Nsproxy Basic Usage

The following usage implies the default config file is being used.

• On boot nsproxy will bind to two ports:
  
  • 53 is used as the regular dns server. This will act the same as any other dns server and allows for custom dns entries to be used.
    
  • 8080 is used as the cluster manager. Clients should post to this port to bind with the dns server.
    
• DNS entries can be added in a similar fashion to registering a host. A POST on the same port that the clustermanager is running on in the following format will add an entry to the dns server.
  
  • /dns dnstype= domain= value=
    
  • example curl -d dnstype=a domain=unixvoid.com value=192.168.1.80 localhost:8080/dns
    
  • /dns/rm dnstype= domain= will remove a dns entry (and all for a domain if ‘dnstype’ not set)
    
  • example curl -d dnstype=a domain=unixvoid.com localhost:8080/dns/rm
    
  • dns:<dns_type>:<fqdn> and the content being a valid A, AAAA, or CNAME entry.
    
• Here are some examples on what typical redis entries would look like.
  
  • entry: dns:a:unixvoid.com. content: 67.3.192.22
    
  • entry: dns:aaaa:unixvoid.com. content: ::1
    
  • entry: dns:cname:unixvoid.com. content: customlb.cname.
    
• To register a client with the cluster manager, the client will send a form (application/x-www-form-urlencoded) to nsproxy with the following data.
  • hostname: the hostname of the box
    
  • cluster: the intended cluster to join.
    
  • ip(optional): ip (usefull when client is behind proxy/loadbalancer).
    
  • port(optional): port to tcp health check on, must be set if clientpingtype = port.
    
  • Both of these fields are required.
    
• A regular client registration looks like this:
  curl -d hostname=nginx -d cluster=coreos unixvoid.com:8080 This will add the host nginx to the cluster coreos. These names are arbitrary and can be anything.