How do I set up DNS records pointing to OpenStack instances?

  • by Blue Box Support November 24th, 2015
  • Tags:

    • neutron

    • configuring dns

    • instances

You can set up DNS for the floating IP associated with your instance using your current DNS server. For example, DNSimple, etc.

As for DNS for the private IPs of instances, OpenStack does not currently provide DNS services, aside from the dnsmasq daemon, which lives on nova-network hosts and manages DHCP. You can set up an internal DNS server, or /etc/hosts file, if you prefer.