PowerDNS:OX PowerDNS Cloud Control

OX PowerDNS Cloud Control

OX PowerDNS Cloud Control is a cloud-native deployment solution for OX PowerDNS. It provides a highly scalable and distributed implementation of DNS, while simplifying deployment and scaling by the operations teams. Customers benefit from more efficient resource usage and a cost-effective way of scaling DNS installations for future needs. Main features of OX PowerDNS Cloud Control 1.0 include:

• Cloud-native deployment and orchestration for large-scale OX PowerDNS deployments
• Deployment of OX PowerDNS Recursor and DNSdist on a Kubernetes cluster
• Includes the official images needed for OX PowerDNS Recursor and DNSdist to set up a complete recursive DNS ecosystem in a telecom provider’s network
• Automated deployment and lifecycle management with Helm charts

A more detailed overview of the main functions and technical descriptions of OX PowerDNS Cloud Control can be found at the Product Guide under: https://www.open-xchange.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Product_Guide_OXPDNS_Cloud_Control_1_0.pdf"

General Information – Please Note

OX PowerDNS Cloud Control 1.0 is the initial version of cloud-native OX PowerDNS, aimed at supporting operators in their move to cloud-native services. This version is ‘lab-ready’, which means that it is functionally complete and suitable for integration testing. It allows network operators to identify and test their individual requirements for a cloud-native DNS deployment. It facilitates orchestration, management & monitoring of OX PowerDNS products in Kubernetes deployments. OX PowerDNS products supported in this version are:

• OX PowerDNS Recursor - A high-performing, low latency DNS resolver
• OX PowerDNS DNSdist - A DNS, DoS and abuse-aware loadbalancer

OX PowerDNS Cloud Control 2.0, due to be released later in 2021, will allow for a fully scalable, telco-grade cloud-native DNS service. Version 2.0 will come with an expanded interface, multi-cluster approach, support/certification of non-default container network interface (CNI) plugins, autoscaling and the option of deploying the OX PowerDNS filtering platform and OX Protect on a Kubernetes cluster.

Available Images, Packages and Versions

OX PowerDNS Cloud Control 1.0 provides the following images:

• Cloudcontrol-dnsdist-state
• Cloudcontrol-dnsdist-rpc-server
• Cloudcontrol-dnsdist-agent
• pdns-recursor
• DNSdist

OX PowerDNS Cloud Control 1.0 provides the following Helmcharts:

• cloudcontrol/helm-cc-powerdns

See: https://software.open-xchange.com/products/powerdns/doc/cc/1.0.0/CloudControlVersions.pdf

Installation & Configuration

Requirements

It is required to have the following software pre-installed on you machine from which you want to deploy CloudControl:

• Kubectl (Configured for your target Kubernetes cluster)
• Helm v3 (https://helm.sh/docs/intro/install/)
• Helm OCI enabled

Access to the OX Registry

OX PowerDNS Cloud Conrol will be provided via the Open-Xchange image registry. To get access and further information, please contact your Open-Xchange contact. Provided OX PowerDNS Cloud Control versions from this registry are described in CloudControlVersions.pdf

Installation and Getting Started

For a Cloud Control overview and a guide to get started see CloudControlOverview.pdf

OX PowerDNS Cloud Control Helm Reference can be found in CloudControlReference.pdf