kubernetes

kubernetes

The kubernetes plugin enables the reading zone data from a Kubernetes cluster. It implements the Kubernetes DNS-Based Service Discovery Specification.

CoreDNS running the kubernetes plugin can be used as a replacement of kube-dns in a kubernetes cluster. See the deployment repository for details on how to deploy CoreDNS in Kubernetes.

stubDomains are implemented via the proxy plugin.

Syntax

kubernetes [ZONES...]

With only the directive specified, the kubernetes plugin will default to the zone specified in the server's block. It will handle all queries in that zone and connect to Kubernetes in-cluster. It will not provide PTR records for services, or A records for pods. If ZONES is used it specifies all the zones the plugin should be authoritative for.

kubernetes [ZONES...] {
    resyncperiod DURATION
    endpoint URL
    tls CERT KEY CACERT
    namespaces NAMESPACE...
    labels EXPRESSION
    pods POD-MODE
    upstream ADDRESS...
    ttl TTL
    fallthrough
}

• resyncperiod specifies the Kubernetes data API DURATION period.

• endpoint specifies the URL for a remove k8s API endpoint. If omitted, it will connect to k8s in-cluster using the cluster service account. Multiple k8s API endpoints could be specified, separated by ,s, e.g. endpoint http://k8s-endpoint1:8080,http://k8s-endpoint2:8080. CoreDNS will automatically perform a healthcheck and proxy to the healthy k8s API endpoint.

• tls CERT KEY CACERT are the TLS cert, key and the CA cert file names for remote k8s connection. This option is ignored if connecting in-cluster (i.e. endpoint is not specified).

• namespaces NAMESPACE [NAMESPACE...], exposed only the k8s namespaces listed. If this option is omitted all namespaces are exposed

• labels EXPRESSION only exposes the records for Kubernetes objects that match this label selector. The label selector syntax is described in the Kubernetes User Guide - Labels. An example that only exposes objects labeled as "application=nginx" in the "staging" or "qa" environments, would use: labels environment in (staging, qa),application=nginx.

• pods POD-MODE sets the mode for handling IP-based pod A records, e.g. 1-2-3-4.ns.pod.cluster.local. in A 1.2.3.4. This option is provided to facilitate use of SSL certs when connecting directly to pods. Valid values for POD-MODE:

  • disabled: Default. Do not process pod requests, always returning NXDOMAIN
  • insecure: Always return an A record with IP from request (without checking k8s). This option is is vulnerable to abuse if used maliciously in conjunction with wildcard SSL certs. This option is provided for backward compatibility with kube-dns.
  • verified: Return an A record if there exists a pod in same namespace with matching IP. This option requires substantially more memory than in insecure mode, since it will maintain a watch on all pods.

• upstream ADDRESS [ADDRESS...] defines the upstream resolvers used for resolving services that point to external hosts (External Services). ADDRESS can be an ip, an ip:port, or a path to a file structured like resolv.conf.

• ttl allows you to set a custom TTL for responses. The default (and allowed minimum) is to use 5 seconds, the maximum is capped at 3600 seconds.

• fallthrough If a query for a record in the cluster zone results in NXDOMAIN, normally that is what the response will be. However, if you specify this option, the query will instead be passed on down the plugin chain, which can include another plugin to handle the query.

Examples

Handle all queries in the cluster.local zone. Connect to Kubernetes in-cluster. Also handle all PTR requests for 10.0.0.0/16 . Verify the existence of pods when answering pod requests. Resolve upstream records against 10.102.3.10. Note we show the entire server block here:

10.0.0.0/16 cluster.local {
    kubernetes {
        pods verified
        upstream 10.102.3.10:53
    }
}

Or you can selectively expose some namespaces:

kubernetes cluster.local {
    namespaces test staging
}

Connect to Kubernetes with CoreDNS running outside the cluster:

kubernetes cluster.local {
    endpoint https://k8s-endpoint:8443
    tls cert key cacert
}

Here we use the proxy plugin to implement stubDomains that forwards example.org and example.com to another nameserver.

cluster.local {
    kubernetes {
        endpoint https://k8s-endpoint:8443
        tls cert key cacert
    }
}
example.org {
    proxy . 8.8.8.8:53
}
example.com {
    proxy . 8.8.8.8:53
}

AutoPath

The kubernetes plugin can be used in conjunction with the autopath plugin. Using this feature enables server-side domain search path completion in kubernetes clusters. Note: pods must be set to verified for this to function properly.

cluster.local {
    autopath @kubernetes
    kubernetes {
        pods verified
    }
}

Federation

The kubernetes plugin can be used in conjunction with the federation plugin. Using this feature enables serving federated domains from the kubernetes clusters.

cluster.local {
    federation {
        fallthrough
        prod prod.example.org
        staging staging.example.org

    }
    kubernetes
}

Wildcards

Some query labels accept a wildcard value to match any value. If a label is a valid wildcard (*, or the word "any"), then that label will match all values. The labels that accept wildcards are:

• service in an A record request: service.namespace.svc.zone.
  • e.g. *.ns.svc.myzone.local
• namespace in an A record request: service.namespace.svc.zone.
  • e.g. nginx.*.svc.myzone.local
• port and/or protocol in an SRV request: _port._protocol.service.namespace.svc.zone.
  • e.g. _http.*.service.ns.svc.
• multiple wild cards are allowed in a single query.
  • e.g. A Request *.*.svc.zone. or SRV request *.*.*.*.svc.zone.