DNSControl is a system for maintaining DNS zones managing your DNS configuration across any number of DNS hosts, both in the cloud or in your own infrastructure.
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.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Maintain your DNS data as a high-level DS, with macros, and variables for easier updates.
- Super extensible! Plug-in architecture makes adding new DNS providers and Registrars easy!
- Eliminate vendor lock-in. Switch DNS providers easily, any time, with full fidelity.
- Reduce points of failure: Easily maintain dual DNS providers and easily drop one that is down.
- Supports 35+ DNS Providers including BIND, AWS Route 53, Google DNS, and name.com
- Apply CI/CD principles to DNS: Unit-tests, system-tests, automated deployment.
- All the benefits of Git (or any VCS) for your DNS zone data. View history. Accept PRs.
- Optimize DNS with SPF optimizer. Detect too many lookups. Flatten includes.
- Runs on Linux, Windows, Mac, or any operating system supported by Go.
- Enable/disable Cloudflare proxying (the “orange cloud” button) directly from your DNSControl files.
- Assign an IP address to a constant and use the variable name throughout the configuration. Need to change the IP address globally? Just change the variable and “recompile.”
- Keep similar domains in sync with transforms, macros, and variables.
Website: github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol
Support:
Developer: Stack Overflow
License: MIT License
DNSControl is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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