Designate/Paris/Presentations

Talks
https://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-paris-summit-2014/call-for-speakers/

Anyone who is interested in give part of these talks, drop your name in the presenters section below

Abstract
Designate, a recently incubated Project, intends to solve the DNS needs of OpenStack by providing a RESTful API for managing DNS data with a variety of databases on many different backends. Additionally, Designate will also provide a service for integrating with Nova and Neutron. This talk will cover:


 * Why Openstack and operators need DNSaaS.
 * The Designate Architecture.
 * The Designate API.
 * New Features Since the Last Summit, including MiniDNS, Server Pools, the Version 2 API.
 * The Next Steps For Designate, including the Version 2 API, additions to Server Pools, and MinDNS.

Come see who is involved, and how easy it is to get involved in this exciting project.

This talk is a general overview. It will cover the problem statement, architecture and general features.

Presenters
Vinod (Rackspace)

Tim Simmons (Rackspace)

Endre Karlson (HP)

Abstract
A deep dive into the advantages that server pools will have for operators.

Designate server pools are a new feature under active development in Juno and Kilo. It allows domains to be slip across multiple pools of DNS servers, each with their own namespace and features.

Server pools will also allow operators to use multiple DNS Server software in one Designate install, even within a pool.

Dynamic addition of servers, allowing for tiered pricing on DNS features, and distribution of DNS query load are major advantages for DNSaaS operators.

With server pools, Designate addresses these issues, and in this session we will show an operator how they can used to the best effect.

We will also have an extended discussion section, to allow operators to provide feedback, and gain additional insight into Designate's plans in this area.

Presenters
Graham Hayes (HP)

Ron Rickard (eBay Inc.)

Tim Simmons (Rackspace)

Abstract
We will show how easy it it to support a new DNS server in Designate by running through, step by step, the creation of a new driver for a currently unsupported DNS server.

We will show the step by step creation of a driver for djbdns's authoritative server, tinydns.

We will use MiniDNS, and show how easy it it to set up a zone, and then update the records via MiniDNS and AFXR (DNS Zone Transfer) requests.

Presenters
Ron Rickard (eBay Inc.)

Vinod (Rackspace)

Graham Hayes (HP)

Helpers
Kiall Mac Innes (HP)

Tim Simmons (Rackspace)

Endre Karlson (HP)

Abstract
Designate provides DNSaaS services for OpenStack.

This interactive workshop will guide attendees on how Designate can be installed with PowerDNS. For the purposes of the workshop the various designate components will be installed on a single node. Once installed it shows some of the V1 and V2 APIs for domain and record management. The workshop will conclude by using a tool like dig to retrieve the added records from the PowerDNS backend, showing a fully functional by-hand deployment.

The workshop will also cover the steps for contributing to the development of Designate.

Several of the Designate contributors will be on hand during the workshop to help attendees work through the deployment.

Presenters
Ron Rickard (eBay Inc.)

Graham Hayes (HP)

Tim Simmons (Rackspace)

Helpers
Kiall Mac Innes (HP)

Vinod (Rackspace)

Endre Karlson (HP)

Notes/Questions
- Is there any appetite/need to repeat any of the presentations we gave in Atlanta, just with updated information? (I added the second workshop incase we think that is a good idea. - Ron Rickard)