Designate is a DNSaaS (DNS as a Service) solution provided by OpenStack. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps necessary to install Designate on OpenSUSE Latest.
Before you begin, make sure that you have a fresh installation of OpenSUSE Latest with sudo access.
To install Designate, we need to add the OpenStack repository to our system. Run the following command to add the repository:
sudo zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Cloud:/OpenStack:/Ussuri/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/ OpenStack-Ussuri
Now that we have added the OpenStack repository, we can install Designate. Run the following command to install Designate:
sudo zypper in openstack-designate
During the installation process, you will be prompted to confirm the installation of the packages. Confirm the installation by typing y and pressing enter.
After the installation is complete, we need to configure Designate. First, we need to generate a configuration file by running the following command:
sudo cp /usr/share/openstack-designate/samples/designate.conf.sample /etc/designate/designate.conf
Next, we need to edit the configuration file to specify the database connection settings. Open the configuration file using your favorite text editor:
sudo nano /etc/designate/designate.conf
Look for the following section in the configuration file:
[database]
# The SQLAlchemy connection string used to connect to the database
connection = sqlite:///$state_path/designate.sqlite
Replace the connection string with your database connection string. For example, if you are using MySQL, the connection string would look like this:
connection = mysql+pymysql://designate:PASSWORD@localhost/designate?charset=utf8mb4
Replace PASSWORD with the password for the designate user.
Save and close the configuration file.
Before we can use Designate, we need to initialize the database. Run the following command to initialize the database:
sudo designate-manage database sync
Now that we have configured Designate and initialized the database, we can start the Designate service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start openstack-designate-api openstack-designate-central openstack-designate-mdns
To verify that Designate is installed and running correctly, run the following command:
sudo designate-manage service list
This will show you the status of the Designate services.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Designate on OpenSUSE Latest.
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