As of 2022-06-23, the Hetzner DNS API is still responding with a 422 when a CAA record contains a quoted value with spaces. ``` format: number of fields does not match record type, expecting 3 ``` Their support acknowledged my bug report a few weeks back and suggested the removal of spaces to get past the limitation. Spaces in CAA records are not common. Let's just skip the test and put a notice in the docs. Signed-off-by: Jakob Ackermann <das7pad@outlook.com>
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Hetzner DNS Console Provider
Configuration
To use this provider, add an entry to creds.json
with TYPE
set to HETZNER
along with a Hetzner API Key.
Example:
{
"hetzner": {
"TYPE": "HETZNER",
"api_key": "your-api-key"
}
}
Metadata
This provider does not recognize any special metadata fields unique to Hetzner DNS Console.
Usage
An example dnsconfig.js
configuration:
var REG_NONE = NewRegistrar("none");
var DSP_HETZNER = NewDnsProvider("hetzner");
D("example.tld", REG_NONE, DnsProvider(DSP_HETZNER),
A("test", "1.2.3.4")
);
Activation
Create a new API Key in the Hetzner DNS Console.
Caveats
CAA
As of June 2022, the Hetzner DNS Console API does not accept spaces in CAA records.
0 issue "letsencrypt.org; validationmethods=dns-01; accounturi=https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/acct/1234"
Removing the spaces might still work for any consumer of the record.
0 issue "letsencrypt.org;validationmethods=dns-01;accounturi=https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/acct/1234"
SOA
Hetzner DNS Console does not allow changing the SOA record via their API. There is an alternative method using an import of a full BIND file, but this approach does not play nice with incremental changes or ignored records. At this time you cannot update SOA records via DNSControl.
Rate Limiting
Hetzner is rate limiting requests in multiple tiers: per Hour, per Minute and per Second.
Depending on how many requests you are planning to perform, you can adjust the delay between requests in order to stay within your quota.
The setting optimize_for_rate_limit_quota
controls this behavior and accepts
a case-insensitive value of
Hour
Minute
Second
The default for optimize_for_rate_limit_quota
is Second
.
Example: Your per minute quota is 60 requests and in your settings you
specified Minute
. DNSControl will perform at most one request per second.
DNSControl will emit a warning in case it breaches the next quota.
In your creds.json
for all HETZNER
provider entries:
{
"hetzner": {
"TYPE": "HETZNER",
"api_key": "your-api-key",
"optimize_for_rate_limit_quota": "Minute"
}
}
Every response from the Hetzner DNS Console API includes your limits:
curl --silent --include \
--header 'Auth-API-Token: ...' \
https://dns.hetzner.com/api/v1/zones \
| grep x-ratelimit-limit
x-ratelimit-limit-second: 3
x-ratelimit-limit-minute: 42
x-ratelimit-limit-hour: 1337
Every DNSControl invocation starts from scratch in regard to rate-limiting.
In case you are frequently invoking DNSControl, you will likely hit a limit for
any first request.
You can either use an out-of-bound delay (e.g. $ sleep 1
), or specify
start_with_default_rate_limit
in the settings of the provider.
With start_with_default_rate_limit
DNSControl uses a quota equivalent to
x-ratelimit-limit-second: 1
until it could parse the actual quota from an
API response.
In your creds.json
for all HETZNER
provider entries:
{
"hetzner": {
"TYPE": "HETZNER",
"api_key": "your-api-key",
"start_with_default_rate_limit": "true"
}
}