DNS Server Driver Support Matrix

This info should be maintained along with the list of current driver maintainers responsible for the “Non Integrated” backends. The upkeep of this list will fall on the PTL or his/her delegate.

Should a backend’s grade be in dispute, it falls on the current project PTL to make the final decision after listening to all sides concerns.

Grades

Grade	Description
Integrated	Tested on every commit by the OpenStack CI Infrastructure, and maintained by designate developers as a reference backend
Master Compatible	Tested on every commit by 3rd party testing, and has a person or group dedicated to maintaining compatibility on a regular basis
Release Compatible	Not necessarily tested on every commit, but has a maintainer committed to ensuring compatibility for each release
Untested	All other backends in the designate repository
Failing	Backends that were previously “Compatible”, but tests are now failing on a regular basis.
Known Broken	Backends that do not work, and have been broken with no sign of any fixes
Experimental	Backends that are under development, and may change at any time
Deprecated	Backends have been superseded, and will be removed in the future

Backends - Summary

Backend	Status	Type	In Tree	Notes
Bind9	Integrated	xfr	✔	None
Akamai eDNS	Release Compatible	xfr	✔	None
Designate to Designate	Release Compatible	xfr	✔	None
DynECT	Release Compatible	xfr	✔	None
Infoblox (XFR)	Release Compatible	xfr	✔	None
Power DNS 4	Release Compatible	xfr	✔	None
Agent	Untested	xfr	✔	None
Bind9 (Agent)	Untested	agent	✔	None
Denominator	Untested	agent	✔	None
Knot2 (Agent)	Untested	agent	✔	None
NSD4	Untested	xfr	✔	None
Djbdns (Agent)	Experimental	agent	✔	None
Gdnsd (Agent)	Experimental	agent	✔	None
Microsoft DNS (Agent)	Experimental	agent	✔	None
Power DNS (MySQL)	Deprecated	xfr	✔	This has been replaced by the pdns4 backend for future releases

Backend Details

Designate to Designate

Grade	Release Compatible
In Tree	✔
Maintainers	Designate Team
Repository	Designate Repository
Notes	None

Bind9 (Agent)

Grade	Untested
In Tree	✔
Maintainers	Designate Team
Repository	Designate Repository
Notes	None

Agent

Grade	Untested
In Tree	✔
Maintainers	Designate Team
Repository	Designate Repository
Notes	None

Microsoft DNS (Agent)

Grade	Experimental
In Tree	✔
Maintainers	Designate Team
Repository	Designate Repository
Notes	None

Gdnsd (Agent)

Grade	Experimental
In Tree	✔
Maintainers	Designate Team
Repository	Designate Repository
Notes	None

Infoblox (XFR)

Grade	Release Compatible
In Tree	✔
Maintainers	Infoblox OpenStack Team <openstack-maintainer@infoblox.com>
Repository	Designate Repository
Notes	None

Djbdns (Agent)

Grade	Experimental
In Tree	✔
Maintainers	Designate Team
Repository	Designate Repository
Notes	None

Knot2 (Agent)

Grade	Untested
In Tree	✔
Maintainers	Designate Team
Repository	Designate Repository
Notes	None

NSD4

Grade	Untested
In Tree	✔
Maintainers	Designate Team
Repository	Designate Repository
Notes	None

Akamai eDNS

Grade	Release Compatible
In Tree	✔
Maintainers	HP DNSaaS Team <dnsaas@hp.com>
Repository	Designate Repository
Notes	None

Denominator

Grade	Untested
In Tree	✔
Maintainers	Designate Team
Repository	Designate Repository
Notes	None

Power DNS 4

Grade	Release Compatible
In Tree	✔
Maintainers	Designate Team
Repository	Designate Repository
Notes	None

Bind9

Grade	Integrated
In Tree	✔
Maintainers	Designate Team
Repository	Designate Repository
Notes	None

DynECT

Grade	Release Compatible
In Tree	✔
Maintainers	HP DNSaaS Team <dnsaas@hp.com>
Repository	Designate Repository
Notes	None

Power DNS (MySQL)

Grade	Deprecated
In Tree	✔
Maintainers	Designate Team
Repository	Designate Repository
Notes	This has been replaced by the pdns4 backend for future releases