Kea Not Populating Hostnames for Unbound DNS

[pholt]

I started using OPNsense a few months ago, and since it was a new installation, I went ahead and configured it to use the Kea DCHP server.

It appears that Unbound DNS will not populate local hostnames from the Kea reservations, which means I have to deal with everything on the network using IP addresses. I assume that either (a) I'm doing something wrong or (b) that option will be available in the future. If (a), what should I do? If (b), is there a timeframe to use for expectations?

[Patrick M. Hausen]

Kea in OPNsense is a technology preview. Use ISC-DHCP to get that feature right now.

[pholt]

Thanks for the quick response. Since Kea has been working reliably for me with no issues at all, and having to use IP addresses is inconvenient but not a burden, I’ll just wait for enhancements to work their way into releases. I continue to be impressed by how solid OPNsense is.

[pholt]

The "Register DHCP Static Mappings" checkbox in the General settings of Unbound DNS now populates from KEA reservations. With this, KEA now does everything I typically need for DCHP on the network. I'm sure future enhancements will add some conveniences, but for now, I'm delighted with how simple and reliable it is.