The new Hitachi Content Platform version 7 is out and it is packed with several new features and enhancements. One of the new features is the DNS functionality. The new built-in DNS services drop the dependency on external DNS servers for DNS queries for the Tenants or namespace. The way to configure DNS in HCP 7 is by configuring a secondary DNS zone in the Windows servers and referring to the HCP nodes as the Primary Zone masters.
I decided to automate the process to help with the installation and configuration of the HCP into a customer environment. The video goes thru the process of executing the PowerShell script that will configure everything needed for a new HCP 7 setup.
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# ScriptName: Configure-DNS-Zone-HCP7.ps1
# Author: Carlos Vargas
# Contact: carlos dot vargas at hds dot com
# Info: This script will configure the HCP DNS zone in
# a Windows DNS server
# Version: 1
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# Script to create DNS records for HCP 7
cls
Write-Host “”
Write-Host “HCP 7 DNS Zone Configuration Script for Windows” -ForegroundColor Yellow
Write-Host “Version 1.0” -ForegroundColor Yellow
# ——————- Functions ———————–
Function GetDNSZones(){
$PrimaryDNSZones = Get-DNSServerZone | Where-Object ZoneType -like “*primary*” | Where-Object IsReverseLookupZone -like “False” | Where-Object ZoneName -notlike “TrustAnchors”
$DNSZonesCount = $PrimaryDNSZones.count
For($i = 0;$i -le ($PrimaryDNSZones.count – 1);$i++)
{
$x = $i + 1
Write-Host “$x.” $PrimaryDNSZones[$i].ZoneName
}
Write-Host””
$DNSZoneSelection = Read-Host -Prompt “Select Option 1 – $DNSZonesCount”
$DNSZone = $PrimaryDNSZones[$DNSZoneSelection – 1].ZoneName
$DNSZone
}
# —————- End Functions —————————-
# —————- Body ————————————-
# Select DNS Zone for HCP nodes A Records
Write-Host “”
Write-Host “Please Select the DNS Zone where you want to create your HCP Nodes A Records” -ForegroundColor Yellow
$SelectedDNSZone = GetDNSZones
# Collect Information about HCP Nodes
Write-Host “”
$hcpnodeminip = Read-Host “Type the IP Address of your first HCP Node. Ex: 192.168.2.10”
$hcpdnsservername = Read-Host “Type the Host name to use as reference for the HCP node. Ex: hcp-node-001”
# Create HCP-Nodes in DNS to reference secondary zone from HCP
Add-DnsServerResourceRecordA -Name $hcpdnsservername -ZoneName $SelectedDNSZone -IPv4Address $hcpnodeminip
# Validate Record Created
#Get-DnsServerResourceRecord -Name $hcpdnsservername -ZoneName $SelectedDNSZone
# Create Secondary Zone pointing to HCP nodes
$hcpdnszonename = Read-Host “Type the name of the HCP cluster DNS zone. Ex: hcp7.domain.com”
$hcpdnszonefile = “$hcpdnszonename.dns”
Add-DnsServerSecondaryZone -name $hcpdnszonename -ZoneFile $hcpdnszonefile -MasterServers $hcpnodeminip
# Open HCP Admin Portal via new DNS Zone name
$hcpadminportalurl = “https://admin.$hcpdnszonename”+”:8000″
Start-Process $hcpadminportalurl
#——————– End Body —————————————————-
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Let me know what do you think.
Carlos