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NAME
dhcpctl_initialize — dhcpctl library initialization.
SYNOPSIS
#include <dhcpctl/dhcpctl.h>
dhcpctl_status
dhcpctl_initialize(void);
dhcpctl_status
dhcpctl_connect(dhcpctl_handle *cxn, const char *host, int port, dhcpctl_handle auth);
dhcpctl_status
dhcpctl_timed_connect(dhcpctl_handle *cxn, const char *host, int port, dhcpctl_handle auth,
dhcpctl_status *status);
dhcpctl_status
dhcpctl_disconnect(dhcpctl_handle *cxn, int force);
dhcpctl_status
dhcpctl_wait_for_completion(dhcpctl_handle object, dhcpctl_status *status);
dhcpctl_status
dhcpctl_timed_wait_for_completion(dhcpctl_handle object, dhcpctl_status *status,
struct timeval *timeout);
dhcpctl_status
dhcpctl_get_value(dhcpctl_data_string *value, dhcpctl_handle object, const char *name);
dhcpctl_status
dhcpctl_get_boolean(int *value, dhcpctl_handle object, const char *name);
dhcpctl_status
dhcpctl_set_value(dhcpctl_handle object, dhcpctl_data_string value, const char *name);
dhcpctl_status
dhcpctl_set_string_value(dhcpctl_handle object, const char *value, const char *name);
dhcpctl_status
dhcpctl_set_boolean_value(dhcpctl_handle object, int value, const char *name);
dhcpctl_status
dhcpctl_set_int_value(dhcpctl_handle object, int value, const char *name);
dhcpctl_status
dhcpctl_object_update(dhcpctl_handle connection, dhcpctl_handle object);
dhcpctl_status
dhcpctl_object_refresh(dhcpctl_handle connection, dhcpctl_handle object);
dhcpctl_status
dhcpctl_object_remove(dhcpctl_handle connection, dhcpctl_handle object);
dhcpctl_status
dhcpctl_set_callback(dhcpctl_handle object, void *data,
void (*function) (dhcpctl_handle, dhcpctl_status, void *));
dhcpctl_status
dhcpctl_new_authenticator(dhcpctl_handle *object, const char *name, const char *algorithm,
const char *secret, unsigned secret_len);
dhcpctl_status
dhcpctl_new_object(dhcpctl_handle *object, dhcpctl_handle connection, const char *object_type);
dhcpctl_status
dhcpctl_open_object(dhcpctl_handle object, dhcpctl_handle connection, int flags);
isc_result_t
omapi_data_string_new(dhcpctl_data_string, *data, unsigned, int, length, const, char, *filename,, int,
lineno);
isc_result_t
dhcpctl_data_string_dereference(dhcpctl_data_string *, const char *, int);
DESCRIPTION
The dhcpctl set of functions provide an API that can be used to communicate with and manipulate a running
ISC DHCP server. All functions return a value of isc_result_t. The return values reflects the result of
operations to local data structures. If an operation fails on the server for any reason, then the error
result will be returned through the second parameter of the dhcpctl_wait_for_completion() call.
dhcpctl_initialize() sets up the data structures the library needs to do its work. This function must be
called once before any other.
dhcpctl_connect() opens a connection to the DHCP server at the given host and port. If an authenticator
has been created for the connection, then it is given as the 4th argument. On a successful return the
address pointed at by the first argument will have a new connection object assigned to it.
For example:
s = dhcpctl_connect(&cxn, "127.0.0.1", 7911, NULL);
connects to the DHCP server on the localhost via port 7911 (the standard OMAPI port). No authentication
is used for the connection.
dhcpctl_timed_connect() opens a connection to the DHCP server at the given host and port. If an
authenticator has been created for the connection, then it is given as the 4th argument. On a successful
return the address pointed at by the first argument will have a new connection object assigned to it.
How long the function waits for complete the connection is dictated by the value of the parameter,
timeout. If the value is null, it will wait indefinitely Otherwise it will wait for the amount of time
specified by timeout (tv_sec:tv_usec). Values of zero for both fields are valid but not recommended. An
example is shown below:
For example:
struct timeval timeout;
timeout.tv_sec = 5; /* wait for 5 seconds */
timeout.tv_usec = 0;
s = dhcpctl_connect(&cxn, "127.0.0.1", 7911, NULL, &timeout);
connects to the DHCP server on the localhost via port 7911 (the standard OMAPI port). No authentication
is used for the connection. It allows 5 seconds for the connect to complete.
dhcpctl_disconnect() closes the open connection specified by the first parameter, cxn. Note that this
call will free the connection object and cxn will be set to
nul. If the second parameter,force, is nonzero, the connection will be closed immediately. Otherwise
the receiving end will be shut down but any unsent data will be sent before actually closing the socket.
Note that disconnecting only destroys the connection object, any other objects previously created will
still exist.
For example:
s = dhcpctl_disconnect(&cxn, 1);
will close the connection immediately. This funcion should be considered EXPERIMENTAL.
dhcpctl_wait_for_completion() flushes a pending message to the server and waits for the response. The
result of the request as processed on the server is returned via the second parameter.
s = dhcpctl_wait_for_completion(cxn, &wv);
if (s != ISC_R_SUCCESS)
local_failure(s);
else if (wv != ISC_R_SUCCESS)
server_failure(wc);
The call to dhcpctl_wait_for_completion() won't return until the remote message processing completes or
the connection to the server is lost.
dhcpctl_timed_wait_for_completion() flushes a pending message to the server and waits for the response.
How long the function waits for a response is dictated by the value of the third parameter, timeout. If
the value is null, it will wait indefinitely or until the connection is lost. Otherwise it will wait for
the amount of time specified by timeout (tv_sec:tv_usec). Values of zero for both fields are valid but
not recommended. The result of the request as processed on the server is returned via the second
parameter. An example is shown below:
struct timeval timeout;
timeout.tv_sec = 5; /* wait for 5 seconds */
timeout.tv_usec = 0;
s = dhcpctl_wait_for_completion(cxn, &wv, &timeout);
if (s != ISC_R_SUCCESS) {
local_failure(s);
} else if (wv != ISC_R_SUCCESS) {
server_failure(wc);
}
If the function times out, the status returned will be ISC_R_TIMEDOUT. Please note that even though the
function is no longer waiting for a response, the server does not abandon the request and may still
respond by writing the response to the socket. A subsequent call to either this function or
dhcpctl_wait_for_completion() will see that data and read it. Depending on the application logic flow
this may or may not be desired. Currently though only mechanism for "flushing" this data is to close the
connection by calling disconnet(), and then reconnecting via connect(). Please note this function should
be considered EXPERIMENTAL.
dhcpctl_get_value() extracts a value of an attribute from the handle. The value can be of any length and
is treated as a sequence of bytes. The handle must have been created first with dhcpctl_new_object() and
opened with dhcpctl_open_object(). The value is returned via the parameter named “value”. The last
parameter is the name of attribute to retrieve.
dhcpctl_data_string value = NULL;
dhcpctl_handle lease;
time_t thetime;
s = dhcpctl_get_value (&value, lease, "ends");
assert(s == ISC_R_SUCCESS && value->len == sizeof(thetime));
memcpy(&thetime, value->value, value->len);
dhcpctl_get_boolean() extracts a boolean valued attribute from the object handle.
The dhcpctl_set_value(), dhcpctl_set_string_value(), dhcpctl_set_boolean_value(), and
dhcpctl_set_int_value() functions all set a value on the object handle.
dhcpctl_object_update() function queues a request for all the changes made to the object handle be sent
to the remote for processing. The changes made to the attributes on the handle will be applied to remote
object if permitted.
dhcpctl_object_refresh() queues up a request for a fresh copy of all the attribute values to be sent from
the remote to refresh the values in the local object handle.
dhcpctl_object_remove() queues a request for the removal on the server of the object referenced by the
handle.
The dhcpctl_set_callback() function sets up a user-defined function to be called when an event completes
on the given object handle. This is needed for asynchronous handling of events, versus the synchronous
handling given by dhcpctl_wait_for_completion(). When the function is called the first parameter is the
object the event arrived for, the second is the status of the message that was processed, the third is
the same value as the second parameter given to dhcpctl_set_callback().
The dhcpctl_new_authenticator() creates a new authenticator object to be used for signing the messages
that cross over the network. The “name”, “algorithm”, and “secret” values must all match what the server
uses and are defined in its configuration file. The created object is returned through the first
parameter and must be used as the 4th parameter to dhcpctl_connect(). Note that the 'secret' value must
not be base64 encoded, which is different from how the value appears in the dhcpd.conf file.
dhcpctl_new_object() creates a local handle for an object on the server. The “object_type” parameter is
the ascii name of the type of object being accessed. e.g. "lease". This function only sets up local
data structures, it does not queue any messages to be sent to the remote side, dhcpctl_open_object() does
that.
dhcpctl_open_object() builds and queues the request to the remote side. This function is used with handle
created via dhcpctl_new_object(). The flags argument is a bit mask with the following values available
for setting:
DHCPCTL_CREATE
if the object does not exist then the remote will create it
DHCPCTL_UPDATE
update the object on the remote side using the attributes already set in the handle.
DHCPCTL_EXCL
return and error if the object exists and DHCPCTL_CREATE was also specified
The omapi_data_string_new() function allocates a new dhcpctl_data_string object. The data string will be
large enough to hold “length” bytes of data. The “file” and “lineno” arguments are the source file
location the call is made from, typically by using the __FILE__ and __LINE__ macros or the MDL macro
defined in
dhcpctl_data_string_dereference() deallocates a data string created by omapi_data_string_new(). The
memory for the object won't be freed until the last reference is released.
EXAMPLES
The following program will connect to the DHCP server running on the local host and will get the details
of the existing lease for IP address 10.0.0.101. It will then print out the time the lease is due to
expire. Note that most error checking has been omitted for brevity.
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include "omapip/result.h"
#include "dhcpctl.h"
int main (int argc, char **argv) {
dhcpctl_data_string ipaddrstring = NULL;
dhcpctl_data_string value = NULL;
dhcpctl_handle connection = NULL;
dhcpctl_handle lease = NULL;
isc_result_t waitstatus;
struct in_addr convaddr;
time_t thetime;
dhcpctl_initialize ();
dhcpctl_connect (&connection, "127.0.0.1",
7911, 0);
dhcpctl_new_object (&lease, connection,
"lease");
memset (&ipaddrstring, 0, sizeof
ipaddrstring);
inet_pton(AF_INET, "10.0.0.101",
&convaddr);
omapi_data_string_new (&ipaddrstring,
4, MDL);
memcpy(ipaddrstring->value, &convaddr.s_addr, 4);
dhcpctl_set_value (lease, ipaddrstring,
"ip-address");
dhcpctl_open_object (lease, connection, 0);
dhcpctl_wait_for_completion (lease,
&waitstatus);
if (waitstatus != ISC_R_SUCCESS) {
/* server not authoritative */
exit (0);
}
dhcpctl_data_string_dereference(&ipaddrstring,
MDL);
dhcpctl_get_value (&value, lease, "ends");
memcpy(&thetime, value->value, value->len);
dhcpctl_data_string_dereference(&value, MDL);
fprintf (stdout, "ending time is %s",
ctime(&thetime));
}
SEE ALSO
omapi(3), omshell(1), dhcpd(8), dhclient(8), dhcpd.conf(5), dhclient.conf(5).
AUTHOR
dhcpctl is maintained by ISC. To learn more about Internet Systems Consortium, see https://www.isc.org
DHCP 3 Nov 15, 2000 DHCPCTL(3)