<style> #custom-dns-current td.long { word-break: break-all; } </style> <h2>Custom DNS</h2> <p class="text-warning">This is an advanced configuration page.</p> <p>It is possible to set custom DNS records on domains hosted here.</p> <h3>Set Custom DNS Records</h3> <p>You can set additional DNS records, such as if you have a website running on another server, to add DKIM records for external mail providers, or for various confirmation-of-ownership tests.</p> <form class="form-horizontal" role="form" onsubmit="do_set_custom_dns(); return false;"> <div class="form-group"> <label for="customdnsQname" class="col-sm-1 control-label">Name</label> <div class="col-sm-10"> <table style="max-width: 400px"> <tr><td> <input type="text" class="form-control" id="customdnsQname" placeholder="subdomain"> </td><td style="padding: 0 1em; font-weight: bold;">.</td><td> <select id="customdnsZone" class="form-control"> </select> </td></tr></table> <div class="text-info" style="margin-top: .5em">Leave the left field blank to set a record on the chosen domain name, or enter a subdomain.</div> </div> </div> <div class="form-group"> <label for="customdnsType" class="col-sm-1 control-label">Type</label> <div class="col-sm-10"> <select id="customdnsType" class="form-control" style="max-width: 400px" onchange="show_customdns_rtype_hint()"> <option value="A" data-hint="Enter an IPv4 address (i.e. a dotted quad, such as 123.456.789.012).">A (IPv4 address)</option> <option value="AAAA" data-hint="Enter an IPv6 address.">AAAA (IPv6 address)</option> <option value="CNAME" data-hint="Enter another domain name followed by a period at the end (e.g. mypage.github.io.).">CNAME (DNS forwarding)</option> <option value="TXT" data-hint="Enter arbitrary text.">TXT (text record)</option> <option value="MX" data-hint="Enter record in the form of PRIORIY DOMAIN., including trailing period (e.g. 20 mx.example.com.).">MX (mail exchanger)</option> </select> </div> </div> <div class="form-group"> <label for="customdnsValue" class="col-sm-1 control-label">Value</label> <div class="col-sm-10"> <input type="text" class="form-control" id="customdnsValue" placeholder=""> <div id="customdnsTypeHint" class="text-info" style="margin-top: .5em"></div> </div> </div> <div class="form-group"> <div class="col-sm-offset-1 col-sm-11"> <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Set Record</button> </div> </div> </form> <table id="custom-dns-current" class="table" style="width: auto; display: none"> <thead> <th>Domain Name</th> <th>Record Type</th> <th>Value</th> <th></th> </thead> <tbody> <tr><td colspan="4">Loading...</td></tr> </tbody> </table> <h3>Using a Secondary Nameserver</h3> <p>If your TLD requires you to have two separate nameservers, you can either set up a secondary (aka “slave”) nameserver or, alternatively, set up <a href="#" onclick="return show_panel('external_dns')">external DNS</a> and ignore the DNS server on this box. If you choose to use a seconday/slave nameserver, you must find a seconday/slave nameserver service provider. Your domain name registrar or virtual cloud provider may provide this service for you. Once you set up the seconday/slave nameserver service, enter the hostname of <em>their</em> secondary nameserver:</p> <form class="form-horizontal" role="form" onsubmit="do_set_secondary_dns(); return false;"> <div class="form-group"> <label for="secondarydnsHostname" class="col-sm-1 control-label">Hostname</label> <div class="col-sm-10"> <input type="text" class="form-control" id="secondarydnsHostname" placeholder="ns1.cloudprovider.com"> </div> </div> <div class="form-group"> <div class="col-sm-offset-1 col-sm-11"> <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Update</button> </div> </div> <div id="secondarydns-clear-instructions" class="form-group" style="display: none"> <div class="col-sm-offset-1 col-sm-11"> <p class="small">Clear the input field above and click Update to use this machine itself as secondary DNS, which is the default/normal setup.</p> </div> </div> </form> <h3>Custom DNS API</h3> <p>Use your box’s DNS API to set custom DNS records on domains hosted here. For instance, you can create your own dynamic DNS service.</p> <p>Send a POST request like this:</p> <pre>curl -d "" --user {email}:{password} https://{{hostname}}/admin/dns/set/<b>qname</b>[/<b>rtype</b>[/<b>value</b>]]</pre> <h4>HTTP POST parameters</h4> <table class="table"> <thead><th>Parameter</th> <th>Value</th></thead> <tr><td>email</td> <td>The email address of any administrative user here.</td></tr> <tr><td>password</td> <td>That user’s password.</td></tr> <tr><td>qname</td> <td>The fully qualified domain name for the record you are trying to set.</td></tr> <tr><td>rtype</td> <td>The resource type. <code>A</code> if omitted. Possible values: <code>A</code> (an IPv4 address), <code>AAAA</code> (an IPv6 address), <code>TXT</code> (a text string), or <code>CNAME</code> (an alias, which is a fully qualified domain name).</td></tr> <tr><td>value</td> <td>The new record’s value. If omitted, the IPv4 address of the remote host is used. This is handy for dynamic DNS! To delete a record, use “__delete__”.</td></tr> </table> <p style="margin-top: 1em">Note that <code>-d ""</code> is merely to ensure curl sends a POST request. You do not need to put anything inside the quotes. You can also pass the value using typical form encoding in the POST body.</p> <p>Strict <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4408">SPF</a> and <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-kucherawy-dmarc-base/?include_text=1">DMARC</a> records will be added to all custom domains unless you override them.</p> <h4>Examples:</h4> <pre># sets laptop.mydomain.com to point to the IP address of the machine you are executing curl on curl -d "" --user me@mydomain.com:###### https://{{hostname}}/admin/dns/set/laptop.mydomain.com # sets an alias curl -d "" --user me@mydomain.com:###### https://{{hostname}}/admin/dns/set/foo.mydomain.com/cname/bar.mydomain.com # clears the alias curl -d "" --user me@mydomain.com:###### https://{{hostname}}/admin/dns/set/bar.mydomain.com/cname/__delete__ # sets a TXT record using the alternate value syntax curl -d "value=something%20here" --user me@mydomain.com:###### https://{{hostname}}/admin/dns/set/foo.mydomain.com/txt # sets a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRV_record">SRV record</a> for the "service" and "protocol" hosted on "target" server curl -d "" --user me@mydomain.com:###### https://{{hostname}}/admin/dns/set/_service._protocol.{{hostname}}/srv/"priority weight port target" # sets a SRV record using the value syntax curl -d "value=priority weight port target" --user me@mydomain.com:###### https://{{hostname}}/admin/dns/set/_service._protocol.host/srv </pre> <script> function show_custom_dns() { api( "/dns/secondary-nameserver", "GET", { }, function(data) { $('#secondarydnsHostname').val(data.hostname ? data.hostname : ''); $('#secondarydns-clear-instructions').toggle(data.hostname != null); }); api( "/dns/zones", "GET", { }, function(data) { $('#customdnsZone').text(''); for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) { $('#customdnsZone').append($('<option/>').text(data[i])); } }); show_current_custom_dns(); show_customdns_rtype_hint(); } function show_current_custom_dns() { api( "/dns/set", "GET", { }, function(data) { if (data.length > 0) $('#custom-dns-current').fadeIn(); else $('#custom-dns-current').fadeOut(); $('#custom-dns-current').find("tbody").text(''); for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) { var tr = $("<tr/>"); $('#custom-dns-current').find("tbody").append(tr); tr.attr('data-qname', data[i].qname); tr.attr('data-rtype', data[i].rtype); tr.append($('<td class="long"/>').text(data[i].qname)); tr.append($('<td/>').text(data[i].rtype)); tr.append($('<td class="long"/>').text(data[i].value)); tr.append($('<td>[<a href="#" onclick="return delete_custom_dns_record(this)">delete</a>]</td>')); } }); } function delete_custom_dns_record(elem) { var qname = $(elem).parents('tr').attr('data-qname'); var rtype = $(elem).parents('tr').attr('data-rtype'); do_set_custom_dns(qname, rtype, "__delete__"); return false; } function do_set_secondary_dns() { api( "/dns/secondary-nameserver", "POST", { hostname: $('#secondarydnsHostname').val() }, function(data) { if (data == "") return; // nothing updated show_modal_error("Secondary DNS", $("<pre/>").text(data)); $('#secondarydns-clear-instructions').slideDown(); }, function(err) { show_modal_error("Secondary DNS", $("<pre/>").text(err)); }); } function do_set_custom_dns(qname, rtype, value) { if (!qname) { if ($('#customdnsQname').val() != '') qname = $('#customdnsQname').val() + '.' + $('#customdnsZone').val(); else qname = $('#customdnsZone').val(); rtype = $('#customdnsType').val(); value = $('#customdnsValue').val(); } api( "/dns/set/" + qname + "/" + rtype, "POST", { value: value }, function(data) { if (data == "") return; // nothing updated show_modal_error("Custom DNS", $("<pre/>").text(data)); show_current_custom_dns(); }, function(err) { show_modal_error("Custom DNS", $("<pre/>").text(err)); }); } function show_customdns_rtype_hint() { $('#customdnsTypeHint').text($("#customdnsType").find('option:selected').attr('data-hint')); } </script>