gandi_live_dns

This is a simple dynamic DNS updater for the Gandi registrar. It uses their REST API 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.

It has been developed and tested on Debian 8 Jessie GNU/Linux using Python 2.7.

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.

Walkthrough

You want your homeserver to be always available at dynamic.mydomain.tld.

API Key

First, you must apply for an API key with Gandi. Visit https://account.gandi.net/en/ and apply for (at least) the production API key by following their directions.

A Record Setup

Create the DNS A Records in the GANDI Webinterface which you want to update if your IP changes.

Git Clone or Download the Script

Download the Script from GitHub or git clone https://github.com/cavebeat/gandi_live_dns.git

Script Configuration

Then you'd need to configure the script in the src directory.

Copy example.config.py to config.py, and put it in the same directory as the script.

Run the script

Make the script executeable.

$ cd gandi_live_dns/src $ chmod +x gandi_live_dns.py And run the script $ ./gandi_live_dns.py

This DynDNS updater is inspired by https://github.com/jasontbradshaw/gandi-dyndns which worked very well with the classic DNS from Gandiv4 Website and their XML-RPC API.