How To Create and Manage Domains

Install Client

To install Designate client, see OpenStack Command-Line Interface Reference.

Create and View Domains

To create a new domain, a minimum of two pieces of information are required:

Name	Description
Name	The name of the domain you are creating. The name must end with a period.
Email	An email address of the person responsible for the domain.

Create the domain

$ designate domain-create --name designate-example.com. --email designate@example.org
+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| Field       | Value                                |
+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| description | None                                 |
| created_at  | 2015-02-13T16:23:26.533547           |
| updated_at  | None                                 |
| email       | designate@example.org                |
| ttl         | 3600                                 |
| serial      | 1423844606                           |
| id          | ae59d62b-d655-49a0-ab4b-ea536d845a32 |
| name        | designate-example.com.               |
+-------------+--------------------------------------+

List the Servers Hosting a Domain

Note

This list of servers are the “nameservers” you must provide to your domain registrar in order to delegate the domain to Designate. Without performing this step, the domain and records created will not resolve.

$ designate domain-servers-list ae59d62b-d655-49a0-ab4b-ea536d845a32
+------------------+
| name             |
+------------------+
| ns1.example.org. |
| ns2.example.org. |
| ns3.example.org. |
+------------------+

List and Show Domains

$ designate domain-list
+--------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------+
| id                                   | name                                      |     serial |
+--------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------+
| ae59d62b-d655-49a0-ab4b-ea536d845a32 | designate-example.com.                    | 1423844606 |
+--------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------+

$ designate domain-get ae59d62b-d655-49a0-ab4b-ea536d845a32
+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| Field       | Value                                |
+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| description | None                                 |
| created_at  | 2015-02-13T16:23:26.000000           |
| updated_at  | None                                 |
| email       | designate@example.org                |
| ttl         | 3600                                 |
| serial      | 1423844606                           |
| id          | ae59d62b-d655-49a0-ab4b-ea536d845a32 |
| name        | designate-example.com.               |
+-------------+--------------------------------------+

Create and View Records

To create a new record in the domain, a minimum of four pieces of information are required:

Name	Description
Domain ID	The Domain ID which the record will belong to.
Name	The fully qualified record name to create.
Type	The record type to be created (e.g: A, AAAA, MX etc).
Data	The type specific value to be associated with the record.

Create the Record

$ designate record-create ae59d62b-d655-49a0-ab4b-ea536d845a32 --name www.designate-example.com. --type A --data 192.0.2.1
+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| Field       | Value                                |
+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| description | None                                 |
| type        | A                                    |
| created_at  | 2015-02-13T16:43:10.952601           |
| updated_at  | None                                 |
| domain_id   | ae59d62b-d655-49a0-ab4b-ea536d845a32 |
| priority    | None                                 |
| ttl         | None                                 |
| data        | 192.0.2.1                            |
| id          | 10b31f72-2358-466c-90d2-79aa015fbea4 |
| name        | www.designate-example.com.           |
+-------------+--------------------------------------+

List and Show Records

$ designate record-list ae59d62b-d655-49a0-ab4b-ea536d845a32
+--------------------------------------+------+----------------------------+-----------+
| id                                   | type | name                       | data      |
+--------------------------------------+------+----------------------------+-----------+
| 10b31f72-2358-466c-90d2-79aa015fbea4 | A    | www.designate-example.com. | 192.0.2.1 |
+--------------------------------------+------+----------------------------+-----------+

$ designate record-get ae59d62b-d655-49a0-ab4b-ea536d845a32 10b31f72-2358-466c-90d2-79aa015fbea4
+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| Field       | Value                                |
+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| description | None                                 |
| type        | A                                    |
| created_at  | 2015-02-13T16:43:10.000000           |
| updated_at  | None                                 |
| domain_id   | ae59d62b-d655-49a0-ab4b-ea536d845a32 |
| priority    | None                                 |
| ttl         | None                                 |
| data        | 192.0.2.1                            |
| id          | 10b31f72-2358-466c-90d2-79aa015fbea4 |
| name        | www.designate-example.com.           |
+-------------+--------------------------------------+