How to Install Designate on EndeavourOS Latest

Designate is a DNSaaS (DNS-as-a-Service) component of OpenStack. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Designate on EndeavourOS Latest.

Prerequisites

• EndeavourOS Latest is installed on your system.
• You have sudo access.

Step 1: Install Designate

1. Open a terminal and update the package list:

   sudo pacman -Syu
   

2. Install Designate and its dependencies:

   sudo pacman -S python-pip python2-pip python2-virtualenv python2-setuptools python2-argparse python2-dnspython python2-routes python2-paste python2-paste-deploy python2-eventlet python2-testtools python2-mock python2-sqlalchemy python2-oslo-config python2-oslo-db python2-alembic python2-oslo-log python2-oslo-policy python2-oslo-messaging python2-oslo-utils python2-oslo-i18n python2-oslo-cache python2-migrate python2-openstackclient
   

   This command will install Designate along with its Python dependencies.

Step 2: Configure Designate

1. Generate the Designate configuration file:

   sudo cp /etc/designate/designate.conf.sample /etc/designate/designate.conf
   

2. Edit the Designate configuration file:

   sudo nano /etc/designate/designate.conf
   

   In this file, you will need to modify the following sections:

   • [DEFAULT]: Uncomment the notification_format line and set it to nova.async_periodic_task:PeriodicTasks:

     notification_format=nova.async_periodic_task:PeriodicTasks
     

   • [keystone_authtoken]: Add the following settings:

     auth_uri = http://keystone:5000/v3
     admin_user = designate
     admin_password = <keystone-admin-password>
     admin_tenant_name = service
     

     Replace <keystone-admin-password> with the Keystone admin password.

   • [service:api]: Add the following settings:

     auth_strategy = keystone
     keystone_endpoint_type = public
     keystone_region_name = RegionOne
     

3. Enable the Designate API service:

   sudo systemctl enable designate-api.service
   

4. Start the Designate API service:

   sudo systemctl start designate-api.service
   

5. Verify that the Designate API service is running:

   sudo systemctl status designate-api.service
   

   If the service is running, you should see output like the following:

   ● designate-api.service - OpenStack DNSaaS - API
        Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/designate-api.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
        Active: active (running) since Mon 2021-05-31 15:07:48 PDT; 4s ago
     Main PID: 2014 (designate-api)
        Tasks: 1 (limit: 19133)
        Memory: 27.2M
        CGroup: /system.slice/designate-api.service
                └─2014 /usr/bin/python2 /usr/bin/designate-api --config-file /etc/designate/designate.conf
   

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Designate on EndeavourOS Latest. You should now have a functioning Designate instance on your system.

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