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Allow root admin to configure DNS servers on behalf of a specific user/domain and support project-scoped DNS servers

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5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
38/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
java

Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing DNS-server configuration flow and PR #13821, then trace how account, domain, project, and root-admin ownership are represented. Done means root admins can provision DNS servers for users, domains, or projects, while provisioned users and domains cannot change their URLs; the scope and permission rules should be covered by appropriate tests.

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Description

component:networking type:new-feature
The required feature described as a wish

Currently, a DNS server can only be set up for the calling account/domain, there is no way for a root admin to configure one on behalf of a different account or domain, and no way for a DNS server to belong to a project.

As a root admin, I would like to be able to:

  1. Set up a DNS server on behalf of a specific user/account
  2. Set up a DNS server on behalf of a specific domain
  3. Attach a DNS server to a project

Additional constraint:

  1. If a DNS server was set up by root admin on behalf of a user/domain, that user/domain should not be able to modify its URL themselves. Only root admin (or whoever provisioned it) should be able to change it.

Motivation:

Asks 1 and 2 are primarily driven by the recent restriction that only root admin can configure a DNS server on a private/internal (RFC1918) address, domain admins and regular users can no longer do so directly (see PR #13821). Without a way for root admin to provision such a server on behalf of another account/domain, that use case is lost entirely for non-root-admin users.

Ask 3 (project support) wasn't part of the initial scope for this feature. It's being tracked here as a follow-up enhancement rather than a gap in the original design.

Ask 4 follows directly from 1 and 2: if the owning user/domain could freely change the URL afterward, they could redirect an admin-provisioned DNS server anywhere they like, defeating the purpose of restricting private-address setup to root admin in the first place.

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