python-namesilo-ddns

Simple DNS updater for NameSilo using NameSilo's API. Written in Python 3.

About

This program is a Python script used to automatically update your DNS records on NameSilo's nameserver using their API.

Usage and Installation

Usage

The script will automatically configurate the DNS record of your domain names on NameSilo nameservers to point at the public IP of the machine it is ran on.

Example:

• Domain name: 'mysite.com'
• Subdomain: ['www', 'api', 'blog']
• Public IP: 22.22.22.22

Before:

Type	Value	Hosts
CNAME	'api.othersite.com'	'api.mysite.com'
A	33.33.33.33	'www.mysite.com'

After:

Type	Value	Hosts
A	22.22.22.22	'api.mysite.com'
A	22.22.22.22	'www.mysite.com'
A	22.22.22.22	'blog.mysite.com'

Noted that changes will only be made if needed, e.g. when the IP address is wrong.

Installation

This program is designed to run on Debian 9 "Stretch".

1. Install Python 3, pip and venv On Debian:

apt install python3  python3-pip  python3-venv

2. Clone the repository and run setup.sh

git clone https://github.com/copycat1024/python-namesilo-ddns.git ddns
cd ddns
chmod +x setup.sh
./setup.sh

3. Create config.py A file named config.py needs to be created in the repository directory to hold configuration data for the script. A file name config.demo.py is as a demo format file for the config file. You can copy this file into config.py and use your favorite text editor to edit it. The file contain three parameters:

• Your api key, which can be obtained from https://www.namesilo.com/account_api.php
• Your domain name, such as 'example.com'
• A list of host names to be managed for your domain name, such as ['www', 'api', 'blog']

4. Run run.sh to execute the program

./run.sh