diff --git a/ceilometer/dns/__init__.py b/ceilometer/dns/__init__.py
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index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/ceilometer/dns/notifications.py b/ceilometer/dns/notifications.py
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index 0000000000..0901799acc
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+++ b/ceilometer/dns/notifications.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#
+# Copyright 2015 Hewlett Packard
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from oslo_config import cfg
+import oslo_messaging
+from oslo_utils import timeutils
+
+from ceilometer.agent import plugin_base
+from ceilometer import sample
+
+OPTS = [
+    cfg.StrOpt('dns_control_exchange',
+               default='central',
+               help="Exchange name for DNS notifications."),
+
+]
+
+cfg.CONF.register_opts(OPTS)
+SERVICE = 'dns'
+
+
+class DnsMetricsNotificationBase(plugin_base.NotificationBase):
+    """Base class for DNSaaS(Designate) notifications."""
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_targets(conf):
+        """Return a sequence of oslo.messaging.Target
+
+        This sequence is defining the exchange and topics to be connected for
+        this plugin.
+        """
+        return [oslo_messaging.Target(topic=topic,
+                                      exchange=conf.dns_control_exchange)
+                for topic in conf.notification_topics]
+
+
+class DomainExists(DnsMetricsNotificationBase):
+    """Handles DNS domain exists notification.
+
+    Emits a sample for a measurable audit interval.
+    """
+
+    event_types = ['%s.domain.exists' % SERVICE]
+
+    def process_notification(self, message):
+
+        period_start = timeutils.normalize_time(timeutils.parse_isotime(
+            message['payload']['audit_period_beginning']))
+        period_end = timeutils.normalize_time(timeutils.parse_isotime(
+            message['payload']['audit_period_ending']))
+
+        period_difference = timeutils.delta_seconds(period_start, period_end)
+
+        yield sample.Sample.from_notification(
+            name=message['event_type'],
+            type=sample.TYPE_CUMULATIVE,
+            unit='s',
+            volume=period_difference,
+            resource_id=message['payload']['id'],
+            user_id=message['_context_user'],
+            project_id=message['payload']['tenant_id'],
+            message=message)
diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/dns/__init__.py b/ceilometer/tests/dns/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/dns/test_notifications.py b/ceilometer/tests/dns/test_notifications.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c483cc32f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/dns/test_notifications.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Hewlett Packard Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import mock
+from oslo_utils import timeutils
+from oslotest import base
+
+from ceilometer.dns import notifications
+from ceilometer import sample
+
+NOW = timeutils.isotime()
+
+TENANT_ID = u'76538754af6548f5b53cf9af2d35d582'
+USER_ID = u'b70ece400e4e45c187168c40fa42ff7a'
+DOMAIN_STATUS = u'ACTIVE'
+RESOURCE_ID = u'a8b55824-e731-40a3-a32d-de81474d74b2'
+PUBLISHER_ID = u'central.ubuntu'
+POOL_ID = u'794ccc2c-d751-44fe-b57f-8894c9f5c842'
+
+
+def _dns_notification_for(operation):
+
+    return {
+        u'event_type': '%s.domain.%s' % (notifications.SERVICE,
+                                         operation),
+        u'_context_roles': [u'admin'],
+        u'timestamp': NOW,
+        u'_context_tenant': TENANT_ID,
+        u'payload': {
+            u'status': DOMAIN_STATUS,
+            u'retry': 600,
+            u'description': None,
+            u'expire': 86400,
+            u'deleted': u'0',
+            u'tenant_id': TENANT_ID,
+            u'created_at': u'2015-07-10T20:05:29.870091Z',
+            u'updated_at': None,
+            u'refresh': 3600,
+            u'pool_id': POOL_ID,
+            u'email': u'admin@hpcloud.com',
+            u'minimum': 3600,
+            u'parent_domain_id': None,
+            u'version': 1,
+            u'ttl': 3600,
+            u'action': operation.upper(),
+            u'serial': 1426295326,
+            u'deleted_at': None,
+            u'id': RESOURCE_ID,
+            u'name': u'paas.hpcloud.com.',
+            u'audit_period_beginning': u'2015-07-10T20:05:29.870091Z',
+            u'audit_period_ending': u'2015-07-10T21:05:29.870091Z'
+        },
+        u'_context_user': USER_ID,
+        u'_context_auth_token': u'b95d4fc3bb2e4a5487cad06af65ffcfc',
+        u'_context_tenant': TENANT_ID,
+        u'priority': u'INFO',
+        u'_context_is_admin': False,
+        u'publisher_id': PUBLISHER_ID,
+        u'message_id': u'67ba0a2a-32bd-4cdf-9bfb-ef9cefcd0f63',
+    }
+
+
+class TestNotification(base.BaseTestCase):
+    def _verify_common_sample(self, actual, operation):
+        self.assertIsNotNone(actual)
+        self.assertEqual('%s.domain.%s' % (notifications.SERVICE, operation),
+                         actual.name)
+        self.assertEqual(NOW, actual.timestamp)
+        self.assertEqual(sample.TYPE_CUMULATIVE, actual.type)
+        self.assertEqual(TENANT_ID, actual.project_id)
+        self.assertEqual(RESOURCE_ID, actual.resource_id)
+        self.assertEqual(USER_ID, actual.user_id)
+        metadata = actual.resource_metadata
+        self.assertEqual(PUBLISHER_ID, metadata.get('host'))
+        self.assertEqual(operation.upper(), metadata.get('action'))
+        self.assertEqual(DOMAIN_STATUS, metadata.get('status'))
+
+        self.assertEqual(3600, actual.volume)
+        self.assertEqual('s', actual.unit)
+
+    def _test_operation(self, operation):
+        notif = _dns_notification_for(operation)
+        handler = notifications.DomainExists(mock.Mock())
+        data = list(handler.process_notification(notif))
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(data))
+        self._verify_common_sample(data[0], operation)
+
+    def test_exists(self):
+        self._test_operation('exists')
diff --git a/etc/ceilometer/event_definitions.yaml b/etc/ceilometer/event_definitions.yaml
index 46f1164315..ed47fe0f57 100644
--- a/etc/ceilometer/event_definitions.yaml
+++ b/etc/ceilometer/event_definitions.yaml
@@ -396,6 +396,15 @@
       fields: parent_domain_id
     serial:
       fields: payload.serial
+- event_type: dns.domain.exists
+  traits:
+    <<: *dns_domain_traits
+    audit_period_beginning:
+      type: datetime
+      fields: payload.audit_period_beginning
+    audit_period_ending:
+      type: datetime
+      fields: payload.audit_period_ending
 - event_type: trove.*
   traits: &trove_base_traits
     state:
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d678b4c7cc..4076c7dedf 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ ceilometer.notification =
     objectstore.request.meters = ceilometer.objectstore.notifications:SwiftWsgiMiddlewareMeters
     _sample = ceilometer.telemetry.notifications:TelemetryApiPost
     trove.instance.exists = ceilometer.database.notifications:InstanceExists
+    dns.domain.exists = ceilometer.dns.notifications:DomainExists
 
 ceilometer.discover =
     local_instances = ceilometer.compute.discovery:InstanceDiscovery