dnsify - Simplify your dns config

A human friendly format for defining and documenting and your DNS config and a tool for verifying and applying it to your friendly dns service provider.

e.g tableflip.io.dns.md

## Origin: tableflip.io

name       | type | data
-----------|------|---------------
@ www blog | A    | 178.62.82.182
@          | MX   | mx-{1,3}.rightbox.com:10

Why

• Documentation is the config.
• Reduce the repetition (looking at you zonefiles, OMG)
• Prefer readability over opaque terseness (tinydns, I <3 you, but why you make me RTFM every time?)

What

• Convert a Markdown table to an "Abstract Zone File" object
• Merge multiple tables into one zone object
• Understand shell style brace expansions {1,2}.foo.com => 1.foo.com 2.foo.com
• Output a zonefile or JSON

Usage

dnsify examples/tableflip.io.dns.md

$ORIGIN tableflip.io.
$TTL 1h
@    IN A  178.62.82.182
www  IN A  178.62.82.182
@    IN MX 10 mx-1.rightbox.com.
...

dnsify examples/tableflip.io.dns.md --json

{
  "origin": "tableflip.io",
  "ttl": "1h",
  "records" : [
    {
      "type": "A",
      "name": "@",
      "data": "178.62.82.182"
    }
  ]
}

Examples

examples/zone-file-style.dns.md

Origin: tableflip.io

The no frills "DNS Zone file as markdown table" style

name | type | data ----------|------|--------------- @ | A | 178.62.82.182 www | A | @ blog | A | @ next | A | 212.110.189.58 @ | MX | mx-1.rightbox.com:10 @ | MX | mx-2.rightbox.com:10 @ | MX | mx-3.rightbox.com:10 @ | TXT | v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.freeagent.com ~all

examples/dry-style.dns.md

Origin: tableflip.io

DRY style. Order the columns however you like, Multiple tables are merged, lists are expanded. The result is the same as the previous example

data | type | name -------------- |------|-------------- 178.62.82.182 | A | @ www blog 212.110.189.58 | A | next

type | data -----|------ MX | mx-{1,2,3}.rightbox.com:10 TXT | v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.freeagent.com ~all