Introduction

Designate is an OpenStack inspired DNSaaS.

Docs: http://designate.readthedocs.org and some below for now. Bugs / Blueprints: http://launchpad.net/moniker

IRC: #openstack-dns

Installation: http://designate.readthedocs.org/en/latest/install.html

TODOs:

• Documentation!
• Fixup Bind9 agent implementation so it could be considered even remotely reliable
• Re-Add PowerDNS agent implementation.
• Unit Tests!!
• Integration with other OS servers eg Nova and Quantum
  • Listen for floating IP allocation/deallocation events - giving user access to the necessary PTR record.
  • Listen for server create/destroy events - creating DNS records as needed.
  • Listen for server add/remove from security group events - creating "load balancing" DNS RR records as needed.
• Introduce Server Pools
  • Server pools will allow a provider to 'schedule' a end users domain to one of many available DNS server pools

Development

Designate follows the OpenStack Gerrit Workflow

Setup

Setup a working environment:

git clone git@github.com:stackforge/designate.git
cd designate
virtualenv .venv
. .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt -r test-requirements.txt
python setup.py develop

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