dnscontrol

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DNSControl

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DNSControl is a system for maintaining DNS zones. It has two parts: a domain specific language (DSL) for describing DNS zones plus software that processes the DSL and pushes the resulting zones to DNS providers such as Route53, Cloudflare, and Gandi. It can send the same DNS records to multiple providers. It even generates the most beautiful BIND zone files ever. It runs anywhere Go runs (Linux, macOS, Windows). The provider model is extensible, so more providers can be added.

Currently supported DNS providers:

  • AWS Route 53
  • Active Directory
  • Azure DNS
  • BIND
  • ClouDNS
  • Cloudflare
  • DNSimple
  • DigitalOcean
  • Exoscale
  • Gandi
  • Google DNS
  • HEXONET
  • Internet.bs
  • Linode
  • NS1
  • Name.com
  • Namecheap
  • OVH
  • OctoDNS
  • OpenSRS
  • SoftLayer
  • Vultr

At Stack Overflow, we use this system to manage hundreds of domains and subdomains across multiple registrars and DNS providers.

You can think of it as a DNS compiler. The configuration files are written in a DSL that looks a lot like JavaScript. It is compiled to an intermediate representation (IR). Compiler back-ends use the IR to update your DNS zones on services such as Route53, Cloudflare, and Gandi, or systems such as BIND and Active Directory.

An Example

dnsconfig.js:

// define our registrar and providers
var namecom = NewRegistrar("name.com", "NAMEDOTCOM");
var r53 = NewDnsProvider("r53", "ROUTE53")

D("example.com", namecom, DnsProvider(r53),
  A("@", "1.2.3.4"),
  CNAME("www","@"),
  MX("@",5,"mail.myserver.com."),
  A("test", "5.6.7.8")
)

Running dnscontrol preview will talk to the providers (here name.com as registrar and route 53 as the dns host), and determine what changes need to be made.

Running dnscontrol push will make those changes with the provider and my dns records will be correctly updated.

See Getting Started page on documentation site.

Benefits

  • Less error-prone than editing a BIND zone file.
  • More reproducible than clicking buttons on a web portal.
  • Easily switch between DNS providers: The DNSControl language is vendor-agnostic. If you use it to maintain your DNS zone records, you can switch between DNS providers easily. In fact, DNSControl will upload your DNS records to multiple providers, which means you can test one while switching to another. We've switched providers 3 times in three years and we've never lost a DNS record.
  • Adopt CI/CD principles to DNS! At StackOverflow we maintain our DNSControl configurations in Git and use our CI system to roll out changes. Keeping DNS information in a VCS means we have full history. Using CI enables us to include unit-tests and system-tests. Remember when you forgot to include a "." at the end of an MX record? We haven't had that problem since we included a test to make sure Tom doesn't make that mistake... again.
  • Adopt PR-based updates. Allow developers to send updates as PRs, which you can review before you approve.
  • Variables save time! Assign an IP address to a constant and use the variable name throughout the file. Need to change the IP address globally? Just change the variable and "recompile."
  • Macros! Define your SPF records, MX records, or other repeated data once and re-use them for all domains.
  • Control Cloudflare from a single source of truth. Enable/disable Cloudflare proxying (the "orange cloud" button) directly from your DNSControl files.
  • Keep similar domains in sync with transforms and other features. If one domain is supposed to be a filtered version of another, this is easy to set up.
  • It is extendable! All the DNS providers are written as plugins. Writing new plugins is very easy.

Installation

From source

DNSControl can be built with Go version 1.14 or higher. To install, simply run

go get github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol

dnscontrol will be installed in $GOPATH/bin

Via packages

Get prebuilt binaries from github releases

Alternatively, on Mac you can install it using homebrew:

brew install dnscontrol

Via docker

docker run --rm -it -v $(pwd)/dnsconfig.js:/dns/dnsconfig.js -v $(pwd)/creds.json:/dns/creds.json stackexchange/dnscontrol dnscontrol preview

More info at our web site

https://stackexchange.github.io/dnscontrol/

Documentation

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Directories

Path Synopsis
cmd
docs
pkg
acme
Package acme provides a means of performing Let's Encrypt DNS challenges via a DNSConfig
Package acme provides a means of performing Let's Encrypt DNS challenges via a DNSConfig
js
nameservers
Package nameservers provides logic for dynamically finding nameservers for a domain, and configuring NS records for them.
Package nameservers provides logic for dynamically finding nameservers for a domain, and configuring NS records for them.
natsort
Package natsort provides an implementation of the natural sorting algorithm.
Package natsort provides an implementation of the natural sorting algorithm.
_all
Package all is simply a container to reference all known provider implementations for easy import into other packages
Package all is simply a container to reference all known provider implementations for easy import into other packages
config
Package config provides functions for reading and parsing the provider credentials json file.
Package config provides functions for reading and parsing the provider credentials json file.
hexonet
Package hexonet implements a registrar that uses the hexonet api to set name servers.
Package hexonet implements a registrar that uses the hexonet api to set name servers.
namedotcom
Package namedotcom implements a registrar that uses the name.com api to set name servers.
Package namedotcom implements a registrar that uses the name.com api to set name servers.
ns1
ovh

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