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136 lines
4.6 KiB
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gandi_live_dns
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This is a simple dynamic DNS updater for the
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[Gandi](https://www.gandi.net) registrar. It uses their [LiveDNS REST API](http://doc.livedns.gandi.net/) to update the zone file for a subdomain of a domain to point at the external IPv4 address of the computer it has been run from.
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It has been developed on Debian 8 Jessie and tested on Debian 9 Sretch GNU/Linux using Python 2.7.
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With the new v5 Website, Gandi has also launched a new REST API which makes it easier to communicate via bash/curl or python/requests.
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### Goal
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You want your homeserver to be always available at `dynamic_subdomain.mydomain.tld`.
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### Debian Package Requirements
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`apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get install unzip python-requests python-args python-simplejson`
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#### API Key
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First, you must apply for an API key with Gandi. Visit
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https://account.gandi.net/en/ and apply for (at least) the production API
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key by following their directions.
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#### A DNS Record
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Create the DNS A Records in the GANDI Webinterface which you want to update if your IP changes.
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#### Git Clone or Download the Script
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Download the Script from here as [zip](https://github.com/cavebeat/gandi_live_dns/archive/master.zip)/[tar.gz](https://github.com/cavebeat/gandi_live_dns/archive/master.tar.gz) and extract it.
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or clone from git
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`git clone https://github.com/cavebeat/gandi_live_dns.git`
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#### Script Configuration
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Then you'd need to configure the script in the src directory.
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Copy `example.config.py` to `config.py`, and put it in the same directory as the script.
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Edit the config file to fit your needs.
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##### api_secret
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Start by retrieving your API Key from the "Security" section in new [Gandi Account admin panel](https://account.gandi.net/) to be able to make authenticated requests to the API.
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api_secret = '---my_secret_API_KEY----'
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##### api_endpoint
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Gandiv5 LiveDNS API Location
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http://doc.livedns.gandi.net/#api-endpoint
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```
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api_endpoint = 'https://dns.beta.gandi.net/api/v5'
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```
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##### domain
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Your domain for the subdomains to be updated
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##### subdomains
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All subdomains which should be updated. They get created if they do not yet exist.
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```
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subdomains = ["subdomain1", "subdomain2", "subdomain3"]
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```
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The first subdomain is used to find out the actual IP in the Zone Records.
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#### Run the script
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And run the script:
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```
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root@dyndns:~/gandi_live_dns-master/src# ./gandi_live_dns.py
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Checking dynamic IP: 127.0.0.1
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Checking IP from DNS Record subdomain1: 127.0.0.1
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IP Address Match - no further action
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```
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If your IP has changed, it will be detected and the update will be triggered.
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```
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root@dyndns:~/gandi_live_dns-master/src# ./gandi_live_dns.py
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Checking dynamic IP: 127.0.0.2
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Checking IP from DNS Record subdomain1: 127.0.0.1
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IP Address Mismatch - going to update the DNS Records for the subdomains with new IP 127.0.0.2
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Status Code: 201 , DNS Record Created , IP updated for subdomain1
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Status Code: 201 , DNS Record Created , IP updated for subdomain2
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Status Code: 201 , DNS Record Created , IP updated for subdomain3
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```
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#### Command Line Arguments
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```
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root@dyndns:~/gandi_live_dns-master/src# ./gandi_live_dns.py -h
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usage: gandi_live_dns.py [-h] [-f]
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optional arguments:
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-h, --help show this help message and exit
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-f, --force force an update/create
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```
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The force option runs the script, even when no IP change has been detected.
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It will update all subdomains and even create them if they are missing in the
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Zone File/Zone UUID. This can be used if additional/new subdomains get appended to the conig file.
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### IP address lookup service
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There exist several providers for this case, but better is to run your own somewhere.
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#### Poor Mans PHP Solution
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On a LAMP Stack, place the file [index.php]https://github.com/cavebeat/gandi_live_dns/blob/master/src/example-index.php) in a directory /ip in your webroot.
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```
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root@laptop:~# curl https://blog.cavebeat.org/ip/
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127.0.0.1
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```
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This should fit your personal needs and you still selfhost the whole thing.
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#### https://github.com/mpolden/ipd
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A simple service for looking up your IP address. This is the code that powers [https://ifconfig.co](https://ifconfig.co)
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#### use external services
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choose one as described in the config file.
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### Cron the script
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```
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*/5 * * * * /root//root/gandi_live_dns-master/src/gandi_live_dns.py >/dev/null 2>&1
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```
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### Upcoming Features
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* command line Argument for verbose mode
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### Inspiration
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This DynDNS updater is inspired by https://github.com/jasontbradshaw/gandi-dyndns which worked very well
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with the classic DNS from Gandiv4 Website and their XML-RPC API.
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Gandi has created a new API, i accidently switched to the new DNS Record System, so someone had to start a new updater.
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