MAAS reports that DHCP is successfully running (under the controllers page), but it is not. This is what I see in syslog:
Mar 16 11:32:45 maas22 dhcpd[2077]: Can't open /var/lib/maas/dhcpd.conf: Permission denied
Mar 16 11:32:45 maas22 dhcpd[2077]:
Mar 16 11:32:45 maas22 dhcpd[2077]: If you think you have received this message due to a bug rather
Mar 16 11:32:45 maas22 dhcpd[2077]: than a configuration issue please read the section on submitting
Mar 16 11:32:45 maas22 dhcpd[2077]: bugs on either our web page at www.isc.org or in the README file
Mar 16 11:32:45 maas22 dhcpd[2077]: before submitting a bug. These pages explain the proper
Mar 16 11:32:45 maas22 systemd[1]: maas-dhcpd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Mar 16 11:32:45 maas22 dhcpd[2077]: process and the information we find helpful for debugging..
Mar 16 11:32:45 maas22 dhcpd[2077]:
Mar 16 11:32:45 maas22 dhcpd[2077]: exiting.
Mar 16 11:32:45 maas22 systemd[1]: maas-dhcpd.service: Unit entered failed state.
Mar 16 11:32:45 maas22 systemd[1]: maas-dhcpd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Same issue is observed with maas 2.2.0~beta4+ bzr5856- 0ubuntu1~ 16.04.1