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HYPERFLEET-1573

Add optional OCI ExternalDNS support for publishing HyperFleet public endpoint records. The integration uses instance principals on OKE worker nodes and adopts the existing delegated DNS resources without recreating them. HTTP-01 ingress work is tracked separately under HYPERFLEET-1681.

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  • Adds an OCI ExternalDNS Helm chart with service-based discovery, OCI authentication, TXT ownership records, restricted security context, resource limits, and RBAC.
  • Integrates the addon into Helmfile behind EXTERNAL_DNS_ENABLED, with required OCI compartment, domain filter, and TXT owner configuration.
  • Adds an optional gateway Service annotation for the ExternalDNS hostname.
  • Adds Terraform support to import and manage the existing DNS compartment, delegated zone, dynamic group, and DNS-only IAM policy with deletion protection.
  • Documents ExternalDNS configuration, required environment variables, Terraform ownership, and gateway annotation behavior in the infra repository.

Test plan

  • Validate Terraform with dns_enabled=false and with placeholder import inputs.
  • Run the OCI Terraform plan with dns_enabled=true and confirm the existing DNS resources are imported without destruction.
  • Render and lint the ExternalDNS Helm chart with the addon disabled and enabled.
  • Verify the ExternalDNS deployment renders with the required OCI configuration using make template-helmfile and placeholder OCI values.
  • Verify the gateway Service ExternalDNS hostname annotation renders when configured.
  • Live verification
    • Deploy ExternalDNS to the OCI test cluster and verify instance-principal authentication.
    • Create an annotated LoadBalancer Service and verify it receives a public address.
    • Verify public and authoritative A-record queries resolve to the LoadBalancer address.
    • Verify the authoritative TXT ownership record is created at a-verify.oci.hypershell.app.

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  • New Features
    • Added optional OCI DNS management and ExternalDNS integration, disabled by default, with configurable zones, domain filters, TXT ownership, and DNS update policies.
    • Added support for importing existing OCI DNS zones and related identity resources.
    • Added configurable gateway service annotations for publishing hostnames to ExternalDNS.
    • Added control over OCI compartment deletion and protection for DNS resources.
  • Documentation
    • Added setup guidance for enabling OCI DNS and ExternalDNS, configuring required values, and preserving existing zones and nameservers.

Walkthrough

The change adds optional OCI DNS and IAM resources, including imports for configured existing resources and outputs for DNS zone details. It adds an ExternalDNS Helm chart and an environment-controlled Helmfile release. The gateway Service can receive a hostname annotation when configured. Documentation describes the configuration and existing-zone handling.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Terraform
  participant OCI
  participant Helmfile
  participant Kubernetes
  participant ExternalDNS
  Terraform->>OCI: Configure or import DNS and IAM resources
  Helmfile->>Kubernetes: Install ExternalDNS when enabled
  Helmfile->>Kubernetes: Set gateway hostname annotation when configured
  ExternalDNS->>Kubernetes: Discover services and endpoints
  ExternalDNS->>OCI: Manage DNS records
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to c9562

When enabled, ExternalDNS may publish DNS records for Services outside the intended gateway. Constrain Service discovery or hostname ownership before enabling the integration; exposure depends on cluster Service-write permissions.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the primary change: adding OCI ExternalDNS integration. It is concise and specific.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the OCI ExternalDNS integration, Helmfile and Terraform changes, configuration, testing, and deployment validation.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
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Sec-02: Secrets In Log Output ✅ Passed No matching log statement was introduced. The authoritative PR range contains no changed Go files. The changed Helm, Helmfile, and Terraform files contain no slog, log, logr, zap, or `fmt.Prin…
No Hardcoded Secrets ✅ Passed No hardcoded secrets were introduced. The added lines contain no credential URLs, literal assignments to apiKey/secret/token/password variables, private keys, or base64 strings longer than 32 characte…
No Weak Cryptography ✅ Passed No banned primitive or custom cryptography is introduced. The only cryptographic-looking addition is Helm sha256sum in external-dns.clusterRoleName, used to derive a deterministic Kubernetes Clust…
No Injection Vectors ✅ Passed No specified injection vector is introduced. The PR changes only Helm/Helmfile, Terraform, and documentation files; no Go, Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript files are changed. Added-code scans found n…
No Privileged Containers ✅ Passed No explicit privileged-container condition is introduced. The new ExternalDNS Deployment sets allowPrivilegeEscalation: false, drops all capabilities, uses runAsNonRoot: true, and sets `runAsUser:…
No Pii Or Sensitive Data In Logs ✅ Passed No logging statement was introduced. The authoritative diff changes only Markdown, Helm/Helmfile templates, YAML values, and Terraform; it adds no application-source files. The focused scan found no a…
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In `@helm/external-dns/templates/deployment.yaml`:
- Line 26: Update the ExternalDNS deployment arguments around --source=service
to add --namespace={{ .Release.Namespace }}, restricting Service discovery to
the release namespace. Replace any namespaced read permissions used by
ExternalDNS with a Role and RoleBinding scoped to that namespace, and add an
admission policy or equivalent RBAC restriction if only the gateway Service
should be allowed to carry the ExternalDNS hostname annotation.

In `@terraform/oci/main.tf`:
- Around line 48-79: Update the private Terraform tfvars configuration to
provide a valid OCI dynamic-group matching rule through
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In `@terraform/oci/variables.tf`:
- Line 90: Update the five DNS validation conditions using the
`dns_compartment_id` null-safe conditional pattern: when DNS is disabled, return
true before inspecting nullable values; when enabled, check for null before
trimming. Apply the same evaluation-safe structure to all five validations so
DNS-disabled plans work with null defaults.

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🟡 Minor · Preserve adopted DNS resources when disabling management. · main.tf:27-46

terraform/oci/main.tf:27-46
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve adopted DNS resources when disabling management.

After DNS is enabled and imported, setting dns_enabled = false removes the module instances and import blocks. Terraform can then plan destruction of the imported compartment, zone, dynamic group, and policy. The zone, dynamic group, and policy use prevent_destroy, so the plan fails before apply. The README documents the resources as persistent but provides no opt-out procedure.

Use an explicit de-adoption workflow that removes the resources from Terraform state while retaining them in OCI before setting dns_enabled = false.

Suggested fix
 Add the existing OCI DNS resource values to a private tfvars file using the placeholders in [`ci.tfvars.example`](ci.tfvars.example), then review the plan before enabling DNS management.
+
+After DNS management has been enabled, do not set `dns_enabled = false` directly.
+First remove the adopted resources from Terraform state without destroying them:
+
+```sh
+terraform state rm \
+  'module.dns_compartment[0].oci_identity_compartment.this' \
+  'module.dns[0].oci_dns_zone.this' \
+  'oci_identity_dynamic_group.external_dns[0]' \
+  'oci_identity_policy.external_dns[0]'
+```
+
+Then set `dns_enabled = false`. This retains the persistent OCI DNS resources.
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In `@terraform/oci/main.tf` around lines 27 - 46, Document a de-adoption workflow
for the DNS resources managed by the dns_compartment and dns modules: instruct
operators to remove the adopted resources from Terraform state without
destroying them before setting dns_enabled to false, so the OCI resources remain
intact.
🟡 Minor · Add watch permission on Nodes. · rbac.yaml:7-15

helm/external-dns/templates/rbac.yaml:7-15
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add watch permission on Nodes.

The chart pins ExternalDNS v0.22.0 and starts the unfiltered service source. ExternalDNS therefore starts a Node informer. This rule grants only list, so the watch request can be rejected. Initial discovery can still succeed through list, but NodePort target data can remain stale until a later relist.

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-    verbs: ["list"]
+    verbs: ["list", "watch"]
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In `@helm/external-dns/templates/rbac.yaml` around lines 7 - 15, Add the missing
watch permission to the nodes rule in the RBAC manifest by including it
alongside list in the verbs. Leave the existing resources and permissions
unchanged.

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In `@helm/external-dns/templates/rbac.yaml`:
- Around line 7-15: Add the missing watch permission to the nodes rule in the
RBAC manifest by including it alongside list in the verbs. Leave the existing
resources and permissions unchanged.

In `@terraform/oci/main.tf`:
- Around line 27-46: Document a de-adoption workflow for the DNS resources
managed by the dns_compartment and dns modules: instruct operators to remove the
adopted resources from Terraform state without destroying them before setting
dns_enabled to false, so the OCI resources remain intact.

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