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Infoblox DNS

Rancher External DNS service powered by Infoblox DNS

Usage

Using Rancher Secrets for infloblox Password

Optionally, you can use the Rancher Secrets to pass infloblox password instead of using environment variable.

  1. Run the Rancher Secrets service before deploying this provider stack.
  2. Create a secret named "infoblox-pass".
  3. Deploy this stack, emptying Infoblox password field.
Supported host labels

io.rancher.host.external_dns_ip Override the IP address used in DNS records for containers running on the host. Defaults to the IP address the host is registered with in Rancher.

io.rancher.host.external_dns Accepts 'true' (default) or 'false' When this is set to 'false' no DNS records will ever be created for containers running on this host.

Supported service labels

io.rancher.service.external_dns Accepts 'always', 'never' or 'auto' (default)

  • always: Always create DNS records for this service
  • never: Never create DNS records for this service
  • auto: Create DNS records for this service if it exposes ports on the host

io.rancher.service.external_dns_name_template Custom DNS name template that overrides global custom DNS name template (see below) of default DNS name template for a specific service

Custom DNS name template

By default DNS entries are named <service>.<stack>.<environment>.<domain>. You can specify a custom name template used to construct the subdomain part (left of the domain/zone name) of the DNS records. The following placeholders are supported:

  • %{{service_name}}
  • %{{stack_name}}
  • %{{environment_name}}

Example:

%{{stack_name}}-%{{service_name}}.statictext

Make sure to only use characters in static text and separators that your provider allows in DNS names.