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Designate Command Line Tool (compatible with v1 API only)
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The python-designateclient package comes with a command line tool (installed as :program:`designate`), this can be used to access a Designate API
without having to manipulate JSON by hand, it can also produce the output in a variety of formats (JSON, CSV) and allow you to select columns to be
displayed.
Credentials
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As with any OpenStack utility, :program:`designate` requires certain information to
talk to the REST API, username, password, auth url (from where the other required
endpoints are retrieved once you are authenticated).
To provide your access credentials (username, password, tenant name or tenant id)
you can pass them on the command line with the ``--os-username``, ``--os-password``, ``--os-tenant-name`` or ``--os-tenant-id``
params, but it's easier to just set them as environment variables::
export OS_USERNAME=openstack
export OS_PASSWORD=yadayada
export OS_TENANT_NAME=myproject
export OS_TENANT_ID=123456789
You will also need to define the authentication url with ``--os-auth-url``
or set is as an environment variable as well::
export OS_AUTH_URL=https://example.com:5000/v2.0/
Since Keystone can return multiple regions in the Service Catalog, you
can specify the one you want with ``--os-region-name`` (or
``export OS_REGION_NAME``). It defaults to the first in the list returned.
Using the command line tool
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With enough details now in the environment, you can use the designate client to create a domain and populate it with some records:
.. code-block:: shell-session
$ designate domain-create --name doctestdomain.eu. --email admin@doctestdomain.eu
+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| Field | Value |
+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| description | None |
| created_at | 2013-09-19T11:45:25.295355 |
| updated_at | None |
| email | admin@doctestdomain.eu |
| ttl | 3600 |
| serial | 1379591125 |
| id | eacbe2a5-95f1-4a9f-89f5-b9c58009b163 |
| name | doctestdomain.eu. |
+-------------+--------------------------------------+
You can see more details on the arguments domain-create accepts at the `REST API create-domain`_.
Now that the domain has been created, we can start adding records.
You'll note that the name (www.doctestdomain.eu) has a trailing ``.``, as per the DNS standard, we didn't set a TTL and we had to specify the parent
zone/domain by domain_id ``eacbe2a5-95f1-4a9f-89f5-b9c58009b163``.
.. code-block:: shell-session
$ designate record-create eacbe2a5-95f1-4a9f-89f5-b9c58009b163 --name www.doctestdomain.eu. --type A --data 1.2.3.4
+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| Field | Value |
+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| name | www.doctestdomain.eu. |
| data | 1.2.3.4 |
| created_at | 2013-09-19T13:44:42.295428 |
| updated_at | None |
| id | 147f6082-8466-4951-8d13-37a10e92b11e |
| priority | None |
| ttl | None |
| type | A |
| domain_id | eacbe2a5-95f1-4a9f-89f5-b9c58009b163 |
| description | None |
+-------------+--------------------------------------+
subcommands
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We've already seen the ``domain-create`` and ``record-create`` subcommands, here the full list of subcommands:
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subcommand Notes Admin Required
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complete print bash completion command
diagnostics-ping Ping a service on a given host
domain-create Create Domain
domain-delete Delete Domain
domain-get Get Domain
domain-list List Domains
domain-servers-list List Domain Servers
domain-update Update Domain
help print detailed help for another command
quota-get Get Quota
quota-reset Reset Quota
quota-update Update Quota
record-create Create Record
record-delete Delete Record
record-get Get Record
record-list List Records
record-update Update Record
report-count-all Get count totals for all tenants, domains and records
report-count-domains Get counts for total domains
report-count-records Get counts for total records
report-count-tenants Get counts for total tenants
report-tenant-domains Get a list of domains for given tenant
report-tenants-all Get list of tenants and domain count for each
server-create Create Server
server-delete Delete Server
server-get Get Server
server-list List Servers
server-update Update Server
sync-all Sync Everything
sync-domain Sync a single Domain
sync-record Sync a single Record
touch-domain Touch a single Domain
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Builtin designate documentation
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You'll find complete documentation on the shell by running
``designate --help``:
usage: designate [--version] [-v] [--log-file LOG_FILE] [-q] [-h] [--debug]
[--os-username OS_USERNAME] [--os-user-id OS_USER_ID]
[--os-user-domain-id OS_USER_DOMAIN_ID]
[--os-user-domain-name OS_USER_DOMAIN_NAME]
[--os-password OS_PASSWORD] [--os-tenant-name OS_TENANT_NAME]
[--os-tenant-id OS_TENANT_ID]
[--os-project-name OS_PROJECT_NAME]
[--os-domain-name OS_DOMAIN_NAME]
[--os-domain-id OS_DOMAIN_ID] [--os-project-id OS_PROJECT_ID]
[--os-project-domain-id OS_PROJECT_DOMAIN_ID]
[--os-project-domain-name OS_PROJECT_DOMAIN_NAME]
[--os-auth-url OS_AUTH_URL] [--os-region-name OS_REGION_NAME]
[--os-token OS_TOKEN] [--os-endpoint OS_ENDPOINT]
[--os-endpoint-type OS_ENDPOINT_TYPE]
[--os-service-type OS_SERVICE_TYPE] [--os-cacert OS_CACERT]
[--insecure] [--all-tenants] [--edit-managed]
Designate Client
optional arguments:
--version show program's version number and exit
-v, --verbose Increase verbosity of output. Can be repeated.
--log-file LOG_FILE Specify a file to log output. Disabled by default.
-q, --quiet Suppress output except warnings and errors.
-h, --help Show this help message and exit.
--debug Show tracebacks on errors.
--os-username OS_USERNAME
Name used for authentication with the OpenStack
Identity service. Defaults to env[OS_USERNAME].
--os-user-id OS_USER_ID
User ID used for authentication with the OpenStack
Identity service. Defaults to env[OS_USER_ID].
--os-user-domain-id OS_USER_DOMAIN_ID
Defaults to env[OS_USER_DOMAIN_ID].
--os-user-domain-name OS_USER_DOMAIN_NAME
Defaults to env[OS_USER_DOMAIN_NAME].
--os-password OS_PASSWORD
Password used for authentication with the OpenStack
Identity service. Defaults to env[OS_PASSWORD].
--os-tenant-name OS_TENANT_NAME
Tenant to request authorization on. Defaults to
env[OS_TENANT_NAME].
--os-tenant-id OS_TENANT_ID
Tenant to request authorization on. Defaults to
env[OS_TENANT_ID].
--os-project-name OS_PROJECT_NAME
Project to request authorization on. Defaults to
env[OS_PROJECT_NAME].
--os-domain-name OS_DOMAIN_NAME
Project to request authorization on. Defaults to
env[OS_DOMAIN_NAME].
--os-domain-id OS_DOMAIN_ID
Defaults to env[OS_DOMAIN_ID].
--os-project-id OS_PROJECT_ID
Project to request authorization on. Defaults to
env[OS_PROJECT_ID].
--os-project-domain-id OS_PROJECT_DOMAIN_ID
Defaults to env[OS_PROJECT_DOMAIN_ID].
--os-project-domain-name OS_PROJECT_DOMAIN_NAME
Defaults to env[OS_PROJECT_DOMAIN_NAME].
--os-auth-url OS_AUTH_URL
Specify the Identity endpoint to use for
authentication. Defaults to env[OS_AUTH_URL].
--os-region-name OS_REGION_NAME
Specify the region to use. Defaults to
env[OS_REGION_NAME].
--os-token OS_TOKEN Specify an existing token to use instead of retrieving
one via authentication (e.g. with username &
password). Defaults to env[OS_SERVICE_TOKEN].
--os-endpoint OS_ENDPOINT
Specify an endpoint to use instead of retrieving one
from the service catalog (via authentication).
Defaults to env[OS_DNS_ENDPOINT].
--os-endpoint-type OS_ENDPOINT_TYPE
Defaults to env[OS_ENDPOINT_TYPE].
--os-service-type OS_SERVICE_TYPE
Defaults to env[OS_DNS_SERVICE_TYPE], or 'dns'.
--os-cacert OS_CACERT
CA certificate bundle file. Defaults to
env[OS_CACERT].
--insecure Explicitly allow 'insecure' SSL requests.
--all-tenants Allows to list all domains from all tenants.
--edit-managed Allows to edit records that are marked as managed.
Commands:
complete print bash completion command
diagnostics-ping Ping a service on a given host
domain-create Create Domain
domain-delete Delete Domain
domain-get Get Domain
domain-list List Domains
domain-servers-list List Domain Servers
domain-update Update Domain
help print detailed help for another command
quota-get Get Quota
quota-reset Reset Quota
quota-update Update Quota
record-create Create Record
record-delete Delete Record
record-get Get Record
record-list List Records
record-update Update Record
report-count-all Get count totals for all tenants, domains and records
report-count-domains Get counts for total domains
report-count-records Get counts for total records
report-count-tenants Get counts for total tenants
report-tenant-domains Get a list of domains for given tenant
report-tenants-all Get list of tenants and domain count for each
server-create Create Server
server-delete Delete Server
server-get Get Server
server-list List Servers
server-update Update Server
sync-all Sync Everything
sync-domain Sync a single Domain
sync-record Sync a single Record
touch-domain Touch a single Domain
.. _REST API create-domain: https://designate.readthedocs.org/en/latest/rest/domains.html#create-domain