PowerDNS replaces the CoreDNS server that earlier versions of CSM used to provide External DNS services.
The cray-dns-powerdns-can-tcp and cray-dns-powerdns-can-udp LoadBalancer resources are configured to service external DNS requests using the IP address specified by the CSI --cmn-external-dns command line argument.
The CSI --system-name and --site-domain command line arguments are combined to form the subdomain used for External DNS.
In the following example, the IP address 10.101.8.113 is used for External DNS and the system has the subdomain system.dev.cray.com
kubectl -n services get service -l app.kubernetes.io/name=cray-dns-powerdns
Example output:
NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE
cray-dns-powerdns-api ClusterIP 10.24.24.29 <none> 8081/TCP 21d
cray-dns-powerdns-can-tcp LoadBalancer 10.27.91.157 10.101.8.113 53:30726/TCP 21d
cray-dns-powerdns-can-udp LoadBalancer 10.17.232.118 10.101.8.113 53:30810/UDP 21d
cray-dns-powerdns-hmn-tcp LoadBalancer 10.31.228.190 10.94.100.85 53:31080/TCP 21d
cray-dns-powerdns-hmn-udp LoadBalancer 10.24.134.53 10.94.100.85 53:31338/UDP 21d
cray-dns-powerdns-nmn-tcp LoadBalancer 10.22.159.196 10.92.100.85 53:31996/TCP 21d
cray-dns-powerdns-nmn-udp LoadBalancer 10.17.203.241 10.92.100.85 53:31898/UDP 21d
A system administrator would typically setup the subdomain system.dev.cray.com in their site DNS and create a record which points to the IP address 10.101.8.113, for example ins1.system.dev.cray.com.
The administrator would then delegate queries to system.dev.cray.com to ins1.system.dev.cray.com making it authoritative for that subdomain allowing CSM to respond to queries for services like grafana.system.dev.cray.com
The specifics of how to configure to configuring DNS forwarding is dependent on the DNS server in use, please consult the documentation provided by the DNS server vendor for more information.
In addition to responding to external DNS queries, PowerDNS can support replication of domain information to secondary servers via AXFR (Authoritative Zone Transfer) queries.
Zone transfer is configured via customizations.yaml parameters and can also be configured at install time via CSI command line arguments.
Parameter: spec.network.dns.primary_server_name
CSI command line argument: --primary-server-name
Default value: primary
Description:
The name of the PowerDNS server, this is combined with the system domain information to create the NS record for zones, for example.
system.dev.cray.com. 1890 IN NS primary.system.dev.cray.com.
This record will also point to the External DNS IP address
$ dig +short primary.system.dev.cray.com
10.101.8.113
Parameter: spec.network.dns.secondary_servers
CSI command line argument: --secondary-servers
Default value: ""
Description:
A comma-separated list of DNS servers to notify in the format server name/ip address.
externaldns1.my.domain/1.1.1.1,externaldns2.my.domain/2.2.2.2
If the default value is used no servers to notify on zone update will be configured.
Parameter: spec.network.dns.notify_zones
CSI command line argument: --notify-zones
Default value: ""
Description:
A comma-separated list of zones to transfer.
system.dev.cray.com,8.101.10.in-addr.arpa
If the default value is used then PowerDNS will attempt to transfer all zones.
An example configuration demonstrating how to configure BIND as a secondary server for zone transfer.
For other DNS servers please consult the documentation provided by the DNS server vendor.
// This is the primary configuration file for the BIND DNS server named.
//
// Please read /usr/share/doc/bind9/README.Debian.gz for information on the
// structure of BIND configuration files in Debian, *BEFORE* you customize
// this configuration file.
//
// If you are just adding zones, please do that in /etc/bind/named.conf.local
include "/etc/bind/named.conf.options";
include "/etc/bind/named.conf.local";
include "/etc/bind/named.conf.default-zones";
include "/etc/bind/named.conf.log";
zone "system.dev.cray.com" {
type slave;
masters { 10.101.8.113; };
allow-notify { 10.101.8.8; 10.101.8.9; 10.101.8.10; };
file "/var/lib/bind/db.system.dev.cray.com";
};
zone "can.system.dev.cray.com" {
type slave;
masters { 10.101.8.113; };
allow-notify { 10.101.8.8; 10.101.8.9; 10.101.8.10; };
file "/var/lib/bind/db.can.system.dev.cray.com";
};
zone "8.101.10.in-addr.arpa" {
type slave;
masters { 10.101.8.113; };
allow-notify { 10.101.8.8; 10.101.8.9; 10.101.8.10; };
file "/var/lib/bind/db.8.101.10.in-addr.arpa";
};
masters should be set to the CMN IP address of the PowerDNS service. This is typically defined at install time by the --cmn-external-dns CSI option.
allow-notify should contain the CAN IP addresses of all Kubernetes worker nodes.
The CSM implementation of PowerDNS supports the DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) and the signing of zones with a user-supplied zone signing key.
If DNSSEC is to be used for zone transfer then the dnssec SealedSecret in customizations.yaml should be updated to include a base64 encoded version of the private key portion of the desired zone signing key.
Here is an example of a zone signing key.
cat Ksystem.dev.cray.com.+013+63812.private
Example output:
Private-key-format: v1.3
Algorithm: 13 (ECDSAP256SHA256)
PrivateKey: +WFrfooCjTtoRU5UfhrpuTL0IEm6hYc4YJ6u8CcYquo=
Created: 20210817081902
Publish: 20210817081902
Activate: 20210817081902
Encode the key using the base64 utility.
base64 Ksystem.dev.cray.com.+013+63812.private
Example output:
UHJpdmF0ZS1rZXktZm9ybWF0OiB2MS4zCkFsZ29yaXRobTogMTMgKEVDRFNBUDI1NlNIQTI1NikK
UHJpdmF0ZUtleTogK1dGcmZvb0NqVHRvUlU1VWZocnB1VEwwSUVtNmhZYzRZSjZ1OENjWXF1bz0K
Q3JlYXRlZDogMjAyMTA4MTcwODE5MDIKUHVibGlzaDogMjAyMTA4MTcwODE5MDIKQWN0aXZhdGU6
IDIwMjEwODE3MDgxOTAyCg==
Populate the generate block in customizations.yaml with the encoded key.
IMPORTANTthe name of the key in SealedSecret must match the name of the zone being secured, in the below example the zone name issystem.dev.cray.com. If multiple zones are to be secured each zone should have its own entry even if the same key is used.
spec:
kubernetes:
sealed_secrets:
dnssec:
generate:
name: dnssec-keys
data:
- type: static_b64
args:
name: system.dev.cray.com
value: |
UHJpdmF0ZS1rZXktZm9ybWF0OiB2MS4zCkFsZ29yaXRobTogMTMgKEVDRFNBUDI1NlNIQTI1NikK
UHJpdmF0ZUtleTogK1dGcmZvb0NqVHRvUlU1VWZocnB1VEwwSUVtNmhZYzRZSjZ1OENjWXF1bz0K
Q3JlYXRlZDogMjAyMTA4MTcwODE5MDIKUHVibGlzaDogMjAyMTA4MTcwODE5MDIKQWN0aXZhdGU6
IDIwMjEwODE3MDgxOTAyCg==
Transaction signatures (TSIG) provide a secure communication channel between a primary and secondary DNS server
To configure TSIG add the desired key to the dnssec generate block in customizations.yaml. At this time only a single transaction signing key is supported and that key is applied to all zones.
spec:
kubernetes:
sealed_secrets:
dnssec:
generate:
name: dnssec-keys
data:
- type: static_b64
args:
name: system.dev.cray.com
value: |
UHJpdmF0ZS1rZXktZm9ybWF0OiB2MS4zCkFsZ29yaXRobTogMTMgKEVDRFNBUDI1NlNIQTI1NikK
UHJpdmF0ZUtleTogK1dGcmZvb0NqVHRvUlU1VWZocnB1VEwwSUVtNmhZYzRZSjZ1OENjWXF1bz0K
Q3JlYXRlZDogMjAyMTA4MTcwODE5MDIKUHVibGlzaDogMjAyMTA4MTcwODE5MDIKQWN0aXZhdGU6
IDIwMjEwODE3MDgxOTAyCg==
- type: static
args:
name: system-key.tsig
value:
name: system-key
algorithm: hmac-sha256
key: dnFC5euKixIKXAr6sZhI7kVQbQCXoDG5R5eHSYZiBxY=
IMPORTANTThe key used for TSIG must have.tsigin the name and unlike the zone signing key it should not bebase64encoded.
An example configuration demonstrating how to extend the previous BIND configuration example and add the TSIG key.
key "system-key" {
algorithm hmac-sha256;
secret "dnFC5euKixIKXAr6sZhI7kVQbQCXoDG5R5eHSYZiBxY=";
};
# Primary server IP address (i.e., PowerDNS CAN ip)
server 10.101.8.113 {
keys {
system-key;
};
};
For other DNS servers please consult the documentation provided by the DNS server vendor.