How to Install Designate on MXLinux Latest

Designate is a DNS as a service project within the OpenStack community, which provides DNS services to other OpenStack services. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Designate on MXLinux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing Designate, you should have the following:

• A clean installation of MXLinux Latest
• sudo or root privileges
• Internet connection

Step 1: Update Your System

The first step is to update your system. To do this, open the terminal and run the following command:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

This command will update your system and ensure that all packages are up to date.

Step 2: Install OpenStack Client

Designate is an OpenStack project, and you will need the OpenStack client to interact with it. To install the OpenStack client, run the following command:

sudo apt install python3-openstackclient -y

This command will install the OpenStack client on your system.

Step 3: Install Designate

To install Designate on MXLinux, you need to add the OpenStack repository to your system. Run the following command to do this:

sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal-updates/victoria main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloud-archive.list"

This command will add the OpenStack repository to your system.

Next, update your system again by running:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Now you can install Designate using the following command:

sudo apt install designate

Step 4: Configure Designate

Before you can start using Designate, you need to configure it. To do this, you will need to edit the Designate configuration file.

sudo nano /etc/designate/designate.conf

In this file, you will need to set the following parameters:

• [service:api]: Set the bind_host to 0.0.0.0 to allow remote connections
• [service:worker]: Set the notify_retry_interval and notify_timeout to 30 to avoid issues with DNS resolution

Save and close the file.

Step 5: Start Designate

Now that you have installed and configured Designate, you can start the service using the following command:

sudo systemctl start designate-api designate-central designate-worker

You can check the status of the service using the following command:

sudo systemctl status designate-api designate-central designate-worker

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Designate on MXLinux Latest. With Designate installed, you can now provide DNS services to other OpenStack services. We hope that this tutorial was helpful, and if you have any questions or comments, please leave them below.

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