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 on Debian 8 Jessie and tested on Debian 9 Sretch 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.

Goal

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 DNS Record

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

Debian Package Requirements

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get install unzip python-requests python-args python-simplejson

Git Clone or Download the Script

Download the Script from GitHub and unzip it.

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.

Edit the config file to fit your needs.

api_secret

Start by retrieving your API Key from the "Security" section in new Gandi Account admin panel to be able to make authenticated requests to the API. api_secret = '---my_secret_API_KEY----'

api_endpoint

Gandiv5 LiveDNS API Location http://doc.livedns.gandi.net/#api-endpoint ''' api_endpoint = 'https://dns.beta.gandi.net/api/v5'

domain

Your domain with the subdomains to be updated domain = 'mydomain.tld'

subdomains

All subdomains which should be updated. They get created if they do not yet exist. subdomains = ["subdomain1", "subdomain2", "subdomain3"]

The first domain is used to find out the actual IP in the Zone Records.

Run the script

And run the script: root@dyndns:~/gandi_live_dns-master/src# ./gandi_live_dns.py Checking dynamic IP: 127.0.0.1 Checking IP from DNS Record subdomain1: 127.0.0.1 IP Address Match - no further action

If your IP has changed, it will be detected and the update will be triggered.

root@dyndns:~/gandi_live_dns-master/src# ./gandi_live_dns.py Checking dynamic IP: 127.0.0.2 Checking IP from DNS Record subdomain1: 127.0.0.1 IP Address Mismatch - going to update the DNS Records for the subdomains with new IP 127.0.0.2 Status Code: 201 , DNS Record Created , IP updated for subdomain1 Status Code: 201 , DNS Record Created , IP updated for subdomain2 Status Code: 201 , DNS Record Created , IP updated for subdomain3

Command Line Arguments

` root@dyndns:~/gandi_live_dns-master/src# ./gandi_live_dns.py -h usage: gandi_live_dns.py [-h] [-f]

optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -f, --force force an update/create

`

The force option runs the script, even when no IP change has been detected. It will update all subdomains and even create them if they are missing in the Zone File/Zone UUID. This can be used if additional/new subdomains get appended to the conig file.

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.