OpenStack Integrations¶
This page overviews integrations with other services like Neutron and others to make use of Designate more convenient.
Reverse - FloatingIP¶
The FloatingIP PTR feature of Designate relies on information of the FloatingIP which is in a different service than Designate itself. It can be in any service as long as there is a “plugin” for it that can be loaded via the configuration setting called “network_api”.
Controller, views and schemas in the V2 API
RPC Client towards Central used by the API and Sink
Logic in Central to make it convenient for setting, unsetting, listing and getting FloatingIP PTR records compared to the Records themselves which would be more work. (This is outlined in code docstrings for the specific methods.)
Sink handlers for the various backend to help us be more consistent.
Record invalidation¶
Happens mainly happens via comparing a Tenant’s FloatingIPs towards the list we have of Records which are of a certain plugin type and with the use of a Sink handler that listens for incoming events from the various services.
Configuring Neutron¶
Configuring the FloatingIP feature is really simple:
[network_api:neutron]
endpoints = RegionOne|http://localhost:9696
endpoint_type = publicURL
timeout = 30
insecure = False
ca_certificates_file = /etc/path/to/ca.pem
Note that using admin_user, admin_password and admin_tenant_name is optional, if not present we’ll piggyback on the context.auth_token passed in by the API.
Note
If “endpoints” is not configured and there’s no service catalog is present in the context passed by the API to Central the request will fail in a NoEndpoint exception.
Neutron Designate direct integration¶
Neutron supports creating DNS Recordsets as neutron ports are created, and pushing that information into designate.
The configuration for this is in the Networking Guide
Designate Sink¶
Designate Sink is a component of designate that can listen to the event stream of other openstack services and perform actions based on them.
