https://github.com/opnsense/core.git
# cd ./core
# make upgrade

Reboot might be needed to show all menu items.

Thanks for any feedback
~Monviech

(PS: Please no offtopic, and please no non-standard DNS setups for now.)
Title: Re: Kea DDNS server (Need a tester)
Post by: Maurice on March 12, 2026, 06:39:54 PM
I use BIND as the authoritative DNS server for my home network and would be willing to give this a quick test. But it seems the OPNsense BIND plugin doesn't support DDNS, or does it? If not, would it make sense to add this?

Cheers
Maurice
Title: Re: CALL FOR TESTING: Kea DDNS server
Post by: Monviech (Cedrik) on March 12, 2026, 07:05:19 PM
Hello Maurice,

thank you for considering testing this. I really like how helpful you are in general.

About os-bind on OPNsense, I want to avoid dragging it into this as it's a Tier 3 community plugin. Spending effort on it is not my current intention due to scope reasons.

A standalone authoritative ISC BIND server that runs on the standard DNS port is my current requirement (or PowerDNS using the bind config adapter).