DNS Integration with an External Service

This page serves as a guide for how to use the DNS integration functionality of the Networking service with an external DNSaaS (DNS-as-a-Service).

As a prerequisite this needs the internal DNS functionality offered by the Networking service to be enabled, see DNS Integration.

Configuring OpenStack Networking for integration with an external DNS service

The first step to configure the integration with an external DNS service is to enable the functionality described in The Networking service internal DNS resolution. Once this is done, the user has to take the following steps and restart neutron-server.

  1. Edit the [default] section of /etc/neutron/neutron.conf and specify the external DNS service driver to be used in parameter external_dns_driver. The valid options are defined in namespace neutron.services.external_dns_drivers. The following example shows how to set up the driver for the OpenStack DNS service:

    external_dns_driver = designate
    
  2. If the OpenStack DNS service is the target external DNS, the [designate] section of /etc/neutron/neutron.conf must define the following parameters:

    • url: the OpenStack DNS service public endpoint URL. Note that this must always be the versioned endpoint currently.

    • auth_type: the authorization plugin to use. Usually this should be password, see https://docs.openstack.org/keystoneauth/latest/authentication-plugins.html for other options.

    • auth_url: the Identity service authorization endpoint url. This endpoint will be used by the Networking service to authenticate as an user to create and update reverse lookup (PTR) zones.

    • username: the username to be used by the Networking service to create and update reverse lookup (PTR) zones.

    • password: the password of the user to be used by the Networking service to create and update reverse lookup (PTR) zones.

    • project_name: the name of the project to be used by the Networking service to create and update reverse lookup (PTR) zones.

    • project_domain_name: the name of the domain for the project to be used by the Networking service to create and update reverse lookup (PTR) zones.

    • user_domain_name: the name of the domain for the user to be used by the Networking service to create and update reverse lookup (PTR) zones.

    • region_name: the name of the region to be used by the Networking service to create and update reverse lookup (PTR) zones.

    • allow_reverse_dns_lookup: a boolean value specifying whether to enable or not the creation of reverse lookup (PTR) records.

    • ipv4_ptr_zone_prefix_size: the size in bits of the prefix for the IPv4 reverse lookup (PTR) zones.

    • ipv6_ptr_zone_prefix_size: the size in bits of the prefix for the IPv6 reverse lookup (PTR) zones.

    • ptr_zone_email: the email address to use when creating new reverse lookup (PTR) zones. The default is admin@<dns_domain> where <dns_domain> is the domain for the first record being created in that zone.

    • insecure: whether to disable SSL certificate validation. By default, certificates are validated.

    • cafile: Path to a valid Certificate Authority (CA) certificate. Optional, the system CAs are used as default.

    The following is an example:

    [designate]
    url = http://192.0.2.240:9001/v2
    auth_type = password
    auth_url = http://192.0.2.240:5000
    username = neutron
    password = PASSWORD
    project_name = service
    project_domain_name = Default
    user_domain_name = Default
    allow_reverse_dns_lookup = True
    ipv4_ptr_zone_prefix_size = 24
    ipv6_ptr_zone_prefix_size = 116
    ptr_zone_email = admin@example.org
    cafile = /etc/ssl/certs/my_ca_cert
    

Once the neutron-server has been configured and restarted, users will have functionality that covers three use cases, described in the following sections. In each of the use cases described below:

  • The examples assume the OpenStack DNS service as the external DNS.

  • A, AAAA and PTR records will be created in the DNS service.

  • Before executing any of the use cases, the user must create in the DNS service under their project a DNS zone where the A and AAAA records will be created. For the description of the use cases below, it is assumed the zone example.org. was created previously.

  • The PTR records will be created in zones owned by the project specified for project_name above.

Use case 1: Floating IPs are published with associated port DNS attributes

In this use case, the address of a floating IP is published in the external DNS service in conjunction with the dns_name of its associated port and the dns_domain of the port’s network. The steps to execute in this use case are the following:

  1. Assign a valid domain name to the network’s dns_domain attribute. This name must end with a period (.).

  2. Boot an instance or alternatively, create a port specifying a valid value to its dns_name attribute. If the port is going to be used for an instance boot, the value assigned to dns_name must be equal to the hostname that the Compute service will assign to the instance. Otherwise, the boot will fail.

  3. Create a floating IP and associate it to the port.

Following is an example of these steps:

$ openstack network set --dns-domain example.org. 38c5e950-b450-4c30-83d4-ee181c28aad3

$ openstack network show 38c5e950-b450-4c30-83d4-ee181c28aad3
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| Field                     | Value                                |
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| admin_state_up            | UP                                   |
| availability_zone_hints   |                                      |
| availability_zones        | nova                                 |
| created_at                | 2016-05-04T19:27:34Z                 |
| description               |                                      |
| dns_domain                | example.org.                         |
| id                        | 38c5e950-b450-4c30-83d4-ee181c28aad3 |
| ipv4_address_scope        | None                                 |
| ipv6_address_scope        | None                                 |
| is_default                | None                                 |
| is_vlan_transparent       | None                                 |
| mtu                       | 1450                                 |
| name                      | private                              |
| port_security_enabled     | True                                 |
| project_id                | d5660cb1e6934612a01b4fb2fb630725     |
| provider:network_type     | vlan                                 |
| provider:physical_network | None                                 |
| provider:segmentation_id  | 24                                   |
| qos_policy_id             | None                                 |
| revision_number           | 1                                    |
| router:external           | Internal                             |
| segments                  | None                                 |
| shared                    | False                                |
| status                    | ACTIVE                               |
| subnets                   | 43414c53-62ae-49bc-aa6c-c9dd7705818a |
|                           | 5b9282a1-0be1-4ade-b478-7868ad2a16ff |
| tags                      |                                      |
| updated_at                | 2016-05-04T19:27:34Z                 |
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------+

$ openstack server create --image cirros --flavor 42 \
  --nic net-id=38c5e950-b450-4c30-83d4-ee181c28aad3 my_vm
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
| Field                                | Value                                                          |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
| OS-DCF:diskConfig                    | MANUAL                                                         |
| OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone          |                                                                |
| OS-EXT-STS:power_state               | 0                                                              |
| OS-EXT-STS:task_state                | scheduling                                                     |
| OS-EXT-STS:vm_state                  | building                                                       |
| OS-SRV-USG:launched_at               | -                                                              |
| OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at             | -                                                              |
| accessIPv4                           |                                                                |
| accessIPv6                           |                                                                |
| adminPass                            | oTLQLR3Kezmt                                                   |
| config_drive                         |                                                                |
| created                              | 2016-02-15T19:27:34Z                                           |
| flavor                               | m1.nano (42)                                                   |
| hostId                               |                                                                |
| id                                   | 43f328bb-b2d1-4cf1-a36f-3b2593397cb1                           |
| image                                | cirros-0.3.5-x86_64-uec (b9d981eb-d21c-4ce2-9dbc-dd38f3d9015f) |
| key_name                             | -                                                              |
| locked                               | False                                                          |
| metadata                             | {}                                                             |
| name                                 | my_vm                                                          |
| os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached | []                                                             |
| progress                             | 0                                                              |
| security_groups                      | default                                                        |
| status                               | BUILD                                                          |
| tenant_id                            | d5660cb1e6934612a01b4fb2fb630725                               |
| updated                              | 2016-02-15T19:27:34Z                                           |
| user_id                              | 8bb6e578cba24e7db9d3810633124525                               |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+

$ openstack server list
+--------------------------------------+-------+--------+----------------------------------------------------------+--------+---------+
| ID                                   | Name  | Status | Networks                                                 | Image  | Flavor  |
+--------------------------------------+-------+--------+----------------------------------------------------------+--------+---------+
| 43f328bb-b2d1-4cf1-a36f-3b2593397cb1 | my_vm | ACTIVE | private=fda4:653e:71b0:0:f816:3eff:fe16:b5f2, 192.0.2.15 | cirros | m1.nano |
+--------------------------------------+-------+--------+----------------------------------------------------------+--------+---------+

$ openstack port list --device-id 43f328bb-b2d1-4cf1-a36f-3b2593397cb1
+--------------------------------------+------+-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
| ID                                   | Name | MAC Address       | Fixed IP Addresses                                                                                          | Status |
+--------------------------------------+------+-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
| da0b1f75-c895-460f-9fc1-4d6ec84cf85f |      | fa:16:3e:16:b5:f2 | ip_address='192.0.2.15', subnet_id='5b9282a1-0be1-4ade-b478-7868ad2a16ff'                                   | ACTIVE |
|                                      |      |                   | ip_address='fda4:653e:71b0:0:f816:3eff:fe16:b5f2', subnet_id='43414c53-62ae-49bc-aa6c-c9dd7705818a'         |        |
+--------------------------------------+------+-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+

$ openstack port show da0b1f75-c895-460f-9fc1-4d6ec84cf85f
+-----------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Field                 | Value                                                                                                      |
+-----------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| admin_state_up        | UP                                                                                                         |
| allowed_address_pairs |                                                                                                            |
| binding_host_id       | vultr.guest                                                                                                |
| binding_profile       |                                                                                                            |
| binding_vif_details   | datapath_type='system', ovs_hybrid_plug='True', port_filter='True'                                         |
| binding_vif_type      | ovs                                                                                                        |
| binding_vnic_type     | normal                                                                                                     |
| created_at            | 2016-02-15T19:27:34Z                                                                                       |
| data_plane_status     | None                                                                                                       |
| description           |                                                                                                            |
| device_id             | 43f328bb-b2d1-4cf1-a36f-3b2593397cb1                                                                       |
| device_owner          | compute:None                                                                                               |
| dns_assignment        | fqdn='my-vm.example.org.', hostname='my-vm', ip_address='192.0.2.15'                                       |
|                       | fqdn='my-vm.example.org.', hostname='my-vm', ip_address='fda4:653e:71b0:0:f816:3eff:fe16:b5f2'             |
| dns_domain            | example.org.                                                                                               |
| dns_name              | my-vm                                                                                                      |
| extra_dhcp_opts       |                                                                                                            |
| fixed_ips             | ip_address='192.0.2.15', subnet_id='5b9282a1-0be1-4ade-b478-7868ad2a16ff'                                  |
|                       | ip_address='fda4:653e:71b0:0:f816:3eff:fe16:b5f2', subnet_id='43414c53-62ae-49bc-aa6c-c9dd7705818a'        |
| id                    | da0b1f75-c895-460f-9fc1-4d6ec84cf85f                                                                       |
| mac_address           | fa:16:3e:16:b5:f2                                                                                          |
| name                  |                                                                                                            |
| network_id            | 38c5e950-b450-4c30-83d4-ee181c28aad3                                                                       |
| port_security_enabled | True                                                                                                       |
| project_id            | d5660cb1e6934612a01b4fb2fb630725                                                                           |
| qos_policy_id         | None                                                                                                       |
| revision_number       | 1                                                                                                          |
| security_group_ids    | 1f0ddd73-7e3c-48bd-a64c-7ded4fe0e635                                                                       |
| status                | ACTIVE                                                                                                     |
| tags                  |                                                                                                            |
| trunk_details         | None                                                                                                       |
| updated_at            | 2016-02-15T19:27:34Z                                                                                       |
+-----------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

$ openstack recordset list example.org.
+--------------------------------------+--------------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| id                                   | name               | type | records                                                               | status | action |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| a5fe696d-203f-4018-b0d8-590221adb513 | example.org.       | NS   | ns1.devstack.org.                                                     | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| e7c05a5d-83a0-4fe5-8bd5-ab058a3326aa | example.org.       | SOA  | ns1.devstack.org. malavall.us.ibm.com. 1513767794 3532 600 86400 3600 | ACTIVE | NONE   |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+

$ openstack floating ip create 41fa3995-9e4a-4cd9-bb51-3e5424f2ff2a \
  --port da0b1f75-c895-460f-9fc1-4d6ec84cf85f
+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
| Field               | Value                                |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
| created_at          | 2016-02-15T20:27:34Z                 |
| description         |                                      |
| dns_domain          |                                      |
| dns_name            |                                      |
| fixed_ip_address    | 192.0.2.15                           |
| floating_ip_address | 198.51.100.4                         |
| floating_network_id | 41fa3995-9e4a-4cd9-bb51-3e5424f2ff2a |
| id                  | e78f6eb1-a35f-4a90-941d-87c888d5fcc7 |
| name                | 198.51.100.4                         |
| port_id             | da0b1f75-c895-460f-9fc1-4d6ec84cf85f |
| project_id          | d5660cb1e6934612a01b4fb2fb630725     |
| qos_policy_id       | None                                 |
| revision_number     | 1                                    |
| router_id           | 970ebe83-c4a3-4642-810e-43ab7b0c2b5f |
| status              | DOWN                                 |
| subnet_id           | None                                 |
| tags                | []                                   |
| updated_at          | 2016-02-15T20:27:34Z                 |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------+

$ openstack recordset list example.org.
+--------------------------------------+--------------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| id                                   | name               | type | records                                                               | status | action |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| a5fe696d-203f-4018-b0d8-590221adb513 | example.org.       | NS   | ns1.devstack.org.                                                     | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| e7c05a5d-83a0-4fe5-8bd5-ab058a3326aa | example.org.       | SOA  | ns1.devstack.org. malavall.us.ibm.com. 1513768814 3532 600 86400 3600 | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| 5ff53fd0-3746-48da-b9c9-77ed3004ec67 | my-vm.example.org. | A    | 198.51.100.4                                                          | ACTIVE | NONE   |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+

In this example, notice that the data is published in the DNS service when the floating IP is associated to the port.

Following are the PTR records created for this example. Note that for IPv4, the value of ipv4_ptr_zone_prefix_size is 24. Also, since the zone for the PTR records is created in the service project, you need to use admin credentials in order to be able to view it.

$ openstack recordset list --all-projects 100.51.198.in-addr.arpa.
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------+----------------------------+------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| id                                   | project_id                       | name                       | type | data                                                                | status | action |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| 2dd0b894-25fa-4563-9d32-9f13bd67f329 | 07224d17d76d42499a38f00ba4339710 | 100.51.198.in-addr.arpa.   | NS   | ns1.devstack.org.                                                   | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| 47b920f1-5eff-4dfa-9616-7cb5b7cb7ca6 | 07224d17d76d42499a38f00ba4339710 | 100.51.198.in-addr.arpa.   | SOA  | ns1.devstack.org. admin.example.org. 1455564862 3600 600 86400 3600 | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| fb1edf42-abba-410c-8397-831f45fd0cd7 | 07224d17d76d42499a38f00ba4339710 | 4.100.51.198.in-addr.arpa. | PTR  | my-vm.example.org.                                                  | ACTIVE | NONE   |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------+----------------------------+------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+

Use case 2: Floating IPs are published in the external DNS service

In this use case, the user assigns dns_name and dns_domain attributes to a floating IP when it is created. The floating IP data becomes visible in the external DNS service as soon as it is created. The floating IP can be associated with a port on creation or later on. The following example shows a user booting an instance and then creating a floating IP associated to the port allocated for the instance:

$ openstack network show 38c5e950-b450-4c30-83d4-ee181c28aad3
+---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Field                     | Value                                                                      |
+---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| admin_state_up            | UP                                                                         |
| availability_zone_hints   |                                                                            |
| availability_zones        | nova                                                                       |
| created_at                | 2016-05-04T19:27:34Z                                                       |
| description               |                                                                            |
| dns_domain                | example.org.                                                               |
| id                        | 38c5e950-b450-4c30-83d4-ee181c28aad3                                       |
| ipv4_address_scope        | None                                                                       |
| ipv6_address_scope        | None                                                                       |
| is_default                | None                                                                       |
| is_vlan_transparent       | None                                                                       |
| mtu                       | 1450                                                                       |
| name                      | private                                                                    |
| port_security_enabled     | True                                                                       |
| project_id                | d5660cb1e6934612a01b4fb2fb630725                                           |
| provider:network_type     | vlan                                                                       |
| provider:physical_network | None                                                                       |
| provider:segmentation_id  | 24                                                                         |
| qos_policy_id             | None                                                                       |
| revision_number           | 1                                                                          |
| router:external           | Internal                                                                   |
| segments                  | None                                                                       |
| shared                    | False                                                                      |
| status                    | ACTIVE                                                                     |
| subnets                   | 43414c53-62ae-49bc-aa6c-c9dd7705818a, 5b9282a1-0be1-4ade-b478-7868ad2a16ff |
| tags                      |                                                                            |
| updated_at                | 2016-05-04T19:27:34Z                                                       |
+---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

$ openstack server create --image cirros --flavor 42 \
  --nic net-id=38c5e950-b450-4c30-83d4-ee181c28aad3 my_vm
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
| Field                                | Value                                                          |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
| OS-DCF:diskConfig                    | MANUAL                                                         |
| OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone          |                                                                |
| OS-EXT-STS:power_state               | 0                                                              |
| OS-EXT-STS:task_state                | scheduling                                                     |
| OS-EXT-STS:vm_state                  | building                                                       |
| OS-SRV-USG:launched_at               | -                                                              |
| OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at             | -                                                              |
| accessIPv4                           |                                                                |
| accessIPv6                           |                                                                |
| adminPass                            | HLXGznYqXM4J                                                   |
| config_drive                         |                                                                |
| created                              | 2016-02-15T19:42:44Z                                           |
| flavor                               | m1.nano (42)                                                   |
| hostId                               |                                                                |
| id                                   | 71fb4ac8-eed8-4644-8113-0641962bb125                           |
| image                                | cirros-0.3.5-x86_64-uec (b9d981eb-d21c-4ce2-9dbc-dd38f3d9015f) |
| key_name                             | -                                                              |
| locked                               | False                                                          |
| metadata                             | {}                                                             |
| name                                 | my_vm                                                          |
| os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached | []                                                             |
| progress                             | 0                                                              |
| security_groups                      | default                                                        |
| status                               | BUILD                                                          |
| tenant_id                            | d5660cb1e6934612a01b4fb2fb630725                               |
| updated                              | 2016-02-15T19:42:44Z                                           |
| user_id                              | 8bb6e578cba24e7db9d3810633124525                               |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+

$ openstack server list
+--------------------------------------+-------+--------+----------------------------------------------------------+--------+---------+
| ID                                   | Name  | Status | Networks                                                 | Image  | Flavor  |
+--------------------------------------+-------+--------+----------------------------------------------------------+--------+---------+
| 71fb4ac8-eed8-4644-8113-0641962bb125 | my_vm | ACTIVE | private=fda4:653e:71b0:0:f816:3eff:fe24:8614, 192.0.2.16 | cirros | m1.nano |
+--------------------------------------+-------+--------+----------------------------------------------------------+--------+---------+

$ openstack port list --device-id 71fb4ac8-eed8-4644-8113-0641962bb125
+--------------------------------------+------+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
| ID                                   | Name | MAC Address       | Fixed IP Addresses                                                                                  | Status |
+--------------------------------------+------+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
| 1e7033fb-8e9d-458b-89ed-8312cafcfdcb |      | fa:16:3e:24:86:14 | ip_address='192.0.2.16', subnet_id='5b9282a1-0be1-4ade-b478-7868ad2a16ff'                           | ACTIVE |
|                                      |      |                   | ip_address='fda4:653e:71b0:0:f816:3eff:fe24:8614', subnet_id='43414c53-62ae-49bc-aa6c-c9dd7705818a' |        |
+--------------------------------------+------+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+

$ openstack port show 1e7033fb-8e9d-458b-89ed-8312cafcfdcb
+-----------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Field                 | Value                                                                                                      |
+-----------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| admin_state_up        | UP                                                                                                         |
| allowed_address_pairs |                                                                                                            |
| binding_host_id       | vultr.guest                                                                                                |
| binding_profile       |                                                                                                            |
| binding_vif_details   | datapath_type='system', ovs_hybrid_plug='True', port_filter='True'                                         |
| binding_vif_type      | ovs                                                                                                        |
| binding_vnic_type     | normal                                                                                                     |
| created_at            | 2016-02-15T19:42:44Z                                                                                       |
| data_plane_status     | None                                                                                                       |
| description           |                                                                                                            |
| device_id             | 71fb4ac8-eed8-4644-8113-0641962bb125                                                                       |
| device_owner          | compute:None                                                                                               |
| dns_assignment        | fqdn='my-vm.example.org.', hostname='my-vm', ip_address='192.0.2.16'                                       |
|                       | fqdn='my-vm.example.org.', hostname='my-vm', ip_address='fda4:653e:71b0:0:f816:3eff:fe24:8614'             |
| dns_domain            | example.org.                                                                                               |
| dns_name              | my-vm                                                                                                      |
| extra_dhcp_opts       |                                                                                                            |
| fixed_ips             | ip_address='192.0.2.16', subnet_id='5b9282a1-0be1-4ade-b478-7868ad2a16ff'                                  |
|                       | ip_address='fda4:653e:71b0:0:f816:3eff:fe24:8614', subnet_id='43414c53-62ae-49bc-aa6c-c9dd7705818a'        |
| id                    | 1e7033fb-8e9d-458b-89ed-8312cafcfdcb                                                                       |
| mac_address           | fa:16:3e:24:86:14                                                                                          |
| name                  |                                                                                                            |
| network_id            | 38c5e950-b450-4c30-83d4-ee181c28aad3                                                                       |
| port_security_enabled | True                                                                                                       |
| project_id            | d5660cb1e6934612a01b4fb2fb630725                                                                           |
| qos_policy_id         | None                                                                                                       |
| revision_number       | 1                                                                                                          |
| security_group_ids    | 1f0ddd73-7e3c-48bd-a64c-7ded4fe0e635                                                                       |
| status                | ACTIVE                                                                                                     |
| tags                  |                                                                                                            |
| trunk_details         | None                                                                                                       |
| updated_at            | 2016-02-15T19:42:44Z                                                                                       |
+-----------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

$ openstack recordset list example.org.
+--------------------------------------+--------------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| id                                   | name               | type | records                                                               | status | action |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| 56ca0b88-e343-4c98-8faa-19746e169baf | example.org.       | NS   | ns1.devstack.org.                                                     | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| 10a36008-6ecf-47c3-b321-05652a929b04 | example.org.       | SOA  | ns1.devstack.org. malavall.us.ibm.com. 1455565110 3532 600 86400 3600 | ACTIVE | NONE   |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+

$ openstack floating ip create --dns-domain example.org. --dns-name my-floatingip 41fa3995-9e4a-4cd9-bb51-3e5424f2ff2a
+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
| Field               | Value                                |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
| created_at          | 2019-06-12T15:54:45Z                 |
| description         |                                      |
| dns_domain          | example.org.                         |
| dns_name            | my-floatingip                        |
| fixed_ip_address    | None                                 |
| floating_ip_address | 198.51.100.5                         |
| floating_network_id | 41fa3995-9e4a-4cd9-bb51-3e5424f2ff2a |
| id                  | 3ae82f53-3349-4aac-810e-ed2a8f6374b8 |
| name                | 198.51.100.53                        |
| port_details        | None                                 |
| port_id             | None                                 |
| project_id          | d5660cb1e6934612a01b4fb2fb630725     |
| qos_policy_id       | None                                 |
| revision_number     | 0                                    |
| router_id           | None                                 |
| status              | DOWN                                 |
| subnet_id           | None                                 |
| tags                | []                                   |
| updated_at          | 2019-06-12T15:54:45Z                 |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------+

$ openstack recordset list example.org.
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| id                                   | name                       | type | records                                                               | status | action |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| 56ca0b88-e343-4c98-8faa-19746e169baf | example.org.               | NS   | ns1.devstack.org.                                                     | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| 10a36008-6ecf-47c3-b321-05652a929b04 | example.org.               | SOA  | ns1.devstack.org. malavall.us.ibm.com. 1455565110 3532 600 86400 3600 | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| 8884c56f-3ef5-446e-ae4d-8053cc8bc2b4 | my-floatingip.example.org. | A    | 198.51.100.53                                                         | ACTIVE | NONE   |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+

Note that in this use case:

  • The dns_name and dns_domain attributes of a floating IP must be specified together on creation. They cannot be assigned to the floating IP separately and they cannot be changed after the floating IP has been created.

  • The dns_name and dns_domain of a floating IP have precedence, for purposes of being published in the external DNS service, over the dns_name of its associated port and the dns_domain of the port’s network, whether they are specified or not. Only the dns_name and the dns_domain of the floating IP are published in the external DNS service.

Following are the PTR records created for this example. Note that for IPv4, the value of ipv4_ptr_zone_prefix_size is 24. Also, since the zone for the PTR records is created in the project specified in the [designate] section in the config above, usually the service project, you need to use admin credentials in order to be able to view it.

$ openstack recordset list --all-projects 100.51.198.in-addr.arpa.
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------+----------------------------+------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| id                                   | project_id                       | name                       | type | data                                                                | status | action |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| 2dd0b894-25fa-4563-9d32-9f13bd67f329 | 07224d17d76d42499a38f00ba4339710 | 100.51.198.in-addr.arpa.   | NS   | ns1.devstack.org.                                                   | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| 47b920f1-5eff-4dfa-9616-7cb5b7cb7ca6 | 07224d17d76d42499a38f00ba4339710 | 100.51.198.in-addr.arpa.   | SOA  | ns1.devstack.org. admin.example.org. 1455564862 3600 600 86400 3600 | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| 589a0171-e77a-4ab6-ba6e-23114f2b9366 | 07224d17d76d42499a38f00ba4339710 | 5.100.51.198.in-addr.arpa. | PTR  | my-floatingip.example.org.                                          | ACTIVE | NONE   |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------+----------------------------+------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+

Use case 3: Ports are published directly in the external DNS service

In this case, the user is creating ports or booting instances on a network that is accessible externally. There are multiple possible scenarios here depending on which of the DNS extensions is enabled in the Neutron configuration. These extensions are described in the following in descending order of priority.

Use case 3a: The subnet_dns_publish_fixed_ip extension

When the subnet_dns_publish_fixed_ip extension is enabled, it is possible to make a selection per subnet whether DNS records should be published for fixed IPs that are assigned to ports from that subnet. This happens via the dns_publish_fixed_ips attribute that this extension adds to the definition of the subnet resource. It is a boolean flag with a default value of False but it can be set to True when creating or updating subnets. When the flag is True, all fixed IPs from this subnet are published in the external DNS service, while at the same time IPs from other subnets having the flag set to False are not published, even if they otherwise would meet the criteria from the other use cases below.

A typical scenario for this use case is a dual stack deployment, where a tenant network would be configured with both an IPv4 and an IPv6 subnet. The IPv4 subnet will usually be using some RFC1918 address space and being NATted towards the outside on the attached router, therefore the fixed IPs from this subnet will not be globally routed and they also should not be published in the DNS service. (One can still bind floating IPs to these fixed IPs and DNS records for those floating IPs can still be published as described above in use cases 1 and 2).

But for the IPv6 subnet, no NAT will happen, instead the subnet will be configured with some globally routable prefix and thus the user will want to publish DNS records for fixed IPs from this subnet. This can be achieved by setting the dns_publish_fixed_ips attribute for the IPv6 subnet to True while leaving the flag set to False for the IPv4 subnet. Example:

$ openstack network create dualstack
... output omitted ...
$ openstack subnet create --network dualstack dualstackv4 --subnet-range 192.0.2.0/24
... output omitted ...
$ openstack subnet create --network dualstack dualstackv6 --protocol ipv6 --subnet-range 2001:db8:42:42::/64 --dns-publish-fixed-ip
... output omitted ...
$ openstack zone create example.org. --email mail@example.org
... output omitted ...
$ openstack recordset list example.org.
+--------------------------------------+--------------+------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| id                                   | name         | type | records                                                            | status | action |
+--------------------------------------+--------------+------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| 404e9846-1482-433b-8bbc-67677e587d28 | example.org. | NS   | ns1.devstack.org.                                                  | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| de73576a-f9c7-4892-934c-259b77ff02c0 | example.org. | SOA  | ns1.devstack.org. mail.example.org. 1575897792 3559 600 86400 3600 | ACTIVE | NONE   |
+--------------------------------------+--------------+------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
$ openstack port create port1 --dns-domain example.org. --dns-name port1 --network dualstack
+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Field                   | Value                                                                                                                                                                   |
+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| admin_state_up          | UP                                                                                                                                                                      |
| allowed_address_pairs   |                                                                                                                                                                         |
| binding_host_id         | None                                                                                                                                                                    |
| binding_profile         | None                                                                                                                                                                    |
| binding_vif_details     | None                                                                                                                                                                    |
| binding_vif_type        | None                                                                                                                                                                    |
| binding_vnic_type       | normal                                                                                                                                                                  |
| created_at              | 2019-12-09T13:23:52Z                                                                                                                                                    |
| data_plane_status       | None                                                                                                                                                                    |
| description             |                                                                                                                                                                         |
| device_id               |                                                                                                                                                                         |
| device_owner            |                                                                                                                                                                         |
| dns_assignment          | fqdn='port1.openstackgate.local.', hostname='port1', ip_address='192.0.2.100'                                                                                           |
|                         | fqdn='port1.openstackgate.local.', hostname='port1', ip_address='2001:db8:42:42::2a2'                                                                                   |
| dns_domain              | example.org.                                                                                                                                                            |
| dns_name                | port1                                                                                                                                                                   |
| extra_dhcp_opts         |                                                                                                                                                                         |
| fixed_ips               | ip_address='192.0.2.100', subnet_id='47cc9a39-c88b-4082-a52c-1237c2a1d479'                                                                                              |
|                         | ip_address='2001:db8:42:42::2a2', subnet_id='f9c04195-1000-4575-a203-3c174772617f'                                                                                      |
| id                      | f8bc991b-1f84-435a-a5f8-814bd8b9ae9f                                                                                                                                    |
| location                | cloud='devstack', project.domain_id='default', project.domain_name=, project.id='86de4dab952d48f79e625b106f7a75f7', project.name='demo', region_name='RegionOne', zone= |
| mac_address             | fa:16:3e:13:7a:56                                                                                                                                                       |
| name                    | port1                                                                                                                                                                   |
| network_id              | fa8118ed-b7c2-41b8-89bc-97e46f0491ac                                                                                                                                    |
| port_security_enabled   | True                                                                                                                                                                    |
| project_id              | 86de4dab952d48f79e625b106f7a75f7                                                                                                                                        |
| propagate_uplink_status | None                                                                                                                                                                    |
| qos_policy_id           | None                                                                                                                                                                    |
| resource_request        | None                                                                                                                                                                    |
| revision_number         | 1                                                                                                                                                                       |
| security_group_ids      | f0b02df0-a0b9-4ce8-b067-8b61a8679e9d                                                                                                                                    |
| status                  | DOWN                                                                                                                                                                    |
| tags                    |                                                                                                                                                                         |
| trunk_details           | None                                                                                                                                                                    |
| updated_at              | 2019-12-09T13:23:53Z                                                                                                                                                    |
+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
$ openstack recordset list example.org.
+--------------------------------------+--------------------+------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| id                                   | name               | type | records                                                            | status | action |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------+------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| 404e9846-1482-433b-8bbc-67677e587d28 | example.org.       | NS   | ns1.devstack.org.                                                  | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| de73576a-f9c7-4892-934c-259b77ff02c0 | example.org.       | SOA  | ns1.devstack.org. mail.example.org. 1575897833 3559 600 86400 3600 | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| 85ce74a5-7dd6-42d3-932c-c9a029dea05e | port1.example.org. | AAAA | 2001:db8:42:42::2a2                                                | ACTIVE | NONE   |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------+------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+

Use case 3b: The dns_domain_ports extension

If the dns_domain for ports extension has been configured, the user can create a port specifying a non-blank value in its dns_domain attribute. If the port is created in an externally accessible network, DNS records will be published for this port:

$ openstack port create --network 37aaff3a-6047-45ac-bf4f-a825e56fd2b3 --dns-name my-vm --dns-domain port-domain.org. test
+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Field                   | Value                                                                         |
+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| admin_state_up          | UP                                                                            |
| allowed_address_pairs   |                                                                               |
| binding_host_id         | None                                                                          |
| binding_profile         | None                                                                          |
| binding_vif_details     | None                                                                          |
| binding_vif_type        | None                                                                          |
| binding_vnic_type       | normal                                                                        |
| created_at              | 2019-06-12T15:43:29Z                                                          |
| data_plane_status       | None                                                                          |
| description             |                                                                               |
| device_id               |                                                                               |
| device_owner            |                                                                               |
| dns_assignment          | fqdn='my-vm.example.org.', hostname='my-vm', ip_address='203.0.113.9'         |
|                         | fqdn='my-vm.example.org.', hostname='my-vm', ip_address='2001:db8:10::9'      |
| dns_domain              | port-domain.org.                                                              |
| dns_name                | my-vm                                                                         |
| extra_dhcp_opts         |                                                                               |
| fixed_ips               | ip_address='203.0.113.9', subnet_id='277eca5d-9869-474b-960e-6da5951d09f7'    |
|                         | ip_address='2001:db8:10::9', subnet_id='eab47748-3f0a-4775-a09f-b0c24bb64bc4' |
| id                      | 57541c27-f8a9-41f1-8dde-eb10155496e6                                          |
| mac_address             | fa:16:3e:55:d6:c7                                                             |
| name                    | test                                                                          |
| network_id              | 37aaff3a-6047-45ac-bf4f-a825e56fd2b3                                          |
| port_security_enabled   | True                                                                          |
| project_id              | 07b21ad4-edb6-420b-bd76-9bb4aab0d135                                          |
| propagate_uplink_status | None                                                                          |
| qos_policy_id           | None                                                                          |
| resource_request        | None                                                                          |
| revision_number         | 1                                                                             |
| security_group_ids      | 82227b10-d135-4bca-b41f-63c1f2286b3e                                          |
| status                  | DOWN                                                                          |
| tags                    |                                                                               |
| trunk_details           | None                                                                          |
| updated_at              | 2019-06-12T15:43:29Z                                                          |
+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

In this case, the port’s dns_name (my-vm) will be published in the port-domain.org. zone, as shown here:

$ openstack recordset list port-domain.org.
+--------------------------------------+-------------------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| id                                   | name                    | type | records                                                               | status | action |
+--------------------------------------+-------------------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| 03e5a35b-d984-4d10-942a-2de8ccb9b941 | port-domain.org.        | SOA  | ns1.devstack.org. malavall.us.ibm.com. 1503272259 3549 600 86400 3600 | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| d2dd1dfe-531d-4fea-8c0e-f5b559942ac5 | port-domain.org.        | NS   | ns1.devstack.org.                                                     | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| 67a8e83d-7e3c-4fb1-9261-0481318bb7b5 | my-vm.port-domain.org.  | A    | 203.0.113.9                                                           | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| 5a4f671c-9969-47aa-82e1-e05754021852 | my-vm.port-domain.org.  | AAAA | 2001:db8:10::9                                                        | ACTIVE | NONE   |
+--------------------------------------+-------------------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+

Note

If both the port and its network have a valid non-blank string assigned to their dns_domain attributes, the port’s dns_domain takes precedence over the network’s.

Note

The name assigned to the port’s dns_domain attribute must end with a period (.).

Note

In the above example, the port-domain.org. zone must be created before Neutron can publish any port data to it.

Note

See Configuration of the externally accessible network for use cases 3b and 3c for detailed instructions on how to create the externally accessible network.

Use case 3c: The dns extension

If the user wants to publish a port in the external DNS service in a zone specified by the dns_domain attribute of the network, these are the steps to be taken:

  1. Assign a valid domain name to the network’s dns_domain attribute. This name must end with a period (.).

  2. Boot an instance specifying the externally accessible network. Alternatively, create a port on the externally accessible network specifying a valid value to its dns_name attribute. If the port is going to be used for an instance boot, the value assigned to dns_name must be equal to the hostname that the Compute service will assign to the instance. Otherwise, the boot will fail.

Once these steps are executed, the port’s DNS data will be published in the external DNS service. This is an example:

$ openstack network list
+--------------------------------------+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ID                                   | Name     | Subnets                                                                     |
+--------------------------------------+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 41fa3995-9e4a-4cd9-bb51-3e5424f2ff2a | public   | a67cfdf7-9d5d-406f-8a19-3f38e4fc3e74, cbd8c6dc-ca81-457e-9c5d-f8ece7ef67f8  |
| 37aaff3a-6047-45ac-bf4f-a825e56fd2b3 | external | 277eca5d-9869-474b-960e-6da5951d09f7, eab47748-3f0a-4775-a09f-b0c24bb64bc4  |
| bf2802a0-99a0-4e8c-91e4-107d03f158ea | my-net   | 6141b474-56cd-430f-b731-71660bb79b79                                        |
| 38c5e950-b450-4c30-83d4-ee181c28aad3 | private  | 43414c53-62ae-49bc-aa6c-c9dd7705818a, 5b9282a1-0be1-4ade-b478-7868ad2a16ff  |
+--------------------------------------+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

$ openstack network set --dns-domain example.org. 37aaff3a-6047-45ac-bf4f-a825e56fd2b3

$ openstack network show 37aaff3a-6047-45ac-bf4f-a825e56fd2b3
+---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Field                     | Value                                                                      |
+---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| admin_state_up            | UP                                                                         |
| availability_zone_hints   |                                                                            |
| availability_zones        | nova                                                                       |
| created_at                | 2016-02-14T19:42:44Z                                                       |
| description               |                                                                            |
| dns_domain                | example.org.                                                               |
| id                        | 37aaff3a-6047-45ac-bf4f-a825e56fd2b3                                       |
| ipv4_address_scope        | None                                                                       |
| ipv6_address_scope        | None                                                                       |
| is_default                | None                                                                       |
| is_vlan_transparent       | None                                                                       |
| mtu                       | 1450                                                                       |
| name                      | external                                                                   |
| port_security_enabled     | True                                                                       |
| project_id                | 04fc2f83966245dba907efb783f8eab9                                           |
| provider:network_type     | vlan                                                                       |
| provider:physical_network | None                                                                       |
| provider:segmentation_id  | 2016                                                                       |
| qos_policy_id             | None                                                                       |
| revision_number           | 4                                                                          |
| router:external           | Internal                                                                   |
| segments                  | None                                                                       |
| shared                    | True                                                                       |
| status                    | ACTIVE                                                                     |
| subnets                   | eab47748-3f0a-4775-a09f-b0c24bb64bc4, 277eca5d-9869-474b-960e-6da5951d09f7 |
| tags                      |                                                                            |
| updated_at                | 2016-02-15T13:42:44Z                                                       |
+---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

$ openstack recordset list example.org.
+--------------------------------------+--------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| id                                   | name         | type | records                                                               | status | action |
+--------------------------------------+--------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| a5fe696d-203f-4018-b0d8-590221adb513 | example.org. | NS   | ns1.devstack.org.                                                     | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| e7c05a5d-83a0-4fe5-8bd5-ab058a3326aa | example.org. | SOA  | ns1.devstack.org. malavall.us.ibm.com. 1513767619 3532 600 86400 3600 | ACTIVE | NONE   |
+--------------------------------------+--------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+

$ openstack port create --network 37aaff3a-6047-45ac-bf4f-a825e56fd2b3 --dns-name my-vm test
+-----------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Field                 | Value                                                                         |
+-----------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| admin_state_up        | UP                                                                            |
| allowed_address_pairs |                                                                               |
| binding_host_id       |                                                                               |
| binding_profile       |                                                                               |
| binding_vif_details   |                                                                               |
| binding_vif_type      | unbound                                                                       |
| binding_vnic_type     | normal                                                                        |
| created_at            | 2016-02-15T16:42:44Z                                                          |
| data_plane_status     | None                                                                          |
| description           |                                                                               |
| device_id             |                                                                               |
| device_owner          |                                                                               |
| dns_assignment        | fqdn='my-vm.example.org.', hostname='my-vm', ip_address='203.0.113.9'         |
|                       | fqdn='my-vm.example.org.', hostname='my-vm', ip_address='2001:db8:10::9'      |
| dns_domain            | None                                                                          |
| dns_name              | my-vm                                                                         |
| extra_dhcp_opts       |                                                                               |
| fixed_ips             | ip_address='203.0.113.9', subnet_id='277eca5d-9869-474b-960e-6da5951d09f7'    |
|                       | ip_address='2001:db8:10::9', subnet_id=‘eab47748-3f0a-4775-a09f-b0c24bb64bc4’ |
| id                    | 04be331b-dc5e-410a-9103-9c8983aeb186                                          |
| mac_address           | fa:16:3e:0f:4b:e4                                                             |
| name                  | test                                                                          |
| network_id            | 37aaff3a-6047-45ac-bf4f-a825e56fd2b3                                          |
| port_security_enabled | True                                                                          |
| project_id            | d5660cb1e6934612a01b4fb2fb630725                                              |
| qos_policy_id         | None                                                                          |
| revision_number       | 1                                                                             |
| security_group_ids    | 1f0ddd73-7e3c-48bd-a64c-7ded4fe0e635                                          |
| status                | DOWN                                                                          |
| tags                  |                                                                               |
| trunk_details         | None                                                                          |
| updated_at            | 2016-02-15T16:42:44Z                                                          |
+-----------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

$ openstack recordset list example.org.
+--------------------------------------+--------------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| id                                   | name               | type | records                                                               | status | action |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| a5fe696d-203f-4018-b0d8-590221adb513 | example.org.       | NS   | ns1.devstack.org.                                                     | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| e7c05a5d-83a0-4fe5-8bd5-ab058a3326aa | example.org.       | SOA  | ns1.devstack.org. malavall.us.ibm.com. 1513767794 3532 600 86400 3600 | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| fa753ab8-bffa-400d-9ef8-d4a3b1a7ffbf | my-vm.example.org. | A    | 203.0.113.9                                                           | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| 04abf9f8-c7a3-43f6-9a55-95cee9b144a9 | my-vm.example.org. | AAAA | 2001:db8:10::9                                                        | ACTIVE | NONE   |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+

$ openstack server create --image cirros --flavor 42 \
  --nic port-id=04be331b-dc5e-410a-9103-9c8983aeb186 my_vm
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
| Field                                | Value                                                          |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
| OS-DCF:diskConfig                    | MANUAL                                                         |
| OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone          |                                                                |
| OS-EXT-STS:power_state               | 0                                                              |
| OS-EXT-STS:task_state                | scheduling                                                     |
| OS-EXT-STS:vm_state                  | building                                                       |
| OS-SRV-USG:launched_at               | -                                                              |
| OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at             | -                                                              |
| accessIPv4                           |                                                                |
| accessIPv6                           |                                                                |
| adminPass                            | TDc9EpBT3B9W                                                   |
| config_drive                         |                                                                |
| created                              | 2016-02-15T19:10:43Z                                           |
| flavor                               | m1.nano (42)                                                   |
| hostId                               |                                                                |
| id                                   | 62c19691-d1c7-4d7b-a88e-9cc4d95d4f41                           |
| image                                | cirros-0.3.5-x86_64-uec (b9d981eb-d21c-4ce2-9dbc-dd38f3d9015f) |
| key_name                             | -                                                              |
| locked                               | False                                                          |
| metadata                             | {}                                                             |
| name                                 | my_vm                                                          |
| os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached | []                                                             |
| progress                             | 0                                                              |
| security_groups                      | default                                                        |
| status                               | BUILD                                                          |
| tenant_id                            | d5660cb1e6934612a01b4fb2fb630725                               |
| updated                              | 2016-02-15T19:10:43Z                                           |
| user_id                              | 8bb6e578cba24e7db9d3810633124525                               |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+

$ openstack server list
+--------------------------------------+-------+--------+--------------------------------------+--------+---------+
| ID                                   | Name  | Status | Networks                             | Image  | Flavor  |
+--------------------------------------+-------+--------+--------------------------------------+--------+---------+
| 62c19691-d1c7-4d7b-a88e-9cc4d95d4f41 | my_vm | ACTIVE | external=203.0.113.9, 2001:db8:10::9 | cirros | m1.nano |
+--------------------------------------+-------+--------+--------------------------------------+--------+---------+

In this example the port is created manually by the user and then used to boot an instance. Notice that:

  • The port’s data was visible in the DNS service as soon as it was created.

  • See Performance considerations for an explanation of the potential performance impact associated with this use case.

Following are the PTR records created for this example. Note that for IPv4, the value of ipv4_ptr_zone_prefix_size is 24. In the case of IPv6, the value of ipv6_ptr_zone_prefix_size is 116.

$ openstack recordset list --all-projects 113.0.203.in-addr.arpa.
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------+---------------------------+------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| id                                   | project_id                       | name                      | type | records                                                             | status | action |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------+---------------------------+------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| 32f1c05b-7c5d-4230-9088-961a0a462d28 | 07224d17d76d42499a38f00ba4339710 | 113.0.203.in-addr.arpa.   | SOA  | ns1.devstack.org. admin.example.org. 1455563035 3600 600 86400 3600 | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| 3d402c43-b215-4a75-a730-51cbb8999cb8 | 07224d17d76d42499a38f00ba4339710 | 113.0.203.in-addr.arpa.   | NS   | ns1.devstack.org.                                                   | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| 8e4e618c-24b0-43db-ab06-91b741a91c10 | 07224d17d76d42499a38f00ba4339710 | 9.113.0.203.in-addr.arpa. | PTR  | my-vm.example.org.                                                  | ACTIVE | NONE   |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------+---------------------------+------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+

$ openstack recordset list --all-projects  0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.8.b.d.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa.
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| id                                   | project_id                       | name                                                                      | type | records                                                             | status | action |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| d8923354-13eb-4bd9-914a-0a2ae5f95989 | 07224d17d76d42499a38f00ba4339710 | 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.8.b.d.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa.       | SOA  | ns1.devstack.org. admin.example.org. 1455563036 3600 600 86400 3600 | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| 72e60acd-098d-41ea-9771-5b6546c9c06f | 07224d17d76d42499a38f00ba4339710 | 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.8.b.d.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa.       | NS   | ns1.devstack.org.                                                   | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| 877e0215-2ddf-4d01-a7da-47f1092dfd56 | 07224d17d76d42499a38f00ba4339710 | 9.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.8.b.d.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa. | PTR  | my-vm.example.org.                                                  | ACTIVE | NONE   |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+

See Configuration of the externally accessible network for use cases 3b and 3c for detailed instructions on how to create the externally accessible network.

Performance considerations

Only for Use case 3: Ports are published directly in the external DNS service, if the port binding extension is enabled in the Networking service, the Compute service will execute one additional port update operation when allocating the port for the instance during the boot process. This may have a noticeable adverse effect in the performance of the boot process that should be evaluated before adoption of this use case.

Configuration of the externally accessible network for use cases 3b and 3c

For use cases 3b and 3c, the externally accessible network must meet the following requirements:

  • The network may not have attribute router:external set to True.

  • The network type can be FLAT, VLAN, GRE, VXLAN or GENEVE.

  • For network types VLAN, GRE, VXLAN or GENEVE, the segmentation ID must be outside the ranges assigned to project networks.

This usually implies that these use cases only work for networks specifically created for this purpose by an admin, they do not work for networks which tenants can create on their own.

The port’s dns_assignment attribute with use case 3

The dns_assignment attribute is not calculated as described in DNS Integration when a port is created under use case 3. Instead of concatenating the port’s dns_name with the value configured in the dns_domain parameter in neutron.conf, the dns_name is concatenated with the dns_domain of either the port or the network, depending on whether the use case is 3a, 3b or 3c. For example:

$ openstack network show external -c dns_domain -f value
dns-domain-1.org.
$ cat /etc/neutron/neutron.conf | grep dns_domain
dns_domain = my-domain.org
$ openstack recordset list dns-domain-1.org.
+--------------------------------------+-------------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| id                                   | name              | type | records                                                               | status | action |
+--------------------------------------+-------------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| 2b3e9ea4-8035-4595-955d-ec8c55816111 | dns-domain-1.org. | SOA  | ns1.devstack.org. mlavalle.redhat.com. 1642583355 3517 600 86400 3600 | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| 801dd911-43e6-430a-a80b-ea09af76a9a4 | dns-domain-1.org. | NS   | ns1.devstack.org.                                                     | ACTIVE | NONE   |
+--------------------------------------+-------------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
$ openstack port create --dns-name a-port --network external a_port
+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Field                   | Value                                                                                                                                                                                     |
+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| admin_state_up          | UP                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| allowed_address_pairs   |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| binding_host_id         | None                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| binding_profile         | None                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| binding_vif_details     | None                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| binding_vif_type        | None                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| binding_vnic_type       | normal                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| created_at              | 2022-01-19T09:15:34Z                                                                                                                                                                      |
| data_plane_status       | None                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| description             |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| device_id               |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| device_owner            |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| device_profile          | None                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| dns_assignment          | fqdn='a-port.dns-domain-1.org.', hostname='a-port', ip_address='172.31.251.113'                                                                                                           |
|                         | fqdn='a-port.dns-domain-1.org.', hostname='a-port', ip_address='fd5e:7a6b:1a62::a3'                                                                                                       |
| dns_domain              |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| dns_name                | a-port                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| extra_dhcp_opts         |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| fixed_ips               | ip_address='172.31.251.113', subnet_id='6795a775-4a76-49b0-bac6-ba8a8b62bd22'                                                                                                             |
|                         | ip_address='fd5e:7a6b:1a62::a3', subnet_id='97b719f8-2307-4162-bf08-523d9c0fc6a9'                                                                                                         |
| id                      | 080f01e7-78b9-43ed-a807-1e0d59099bed                                                                                                                                                      |
| ip_allocation           | None                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| location                | Munch({'cloud': '', 'region_name': 'RegionOne', 'zone': None, 'project': Munch({'id': 'afc55714081b4ef29f99ec128cb1fa30', 'name': 'demo', 'domain_id': 'default', 'domain_name': None})}) |
| mac_address             | fa:16:3e:4d:fa:33                                                                                                                                                                         |
| name                    | a_port                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| network_id              | 2d696f10-97a4-454c-a411-ea8d4d685636                                                                                                                                                      |
| numa_affinity_policy    | None                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| port_security_enabled   | True                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| project_id              | afc55714081b4ef29f99ec128cb1fa30                                                                                                                                                          |
| propagate_uplink_status | None                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| qos_network_policy_id   | None                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| qos_policy_id           | None                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| resource_request        | None                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| revision_number         | 1                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| security_group_ids      | 1a350403-cad3-4a2d-b30a-73815bd96e0f                                                                                                                                                      |
| status                  | DOWN                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| tags                    |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| trunk_details           | None                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| updated_at              | 2022-01-19T09:15:34Z                                                                                                                                                                      |
+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
$ openstack recordset list dns-domain-1.org.
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| id                                   | name                     | type | records                                                               | status | action |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+
| 2b3e9ea4-8035-4595-955d-ec8c55816111 | dns-domain-1.org.        | SOA  | ns1.devstack.org. mlavalle.redhat.com. 1642583736 3517 600 86400 3600 | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| 801dd911-43e6-430a-a80b-ea09af76a9a4 | dns-domain-1.org.        | NS   | ns1.devstack.org.                                                     | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| 61597628-dafe-4aba-8e30-1d45b4e59874 | a-port.dns-domain-1.org. | AAAA | fd5e:7a6b:1a62::a3                                                    | ACTIVE | NONE   |
| 83fe489f-2ebc-4911-a67e-bef688833f31 | a-port.dns-domain-1.org. | A    | 172.31.251.113                                                        | ACTIVE | NONE   |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+--------+

In this manner, the FQDN in the dns_assignment attribute is compatible with what is being published by the external DNS service.