The Edge Cloud platform requires a few external accounts for DNS management.

Cloudflare

The Edge Cloud platform uses Cloudflare APIs to register new DNS entries for Cloudlet root load balancers and dedicated load balancers. These DNS entries are passed to client devices via the FindCloudlet API call, which points a client device to the closest back end application instance.

An API key for accessing the Cloudflare API programmatically should be placed in Vault. Please see the "Setup Vault" wiki page.

ns1 or other geo-dns

The Edge Cloud platform uses ns1 for geo-dns look up of DME (Distributed Matching Engine) instances, which client devices initially query to find the best cloudlet to connect to. Any geo-dns can be used here, as there is no direct integration with the platform.