OctoDNS is a tool for managing your DNS across multiple providers. It allows you to easily and automatically sync your DNS records across different domains and providers.
In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing OctoDNS on Fedora CoreOS latest.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:
OctoDNS requires Python 3 to run, so the first step is to ensure that it is installed. Fedora CoreOS typically comes pre-installed with Python 3, but let's make sure it is updated to the latest version:
sudo dnf update
sudo dnf install python3
There are several ways to install OctoDNS, but one of the easiest is to use pip, the package installer for Python. We need to install pip first:
sudo dnf install python3-pip
Then we can use pip to install OctoDNS:
sudo pip3 install octodns
Now that OctoDNS is installed, we need to configure it for our specific use case. The configuration file for OctoDNS is a YAML file that defines the providers, domains, and records to manage.
Create a new file called config.yaml:
sudo nano /etc/octodns/config.yaml
Copy and paste the following into the file:
providers:
aws:
class: octodns.provider.route53.Route53Provider
id: aws
access_key_id: <ACCESS_KEY_ID>
secret_access_key: <SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>
# Add any additional providers here
zones:
example.com.:
sources:
- aws
targets:
- aws
records:
# Add records here
Replace <ACCESS_KEY_ID> and <SECRET_ACCESS_KEY> in the aws provider section with your AWS access key ID and secret access key, respectively.
In the zones section, replace example.com. with your domain name, and add any desired records under the records section.
Save and exit the file.
We can now test OctoDNS and verify that it is working correctly. The sync command will sync the DNS records defined in the configuration file to the specified providers:
sudo octodns sync --config /etc/octodns/config.yaml
If there are no errors, you should see output indicating that the changes were applied:
INFO:octodns:Syncing zone example.com.
INFO:octodns.providers.aws:Sync plan contains 0 changes
Congratulations, you have successfully installed and configured OctoDNS on Fedora CoreOS Latest!
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