Re: put-dns - Abstraction of external DNS record creation
> > Seems there's a standard protocol https://www.domainconnect.org/ > > Their reference code is in Python as well, like octopress, in case > that's relevant. > > > - Jonas > I have written https://gitlab.com/JohnLines/put-dns/-/wikis/Similar-or-Related-Projects to describe where I think these projects fit. The idea behind put-dns is that if someone was packaging, say Libravatar the could put into their postinst put-dns "_avatars._tcp.example.com. IN SRV 0 0 80 avatars.example.com" put-dns "_avatars-sec._tcp.example.com. IN SRV 0 0 443 avatars.example.com" with appropriate values for avatars.example.com, and if put-dns was already configured with a working provider then the end user would not need to do that step. Complex cases, with multiple redundant servers, load balancing etc will require much more planning and understanding of the configuration possibilities and are out of the scope of put-dns. John
Re: put-dns - Abstraction of external DNS record creation
Quoting John Lines (2021-01-03 19:03:26) > On Sun, 2021-01-03 at 08:11 +0200, Steve Kemp wrote: > > It's an interesting idea, but I suspect in order to be useful it will > > need to handle a wider number of sites. > > > > There are several projects out there which attempt to abstract DNS > > entries across systems, allowing you to mirror zones, etc. For > > example you might consult: > > > > https://github.com/octodns/octodns > > > > Steve > > > Thank you, Octodns looks very interesting, although it seems to be > aimed at rolling out a full set of DNS records for a domain, whereas > for a use in a Debian package it would be more a case of adding, for > example an SRV record in the postinst, so that the user did not have do > do that by hand. > > It does have a nice collection of providers, and it would be good to be > able to use them to add a single record without replacing the entire > zone, which may be possible, with some further investigation. Seems there's a standard protocol https://www.domainconnect.org/ Their reference code is in Python as well, like octopress, in case that's relevant. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private signature.asc Description: signature
Re: put-dns - Abstraction of external DNS record creation
On Sun, 2021-01-03 at 08:11 +0200, Steve Kemp wrote: > It's an interesting idea, but I suspect in order to be useful it will > need to handle a wider number of sites. > > There are several projects out there which attempt to abstract DNS > entries across systems, allowing you to mirror zones, etc. For > example you might consult: > > https://github.com/octodns/octodns > > Steve > Thank you, Octodns looks very interesting, although it seems to be aimed at rolling out a full set of DNS records for a domain, whereas for a use in a Debian package it would be more a case of adding, for example an SRV record in the postinst, so that the user did not have do do that by hand. It does have a nice collection of providers, and it would be good to be able to use them to add a single record without replacing the entire zone, which may be possible, with some further investigation. John
Re: put-dns - Abstraction of external DNS record creation
It's an interesting idea, but I suspect in order to be useful it will need to handle a wider number of sites. There are several projects out there which attempt to abstract DNS entries across systems, allowing you to mirror zones, etc. For example you might consult: https://github.com/octodns/octodns Steve
put-dns - Abstraction of external DNS record creation
While working towards the creation of a Small Organisation Server, based around federated and open protocols I needed a way to create DNS records on an external DNS server. I could not find an existing general way to do this, so I created a command put-dns, which is just a shell script which is passed a DNS record in RFC 1034 format, and then passes this on to a provider- specific script which does the actual update. I have this implemented for one real provider, a hosting/DNS provider called Mythic Beasts, and a 'none' provider which simply outputs the request to a text file. Having got this far I thought this might be useful for other projects, so I have split it off into https://gitlab.com/JohnLines/put-dns If something which does the same job already exists then please let me know, and I will use that, and package it if not already packaged. I have no desire to reinvent the wheel, but have noticed there are several projects where the instructions for installation contain 'now set up a DNS record', but there is not much to help an average end user with this. There is the namecheap package, which I have not looked at beyond the description, but that is tied to a single provider, and does more than is needed. I would welcome feedback as to whether abstracting external DNS updates seems a good idea, even if only in a crude way, would other projects find this useful as an option ? John
