+ {% include feature.html text="Maintain your DNS data as a high-level DS, with macros, and variables for easier updates." img="biology.svg" %}
+ {% include feature.html text="Super extensible! Plug-in architecture makes adding new DNS providers and Registrars easy!" img="light-bulb.svg" %}
+ {% include feature.html text="Eliminate vendor lock-in. Switch DNS providers easily, any time, with full fidelity." img="group.svg" %}
+ {% include feature.html text="Reduce points of failure: Easily maintain dual DNS providers and easily drop one that is down." img="layers.svg" %}
+ {% include feature.html text="Supports 10+ DNS Providers including BIND, AWS Route 53, Google DNS, and name.com" img="cancel.svg" %}
+ {% include feature.html text="Apply CI/CD principles to DNS: Unit-tests, system-tests, automated deployment." img="share.svg" %}
+ {% include feature.html text="All the benefits of Git (or any VCS) for your DNS zone data. View history. Accept PRs." img="document.svg" %}
+ {% include feature.html text="Optimize DNS with SPF optimizer. Detect too many lookups. Flatten includes." img="mail.svg" %}
+ {% include feature.html text="Runs on Linux, Windows, Mac, or any operating system supported by Go." img="speech-bubble.svg" %}
+ {% include feature.html text="Enable/disable Cloudflare proxying (the \"orange cloud\" button) directly from your DNSControl files." img="cloud-computing.svg" %}
+ {% include feature.html text="Assign an IP address to a constant and use the variable name throughout the configuration. Need to change the IP address globally? Just change the variable and \"recompile.\"" img="compass.svg" %}
+ {% include feature.html text="Keep similar domains in sync with transforms, macros, and variables." img="attachment.svg" %}
++ +
+ Getting Started +
++ Information for new users and the curious. +
+ +-
+
- + Getting Started: A walk-through of the basics + +
- + Providers: Which DNS providers are supported + +
- + Examples: The DNSControl language by example + +
- + Migrating: Migrating zones to DNSControl + +
Maintain your DNS data as a high-level DS, with macros, and variables for easier updates.
++ Reference +
++ Language resources and procedures. +
+ +-
+
- + Language Reference: Description of the entire language + +
- + ALIAS / ANAME records in dnscontrol + +
- + SPF Optimizer: Optimize your SPF records + +
+ Advanced Topics +
++ Take advantage of DNSControl's unique features. +
+-
+
- + Why CNAME/MX/NS targets require a trailing "dot{{site.github.url}}/why-the-dot" + +
- + Testing: Unit Testing for you DNS Data + + +
Super extensible! Plug-in architecture makes adding new DNS providers and Registrars easy!
++ Developer Info +
++ It is easy to add features and new providers to DNSControl. The code is very modular and easy to modify. There are extensive integration tests that make it easy to boldly make changes with confidence that you'll know if anything is broken. Our mailing list is friendly. Afraid to make your first PR? We'll gladly mentor you through the process. Many major code contributions have come from first-time Go users! +
+-
+
- + Github: https://github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol + +
- + Mailing list: dnscontrol-discuss: The friendly best place to ask questions and propose new features + +
- + Step-by-Step Guide: Writing Providers: How to write a DNS or Registrar Provider + +
- + Step-by-Step Guide: Adding new DNS rtypes: How to add a new DNS record type + +
- Eliminate vendor lock-in. Switch DNS providers easily, any time, with full fidelity.
-
Reduce points of failure: Easily maintain dual DNS providers and easily drop one that is down.
-
- Supports 10+ DNS Providers including BIND, AWS Route 53, Google DNS, and name.com
-
Apply CI/CD principles to DNS: Unit-tests, system-tests, automated deployment.
-
- All the benefits of Git (or any VCS) for your DNS zone data. View history. Accept PRs.
-
Optimize DNS with SPF optimizer. Detect too many lookups. Flatten includes.
-
- Runs on Linux, Windows, Mac, or any operating system supported by Go.
-
Enable/disable Cloudflare proxying (the "orange cloud" button) directly from your DNSControl files.
-
- Assign an IP address to a constant and use the variable name throughout the configuration. Need to change the IP address globally? Just change the variable and "recompile."
-
Keep similar domains in sync with transforms, macros, and variables.
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