OpenStack Designate

Designate is an OpenStack project, providing DNSaaS.

IRC: #openstack-dns @ oftc

Installation: https://docs.openstack.org/designate/latest/

API

To learn how to use Designate's API, consult the documentation available online at:

• DNS API Reference

For more information on OpenStack APIs, SDKs and CLIs in general, refer to:

• OpenStack for App Developers
• Development resources for OpenStack clouds

Development

Designate follows the OpenStack Gerrit Workflow

Setup

Setup a working environment:

git clone https://opendev.org/openstack/designate
cd designate
virtualenv .venv
. .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt -r test-requirements.txt
pip install -e .

Building Docs

To build the documentation from the restructured text source, do the following:

tox -e docs

Now point your browser at doc/build/html/index.html (the official documentation is published to docs.openstack.org by the maintainers.

Testing

Execute all unit tests

tox -e py3

Execute only backend tests

tox -e py3 -- unit.backend

Execute only a single test

tox -e py3 -- unit.backend.test_pdns4.PDNS4BackendTestCase.test_create_zone_success

Contributing

Install the git-review package to make life easier

pip install git-review

Branch, work, & submit:

# cut a new branch, tracking master
git checkout --track -b bug/id origin/master
# work work work
git add stuff
git commit
# rebase/squash to a single commit before submitting
git rebase -i
# submit
git-review

Other Information

• Free software: Apache license
• Documentation: https://docs.openstack.org/designate/latest/
• Release notes: https://docs.openstack.org/releasenotes/designate/
• Source: https://opendev.org/openstack/designate
• Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/designate
• Blueprints: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/designate