We currently need to resolve A, AAAA and SRV records. That's pretty much it.

Oh and we need both /etc/hosts and DNS as that's what c-ares currently supports.

Replying to [comment:1 jhrozek]:

We currently need to resolve A, AAAA

Supported.

netresolve_resolve(resolver, hostname, NULL, AF_UNSPEC, 0, 0);

count = netresolve_get_path_count(resolver);
for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
    address = netresolve_get_path(resolver, i, &family, NULL, NULL, NULL);
}

and SRV records. That's pretty much it.

Planned. Something like:

netresolve_set_srv_lookup(resolver, true);
netresolve_resolve(resolver, hostname, service, AF_UNSPEC, 0, IPPROTO_TCP);

count = netresolve_get_path_count(resolver);
for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
    address = netresolve_get_path(resolver, i, &family, &socktype, &protocol, &port);
}

This is just an example, you would use the callback API with nonblocking behavior.

Replying to [comment:2 jhrozek]:

Oh and we need both /etc/hosts and DNS as that's what c-ares currently supports.

Both are supported, plus NULL, literal addresses, localhost/localhost4/localhost6 (even if they're not in /etc/hosts) and /etc/services (when SRV is not used or not available).

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milestone: NEEDS_TRIAGE => SSSD 1.13 beta
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summary: use netresolve library for network name resolution => [RFE] use netresolve library for network name resolution

SRV record is supported in upstream git, also the API was slightly modified after learning about more of other name resolution APIs. Now the functional blocker is response ordering but for the purpose of first implementations, netresolve ready unless you find some issue yourself.

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milestone: SSSD 1.13 beta => SSSD 1.13 backlog
priority: minor => trivial

Mass-moving tickets not planned for any immediate release and re-setting priority.

milestone: SSSD 1.13 backlog => SSSD Deferred
priority: trivial => major

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