DNS Spike

This repository demonstrates how to use OctoDNS to manage DNS records.

Setup

1. Clone the repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/ministryofjustice/operations-engineering-dns-spike.git

2. Navigate to the cloned repository:

cd operations-engineering-dns-spike

3. Create a new virtual environment and activate it:

python3 -m venv env
source env/bin/activate

4. Install OctoDNS:

pip install octodns

Configuration

The DNS configuration is defined in the config.yaml file. Here's an example of what it might look like:

providers:
    config:
        class: octodns.provider.yaml.YamlProvider
        directory: ./config   # directory where your YAML files are located
        default_ttl: 300      # default TTL for records

zones:
    example.com.:
        sources:
            - config
        targets:
            - config

Usage

To sync your DNS configuration, run the following command:

octodns-sync --config-file=./config.yaml

CI/CD

This repository uses GitHub Actions to automatically sync the DNS configuration whenever changes are pushed to the main branch. See the .github/workflows/main.yml file for the workflow configuration.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.