How to Install Designate on Void Linux

Designate is a DNSaaS (DNS as a Service) project of OpenStack that provides a multi-tenant DNS management system. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Designate on Void Linux.

Prerequisites

Before you start, you need to make sure that the following requirements are fulfilled:

• A newly installed Void Linux system
• sudo or root access to the system
• Active internet connection
• Basic knowledge of the command-line interface

Installing Designate

In order to install Designate on Void Linux, follow the steps below:

1. Update your system packages by running the command:

sudo xbps-install -Su 

2. Install the required packages for Designate by running the command:

sudo xbps-install -S python3-dev libffi-devel libxml2-devel libxslt-devel openssl-devel gcc git 

3. Next, install the Designate using the following commands:

git clone https://github.com/openstack/designate.git 
cd designate 
pip install -r requirements.txt 
sudo python setup.py install 

4. After the installation is complete, you will need to create the database for designate by running the following commands:

sudo su - designate -s /bin/bash -c "designate-manage database sync" 

5. Finally, start the Designate services using the following command:

sudo systemctl start designate-api designate-central designate-mdns designate-pool-manager 

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have explained the steps required for installing Designate on Void Linux. By following this tutorial, you should now have a working Designate installation on your system.

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