django-powerdns-manager is a web based PowerDNS administration panel.
Licensed under the Apache License version 2.0. More licensing information exists in the license section.
Note
The following table includes some unofficial information about the compatibility of django-powerdns-manager with Django and PowerDNS releases. This information comes without any warranty of correctness. It indicates that the release has been unofficially tested to work with the listed releases of Django and PowerDNS. Please, test the releases in your environment in order to ensure that all pieces work together as expected.
| django-powerdns-manager | Django | PowerDNS |
|---|---|---|
| 0.2.9a1 | 1.9.4 | 3.4.8 |
| 0.2.2a1 | 1.8.5 | 3.4.6 |
| 0.2.1a1 | 1.7.3 | 3.4.1 |
Note
django-powerdns-manager, since version 0.2.0a1, supports database migrations using the internal migrations mechanism of Django 1.7.3. It is recommended to use the following commands instead of manually altering the database tables:
manage.py migrate manage.py migrate --database=powerdns
django-powerdns-manager should be considered work in progress. If you use it in production, please make sure you test new releases before upgrading your production systems.
This software comes without any warranty of any kind. You are on your own.
Note
This note demonstrates how to use the Django API to manage Domains (Zones) and Resource Records in bulk from the command line. Launch a Python shell from your Django project's root directory with the following:
python manage.py shell
The following snippet assumes that the SPF policy is stored in TXT records.
It then resets the SPF policy to "v=spf1 mx -all" on all domains (zones):
# Import our models
from powerdns_manager.models import Record, Domain
# Fetch all TXT RRs that contain SPF policy.
rrset = Record.objects.filter(type='TXT', content__contains='v=spf1')
# Iterate over all RRs and reset the SPF policy.
for rr in rrset:
# Set the new SPF policy in the record's content.
# Notice the double quotes.
rr.content = '"v=spf1 mx -all"'
# Save the Resource Record.
rr.save()
# Update the zone's serial. We can access the domain (zone) as an
# attribute of the current resource record.
rr.domain.update_serial()
Using the flexibility of the Python code and the Django API many complex modifications can be done on the command line.
Always make sure to test your code in a development environment.
- Web based administration interface based on the admin Django app.
- Easy management of all records of a zone from a single web page.
- Support for multiple users.
- Database schema is DNSSEC enabled.
- Automatic zone-rectify support, including support for empty non-terminals, using native python code.
- The application can be configured to support a user-defined subset of the resource records supported by PowerDNS and customize the order in which they appear in the administration panel.
- Zone cloning (experimental).
- Zone transfers between users.
- Zone file import through web form.
- Zone file export.
- Basic zone templates.
- Command-line interfaces to import and export zones in bulk.
- Support for secure updating of dynamic IP addresses in A and AAAA records.
- Supports using a dedicated database to store the tables needed by PowerDNS. This database may use a different backend than the main database of the Django project.
- Contains demo project for quick start and experimentation.
The distribution package of django-powerdns-manager contains an example project that can help you check out the features of the software and also quickly experiment with the source code.
Although, the example project has already been configured for you, there are still some required steps before you are able to run it using the development server. These steps are discussed in detail in the Quickstart Guide.
The source code of this project is available at the following official repositories.
Main repository (mercurial):
https://bitbucket.org/gnotaras/django-powerdns-manager
Mirror repository (git):
https://github.com/gnotaras/django-powerdns-manager
Pull requests are welcome. Please note that it may take a long time before pull requests are reviewed.
This software is released as free-software and provided to you at no cost. However, a significant amount of time and effort has gone into developing this software and writing this documentation. So, the production of this software has not been free from cost. It is highly recommended that, if you use this software in production, you should consider making a donation.
Apart from the django-powerdns-manager Online Documentation, more information about the installation, configuration and usage of this application may be available at the project's wiki.
In case you run into any problems while using this application or think that a new feature should be implemented, it is highly recommended you submit a new report about it at the project's issue tracker.
Using the issue tracker is the recommended way to notify the authors about bugs or make feature requests. Also, before submitting a new report, please make sure you have read the new issue guidelines.
CodeTRAX does not provide support for django-powerdns-manager.
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Copyright 2012-2016 George Notaras <gnot@g-loaded.eu>
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