Designate is a DNSaaS service provided by OpenStack. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install and configure Designate on FreeBSD Latest.
Before installing Designate, ensure that your FreeBSD instance is updated and has all the required dependencies installed. Run the following command to update your system:
sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade
Next, let's install the dependencies required by Designate:
sudo pkg install python py38-virtualenv py38-setuptools python3 pkgconf libffi openssl
We need to create a virtual environment to isolate Designate's dependencies from the system's packages. Execute the following commands to create a virtual environment and activate it:
virtualenv -p python3 designate_env
source designate_env/bin/activate
Download the Designate source file from the official OpenStack website. Extract the source code and navigate to the extracted directory. Use the following command to install Designate:
pip install .
After successfully installing Designate, we need to configure it. Navigate to the /etc/designate directory and make a copy of the sample configuration file:
cd /etc/designate
sudo cp designate.conf.sample designate.conf
Next, open the designate.conf file with any text editor of your choice and configure the following options:
[service:api]
host = 0.0.0.0
port = 9001
[database]
connection = mysql+pymysql://root:password@127.0.0.1/designate?charset=utf8
Note: Replace root, password, and designate with your database username, password, and database name, respectively.
Save and close the file.
Next, let's configure the default pipeline.yaml file.
sudo cp pipeline.yaml.sample pipeline.yaml
Open the pipeline.yaml file and change the following line:
- name: "central"
# sink is the second most step in pipeline after the source
sink: "sink"
Save and close the file.
Before running Designate, we need to create a new MySQL database and a dedicated user with privileges for the database.
Log in to MySQL with the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Once you're logged in, execute the following commands:
create database designate;
grant all privileges on designate.* to 'root'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
Note: Replace password with a strong password of your choice.
Exit from the MySQL console by typing exit.
We have successfully installed and configured Designate, and now it's time to test it. Run the following command to start Designate:
sudo designate-central --config-file /etc/designate/designate.conf
Next, in another terminal window, run the following command to start the Designate API service.
sudo designate-api --config-file /etc/designate/designate.conf
You can check the status of Designate by running the following command:
sudo designate-manage service list
In this tutorial, we have successfully installed and configured Designate on FreeBSD Latest. You can now use Designate to manage and configure DNS records in your OpenStack infrastructure.
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