[Dnsmasq-discuss] static-y IP management

[Geert Stappers]

On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 03:26:44AM -0500, Carl Karsten wrote:
> On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 2:55 AM <wkitty42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 5/16/22 5:46 PM, Carl Karsten wrote:
> > > I know of a few ways of doing this, but they all involve generating 10
> > > lines of .conf file.  I have no problem creating a little csv and
> > > writing about 10 lines of python to generate the file.   But anything
> > > that involves "generate" seems clunky.     I am hoping dnsmasq has a
> > > provision for what I am doing.
> >
> > can't you create the .conf one time and leave it be for inclusion with the other
> > dnsmasq conf files? maybe i'm not understanding? is there some sort of dynamic
> > nature you've not mentioned?
> >
> 
> Yes I could, this is what I mean by generate the file.  I am trying to
> avoid that.
> If I have to swap out a machine, then I get a new mac, and I have to
> update the file.
> And this pattern comes up fairly often: I want a machine to have a
> defined IP, and I would like the dhcp server to be the source of truth
> defining what machines get what IPs.
> 
> I generally maintain a list of mac/IP/hostname, likely in a
> spreadsheet.

It is 2020 there are tools like Ansible.

I'm suggesting to maintain the mac/IP/hostname combos in YAML.


> or maybe a text file checked into version control.  If
> dnsmasq could read this file, it would save steps and less chance of
> my file and the server's file being out of sync.
> 
> I am creating a little cluster thing and documenting how to build it.
> If dnsmasq has a simple way of doing something, it will make my docs
> of the process easier.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansible_(software)


> Carl K

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Geert Stappers
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