[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] Introduce new env variable, enable_dns=True, if IPA is managing DNS.

[Dmitri Pal]

Adam Young wrote:
> On 12/09/2010 09:17 AM, Dmitri Pal wrote:
>> Question:
>>
>> Do we support situation when one replica has DNS and another does not?
>> In other words is DNS integration an instance property or a domain
>> property?
>> I do not know is it a good or a bad thing but if it is per instance
>> the UI/CLI from the same client will act differently depending on the
>> DNS configuration of the instance.
>> Might be very confusing. At least we need to document it to set the
>> right expectations. Otherwise if the CLI/UI failed over to not DNS
>> enabled replica the admin would be puzzled why his command line
>> stopped working or where the DNS panel in the UI.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>    
> In those cases, the LDAP values will get syncronized, but the DNS
> server just won't show them, right?
>
> My understanding is that, In this patch, the value is put into the
> config file, and so it will reflect the state of the server, not the
> LDAP database.  Thus, this is the right approach.
No it is not the right approach. We do not care about a server. As long
as there is any replica that runs DNS all replicas should show the DNS UI.
The decision must be made on the replicated data rather than local config.


>
>
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Pavel Zuna"<pzuna at redhat.com>
>> To: "freeipa-devel"<freeipa-devel at redhat.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 9, 2010 8:52:42 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
>> Subject: [Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] Introduce new env variable,
>> enable_dns=True, if IPA is managing DNS.
>>
>> if api.env.enable_dns:
>>     print "DNS is managed by IPA"
>>
>> ====
>>
>> ipa env | grep "enable_dns: True">  /devnull&&  echo "DNS is managed
>> by IPA"
>>
>> ====
>>
>> Ticket #600
>>
>> Pavel
>>
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Thank you,
Dmitri Pal

Sr. Engineering Manager IPA project,
Red Hat Inc.


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