pdns

Command line tool to add and and delete dns records and domains from powerdns postgresql database.

Installation

Copy pdnscmd.conf.sample to /etc/pdnscmd.conf and edit as needed.

Create group pdnscmd and add your user(s) to this group.

Set /etc/pdnscmd.conf filesystem permissions to for example 0750 and change group to pdnscmd

cp pdnscmd.conf.sample /etc/pdnscmd.conf
vi /etc/pdnscmd.conf
groupadd -r pdnscmd
usermod -aG pdnscmd youruser
chmod 750 /etc/pdnscmd.conf
chgrp pdnscmd /etc/pdnscmd.conf

Usage

Example usage.

$ pdns.py
> domain example.com
example.com> add test A 127.0.0.1
example.com> show
ADD record name=test.example.com and type=A and content=127.0.0.1 and ttl=360
example.com> commit
example.com> list
...
testi.example.com                360    A    -  127.0.0.1
...
example.com> delete test.example.com A 127.0.0.1
example.com> show
DELETE record name=test.example.com and type=A and content=127.0.0.1
example.com> revert