dnscontrol/docs/_providers/softlayer.md
Patrick G 31bdb65720 Improved consistency of provider documentation (#222)
- Fixed indentation
- Use same naming scheme for all examples
  (i.e. all caps for provider, REG prefix for registrar)
- Use REG_NONE as registrar when provider does not provide it
- Use example.tld for example domain
- Use 1.2.3.1/24 IP range for examples
- A few spelling fixes
2017-10-11 08:33:52 -04:00

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name title layout jsId
SoftLayer DNS SoftLayer DNS Provider default SOFTLAYER

SoftLayer DNS Provider

Configuration

To authenticate with SoftLayer requires at least a username and api_key for authentication. It can also optionally take a timeout and endpoint_url parameter however these are optional and will use standard defaults if not provided. These can be supplied via the standard 'creds.json' like so: {% highlight json %} { "softlayer": { "username": "myusername", "api_key": "mysecretapikey" } } {% endhighlight %}

To maintain compatibility with existing softlayer CLI services these can also be provided by the SL_USERNAME and SL_API_KEY environment variables or specified in the ~/.softlayer. More information about these methods can be found at the softlayer-go library documentation.

Usage

Use this provider like any other DNS Provider:

{% highlight js %} var REG_NONE = NewRegistrar("none","NONE"); // no registrar var SOFTLAYER = NewDnsProvider("softlayer", "SOFTLAYER");

D("example.tld", registrary, DnsProvider(SOFTLAYER), A("test","1.2.3.4") ); {%endhighlight%}

Metadata

This provider does not recognize any special metadata fields unique to SoftLayer dns. For compatibility with the pre-generated NAMESERVER fields it's recommended to set the NS TTL to 86400 such as:

{% highlight js %} D("example.tld", REG_NONE, DnsProvider(SOFTLAYER), {"ns_ttl": "86400"},

A("test","1.2.3.4")

); {%endhighlight%}

ns_ttl is a standard metadata field that applies to all providers.