> The patch [2] proposes changing the default DNS driver from > 'nova.network.noop_dns_driver.NoopDNSDriver' to other that verifies if > DNS entries already exists before adding them, such as the > 'nova.network.minidns.MiniDNS'.
Changing a default setting in a way that isn't backwards compatible when the cloud admin can already make that config change if they want it doesn't seem like the right thing to do. I think you need to do this in two stages: 1) In Juno deprecate the existing default value first (i.e add a waning for one cycle that says that the default will change) 2) In K change the default > -----Original Message----- > From: samuel [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 04 June 2014 15:01 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [openstack-dev] [Nova] Different tenants can assign the same > hostname to different machines without an error > > Hi everyone, > > Concerning the bug described at [1], where n different machines may have > the same hostname and then n different DNS entries with that hostname are > written; some points have to be discussed with the nova community. > > On the bug review [2], Andrew Laski pointed out that we should discuss > about having users getting errors due to the display name they choose. > He thinks that name should be used purely for aesthetic purposes so I think a > better approach to this problem would be to decouple display name and DNS > entries. And display name has never needed to be globally unique before. > > The patch [2] proposes changing the default DNS driver from > 'nova.network.noop_dns_driver.NoopDNSDriver' to other that verifies if > DNS entries already exists before adding them, such as the > 'nova.network.minidns.MiniDNS'. > > What are your thoughts up there? > > Sincerely, > Samuel Queiroz > > [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1283538 > [2] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/94252/ > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev _______________________________________________ OpenStack-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
