sigs.k8s.io/external-dns@v0.14.1/docs/registry/registry.md (about) 1 # Registries 2 3 A registry persists metadata pertaining to DNS records. 4 5 The most important metadata is the owning external-dns deployment. 6 This is specified using the `--txt-owner-id` flag, specifying a value unique to the 7 deployment of external-dns and which doesn't change for the lifetime of the deployment. 8 Deployments in different clusters but sharing a DNS zone need to use different owner IDs. 9 10 The registry implementation is specified using the `--registry` flag. 11 12 ## Supported registries 13 14 * [txt](txt.md) (default) - Stores metadata in TXT records in the same provider. 15 * [dynamodb](dynamodb.md) - Stores metadata in an AWS DynamoDB table. 16 * noop - Passes metadata directly to the provider. For most providers, this means the metadata is not persisted. 17 * aws-sd - Stores metadata in AWS Service Discovery. Only usable with the `aws-sd` provider.