Kea-Anterius Alpha

v0.5 Release Notes

• Anterius project is designed as a GUI dashboard for Kea DHCP server software to function as a remote monitoring and management console that integrates essential features from the Kea Control Agent (CA) REST API.
• v0.5 is the intial experimental release. Certain features are currently unstable and tested only in a simulated DHCP environment.

Implemented Features

• Interface with DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 servers and switch b/w server machines (CA Address)
• View server status, subnet and shared network layout with real-time utilization stats.
• Device OUI and lease statistics.
• Control server operation with local boot ops (start/stop/restart) (local server feature)
• Utilization threshold alerts and event reports. (pending test)
• Examine server logs in real-time (local server feature)
• View and modify server config with change testing and updating options.
• Modify specific server params for network entities (subnet, shared n/w, host res) through editable forms.

Known Issues

• Anterius tested only with Kea 1.4.0 on Ubuntu 16.04.
• Source project code clean up and refactoring in progress.
• Stability issues with certain frontend features attributed to dynamic html rendering at NodeJS backend.
• Log streaming and Server Boot ops not extended for remote servers.
• CPU Utilizn, server status info unavailable with CA api data.

Acknowledgements

• The current release of this project was supported by the Google Summer of Code '18 program. Work on future releases would be carried out on a best effort basis; inviting interested folks to contribute towards advancing this project.
• Base functionality and UI for Anterius has been adapted from the GLASS project developed by Chris Miles for the ISC DHCP server.