[openstack-dev] [neutron] dns-nameservers order not honored
John Kasperski
jckasper at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Tue Jun 23 20:21:50 UTC 2015
Hi Paul,
There is an old bug on this issue:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1218629
If I remember correctly, the root of the problem was the database
definition for the DNS values.
On 06/23/2015 01:48 PM, Paul Ward wrote:
> I haven't dug into the code yet, but from testing via CLI and REST
> API, it appears neutron does not honor the order in which users
> specify their dns-nameservers. For example, no matter what order I
> specify 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2 for dns-nameservers, they are always
> ordered with the numerically lowest IP first when doing a subnet-show
> (ie, 10.0.0.1 will be first, even if I specified 10.0.0.2 first). As
> stated above, CLI and REST API behave the same.
>
> I believe this is a problem because these are passed to activation on
> a deployed VM in the order neutron lists them in the subnet. A user
> may have a reason they want the numerically higher DNS IP listed
> first, say if they are trying to load balance their DNS servers. By
> always ordering them numerically, we give them no way to do this.
>
> So my question is... is this by design or an oversight? If it's an
> oversight, I'll dig into the code and propose a patch.
>
>
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