kubernetes-sigs/external-dns
Configure external DNS servers dynamically from Kubernetes resources
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Where it stands
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Ranks #1 among Cloud repositories tracked this week, and #1 over the last 30 days; #445 of 2,531 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 18%).
4 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 20 days ago, with 391 contributors on GitHub.
Gained 28% fewer stars in the last 90 days than in the 90 days before.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Configures external DNS servers dynamically based on Kubernetes Services and Ingress resources.
- Provides a DNS provider-agnostic way to automate DNS record management directly from Kubernetes clusters.
- Use for automating DNS record updates in cloud environments like AWS Route 53 or Google Cloud DNS from Kubernetes workloads.
- Use for managing DNS records in hybrid or multi-cloud Kubernetes deployments with consistent DNS synchronization.
- Use for integrating DNS management into GitOps workflows to keep DNS records in sync with Kubernetes resource changes.
Should you depend on it?
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License
Apache 2.0
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
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From the README
ExternalDNS synchronizes exposed Kubernetes Services and Ingresses with DNS providers.
This README is a part of the complete documentation, available here.
Inspired by Kubernetes DNS, Kubernetes' cluster-internal DNS server, ExternalDNS makes Kubernetes resources discoverable via public DNS servers. Like KubeDNS, it retrieves a list of resources (Services, Ingresses, etc.) from the Kubernetes API to determine a desired list of DNS records. Unlike KubeDNS, however, it's not a DNS server itself, but merely configures other DNS providers accordingly—e.g. AWS Route 53 or Google Cloud DNS.
In a broader sense, ExternalDNS allows you to control DNS records dynamically via Kubernetes resources in a DNS provider-agnostic way.
The FAQ contains additional information and addresses several questions about key concepts of ExternalDNS.
To see ExternalDNS in action, have a look at this video or read this blogpost.
Daily snapshots
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Forks
2.9K+43
Open issues
194+29
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| hashicorp/terraform | 50.0K | +127 | 75 | today |
| goharbor/harbor | 29.6K | +0 | 75 | 7 days ago |
| kopia/kopia | 14.4K | +0 | 75 | 121 days ago |
| crossplane/crossplane | 12.2K | +0 | 75 | 28 days ago |
| kubernetes-sigs/external-dns | 9.1K | +0 | 75 | 20 days ago |
| freelensapp/freelens | 5.7K | +0 | 54 | 105 days ago |
| Category median | 14.4K | +0 | 75 | — |
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