diff --git a/launch/src/opendev_launch/dns.py b/launch/src/opendev_launch/dns.py
index 2f6ca58267..453ecb934b 100755
--- a/launch/src/opendev_launch/dns.py
+++ b/launch/src/opendev_launch/dns.py
@@ -19,19 +19,10 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import argparse
-from . import rax_rdns
 from .sshfp import sshfp_print_records
 from .ssh_knownhosts import generate_known_hosts
 
 
-def get_href(server):
-    if not hasattr(server, 'links'):
-        return None
-    for link in server.links:
-        if link['rel'] == 'self':
-            return link['href']
-
-
 def print_dns(cloud, server):
     ip4 = server.public_v4
     ip6 = server.public_v6
@@ -53,23 +44,6 @@ def print_dns_opendev(name, ip4, ip6):
     sshfp_print_records(name, ip4)
 
 
-def set_rax_reverse_dns(cloud, server, ip4, ip6):
-    # Get the server object from the sdk layer so that we can pull the
-    # href data out of the links dict.
-    try:
-        raw_server = cloud.compute.get_server(server.id)
-    except AttributeError:
-        print("Please update your version of shade/openstacksdk."
-              " openstacksdk >= 0.12 is required")
-        raise
-    href = get_href(raw_server)
-
-    # Reads default config file /etc/rax-rdns-auth.conf and calls to
-    # API to set reverse dns for RAX servers.
-    auth = rax_rdns.get_auth()
-    rax_rdns.rax_rdns(server.name, href, ip4, ip6, 3600, auth)
-
-
 def print_inventory_yaml(server, ip4, ip6):
     known_hosts = generate_known_hosts(ip4)
 
@@ -106,7 +80,4 @@ def main():
               " openstacksdk >= 0.12 is required")
         raise
 
-    if 'rax' in cloud.config.name:
-        set_rax_reverse_dns(cloud, server, ip4, ip6)
-
     print_dns(cloud, server)
diff --git a/launch/src/opendev_launch/launch_node.py b/launch/src/opendev_launch/launch_node.py
index eee342b9ef..a411294520 100755
--- a/launch/src/opendev_launch/launch_node.py
+++ b/launch/src/opendev_launch/launch_node.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import time
 import traceback
 
 from . import dns
+from . import rax_rdns
 from . import utils
 
 import openstack
@@ -430,6 +431,9 @@ def main():
                           options.environment, options.volume_size,
                           options.timeout, options.ignore_ipv6,
                           options.playbooks)
+    if 'rax' in cloud.config.name:
+        rax_rdns.set_rax_reverse_dns(cloud, server,
+                                     server.public_v4, server.public_v6)
     dns.print_dns(cloud, server)
     print("If this is a server that is expected to send email (ask, review,")
     print("lists, etc) double check that the server's IPs are not listed on")
diff --git a/launch/src/opendev_launch/rax_rdns.py b/launch/src/opendev_launch/rax_rdns.py
index 565a133eb7..e6e66fda8f 100644
--- a/launch/src/opendev_launch/rax_rdns.py
+++ b/launch/src/opendev_launch/rax_rdns.py
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ import sys
 RACKSPACE_IDENTITY_ENDPOINT='https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/tokens'
 RACKSPACE_DNS_ENDPOINT="https://dns.api.rackspacecloud.com/v1.0"
 
+
+def get_href(server):
+    if not hasattr(server, 'links'):
+        return None
+    for link in server.links:
+        if link['rel'] == 'self':
+            return link['href']
+
+
 def _get_auth_token(session, username, api_key):
     # Get auth token
     data = {'auth':
@@ -113,6 +122,23 @@ def rax_rdns(name, server_href, ip4, ip6, ttl, auth):
     logging.info("RDNS Done: %s %s" % (r.status_code, r.reason))
 
 
+def set_rax_reverse_dns(cloud, server, ip4, ip6):
+    # Get the server object from the sdk layer so that we can pull the
+    # href data out of the links dict.
+    try:
+        raw_server = cloud.compute.get_server(server.id)
+    except AttributeError:
+        print("Please update your version of shade/openstacksdk."
+              " openstacksdk >= 0.12 is required")
+        raise
+    href = get_href(raw_server)
+
+    # Reads default config file /etc/rax-rdns-auth.conf and calls to
+    # API to set reverse dns for RAX servers.
+    auth = get_auth()
+    rax_rdns(server.name, href, ip4, ip6, 3600, auth)
+
+
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Update RDNS')
     parser.add_argument('--debug', dest='debug', action='store_true')
@@ -120,7 +146,10 @@ def main():
                         default='/etc/rax-rdns-auth.conf')
     parser.add_argument('--ttl', dest='ttl', type=int, default=3600)
     parser.add_argument('name')
-    parser.add_argument('server_href')
+    parser.add_argument('server_href', required=False,
+                        help='If server_href is not supplied then href, '
+                             'and ip addresses are fetched from the cloud '
+                             'using name.')
     parser.add_argument('ip4')
     parser.add_argument('ip6')
     args = parser.parse_args()
@@ -132,5 +161,18 @@ def main():
         requests_log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
         requests_log.propogate = True
 
-    auth = get_auth(args.config)
-    rax_rdns(args.name, args.server_href, args.ip4, args.ip6, args.ttl, auth)
+    if args.server_href:
+        auth = get_auth(args.config)
+        rax_rdns(args.name, args.server_href, args.ip4, args.ip6, args.ttl, auth)
+    else:
+        import openstack
+        cloud = openstack.connect()
+        # Get the server using the shade layer so that we have server.public_v4
+        # and server.public_v6
+        try:
+            server = cloud.get_server(args.name)
+        except AttributeError:
+            print("Please update your version of shade/openstacksdk."
+                  " openstacksdk >= 0.12 is required")
+            raise
+        set_rax_reverse_dns(cloud, server, server.public_v4, server.public_v6)