Please Externalize NTP and DNS as variables

[haydonryan]

Most enterprises don't use google dns, and they'll use their own. Homelabs are in the same boat.

Removing the ops file (https://github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-deployment/blob/master/local-dns.yml) removes the ability to replace the DNS.

https://github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-deployment/blob/master/bosh.yml#L139
https://github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-deployment/blob/master/bosh.yml#L45-L48
https://github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-deployment/blob/master/bosh.yml#L164-L167

[haydonryan]

Also the refernce on

local-dns.yml: Enables Director DNS beta functionality

https://github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-deployment/tree/master?tab=readme-ov-file refers to an empty opsfile.

[jpalermo]

The local-dns ops file never allowed override of dns servers. It was used to enable the local_dns feature of bosh. You can see the old version of it here

There is an existing ops-file to replace the dns entries here: https://github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-deployment/blob/master/misc/dns.yml

And the one to replace ntp values is here: https://github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-deployment/blob/master/misc/ntp.yml

Typically empty ops-file are kept around when values are incorporated into defaults so people who have pipelines or tooling using those scripts don't see those things break as we make changes.

[haydonryan]

Ahh that makes sense on the local_dns and empty ops files.

I'm coming back from a hiatus to an implementation role. I assume PR for documentation updates is welcome?

[beyhan]

I assume PR for documentation updates is welcome?

yes, this is very welcome :-)

[haydonryan]

Awesome :)

[haydonryan]

Reopening to attach to PR