SmartProxyDnsPowerdns

This plugin adds a new DNS provider for managing records in PowerDNS.

See How_to_Install_a_Smart-Proxy_Plugin for how to install Smart Proxy plugins

This plugin is compatible with Smart Proxy 1.15 or higher.

When installing using "gem", make sure to install the bundle file:

echo "gem 'smart_proxy_dns_powerdns'" > /usr/share/foreman-proxy/bundler.d/dns_powerdns.rb

• The multiple backends have been dropped and only REST is still supported.

• The minimum Smart Proxy version is now 1.15
• The MySQL and PostgreSQL backends are officially deprecated and will be removed in the next release.

• The minimum Smart Proxy version is now 1.13
• The REST backend is now the preferred backend. Users are encouraged to use it.

• The backend is a required parameter.

To enable this DNS provider, edit /etc/foreman-proxy/settings.d/dns.yml and set:

:use_provider: dns_powerdns

Configuration options for this plugin are in /etc/foreman-proxy/settings.d/dns_powerdns.yml.

To use the REST backend, set the following parameters:

:powerdns_backend: 'rest'
:powerdns_rest_url: 'http://localhost:8081/api/v1/servers/localhost'
:powerdns_rest_api_key: 'apikey'

Note only API v1 from PowerDNS 4.x is supported. The v0 API from 3.x is unsupported.

Domains in PowerDNS need a rectify action after modification. In the past this was done using pdnsutil but since PowerDNS 4.1.0 the API can do this automatically. The domain metadata API-RECTIFY needs to be set to 1. When it's unset, the config variable default-api-rectify will be used. PowerDNS 4.2.0 started to default to true.

When using the REST backend, the change_date of records isn't modified by this plugin. To automatically increment the serial number of a zone, you can configure the SOA-EDIT-API zone metadata. For example:

pdnsutil set-meta example.com SOA-EDIT-API DEFAULT

Other methods for managing the serial number are also available. Alternatives to SOA-EDIT-API you might want to investigate include:

• Installing database triggers that update the SOA record.
• Reconfiguring powerdns's prepared statements such that the change\_date column gets updated when records are updated.

Full discussion of these methods is beyond the scope of this README.

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First you need to run the smart proxy on http://localhost:8000 and a powerdns instance on 127.0.0.1:5300.

It is assumed the powerdns instance has both the example.com and in-addr.arpa domains configured. If not, create them:

INSERT INTO domains (name, type) VALUES ('example.com', 'master'), ('in-addr.arpa', 'master'), ('ip6.arpa', 'master');
INSERT INTO records (domain_id, name, type, content) SELECT id domain_id, name, 'SOA', 'ns1.example.com hostmaster.example.com. 0 3600 1800 1209600 3600' FROM domains WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM records WHERE records.domain_id=domains.id AND records.name=domains.name AND type='SOA');

Then run the tests:

bundle exec rake test:integration

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