DHCPD is stuck in recover state

[Vladiss]

Hello people,

I have CARP enabled in my lab setup. It works just fine except for DHCP server on LAN - it just won't start. OPNsense version is 20.7.8. The nodes are configured as follows:

Primary: 192.168.1.10/24
Secondary: 192.168.1.20/24
Virtual IP: 192.168.1.1/24
DHCP scope: 192.168.1.100-199

Primary dhcpd.conf :

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option domain-name "localdomain";
option ldap-server code 95 = text;
option arch code 93 = unsigned integer 16; # RFC4578
option pac-webui code 252 = text;

default-lease-time 7200;
max-lease-time 86400;
log-facility local7;
one-lease-per-client true;
deny duplicates;
ping-check true;
update-conflict-detection false;
authoritative;
failover peer "dhcp_lan" {
  primary;
  address 192.168.1.10;
  port 519;
  peer address 192.168.1.20;
  peer port 520;
  max-response-delay 10;
  max-unacked-updates 10;
  split 128;
  mclt 600;

  load balance max seconds 3;
}


subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
  pool {
    deny dynamic bootp clients;
    failover peer "dhcp_lan";
    range 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.199;
  }

  option routers 192.168.1.1;
 
}

Secondary dhcpd.conf:

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option domain-name "localdomain";
option ldap-server code 95 = text;
option arch code 93 = unsigned integer 16; # RFC4578
option pac-webui code 252 = text;

default-lease-time 7200;
max-lease-time 86400;
log-facility local7;
one-lease-per-client true;
deny duplicates;
ping-check true;
update-conflict-detection false;
authoritative;
failover peer "dhcp_lan" {
  secondary;
  address 192.168.1.20;
  port 520;
  peer address 192.168.1.10;
  peer port 519;
  max-response-delay 10;
  max-unacked-updates 10;

  load balance max seconds 3;
}


subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
  pool {
    deny dynamic bootp clients;
    failover peer "dhcp_lan";
    range 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.199;
  }

  option routers 192.168.1.1;

}


After starting dhcpd service, both nodes enter recover state. Log entries say

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dhcpd[99045] failover peer dhcp_lan: I move from startup to recover

DHCPv4/Leases tab on both nodes says

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My State: recover
Peer State: unknown-state

Please help. Thanks!

[ednt]

I have a similar problem.

After searching for a solution, I dicovered that for dhcp failover also port 647 UDP/TCP is needed.
Is this true?

This port is not enabled by the automatic generated rules.

[ednt]

I just tested it and it failed.

I saw also no traffic on port 647 or 847.

Then I checked /var/dhcp/etc/dhcpd.conf
and found out that isc dhcp uses different ports for failover.

In my case 519 and 520.

[ednt]

Ok, the ports where automatically enabled. (519,520)

In our case it was a problem of the NAT outbound rules:

This firewall should not use the VIP address when the destination is in the same net.
So invert destination and use as destination net the net of the rule.

[Vladiss]

Well it's definitely not the case with my setup - I disabled NAT completely, OPNsense boxes work just as a gateway between LANs. So I'm still confused :(

[makanu]

Ok, the ports where automatically enabled. (519,520)

In our case it was a problem of the NAT outbound rules:

This firewall should not use the VIP address when the destination is in the same net.
So invert destination and use as destination net the net of the rule.

As I am browsing the logs and comparing the configs I think our setup might have the same issue. Sadly I do not understand your solution with the NAT outbound rules. At least the last sentence makes no sense for me.