Designate is a multi-tenant DNSaaS service for OpenStack.
It provides a REST API with integrated Keystone authentication. It can be configured to auto-generate records based on Nova and Neutron actions. Designate supports a variety of DNS servers including Bind9 and PowerDNS 4.
This is free and open source software.
Website: opendev.org/openstack/designate
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Developer: OpenStack
License: Apache License v2.0
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