bindZoneMaker

An RFC1035 compliant DNS zone file parser and generator in python using jinja template

Usage

Zone Information

bindZoneMaker use data expressed as a JSON object. It supports SOA, NS, A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, PTR, SRV and TXT record types as well as the $ORIGIN keyword (for zone-wide use only). Each record type (and the $ORIGIN keyword) is optional, though bind expects to find at least an SOA record in a valid zone file.

Examples

Forward DNS Zone

The following JSON produces a zone file for a forward DNS zone:

{
    "origin": "MYDOMAIN.COM.",
    "ttl": 3600,
    "soa": {
        "mname": "NS1.NAMESERVER.NET.",
        "rname": "HOSTMASTER.MYDOMAIN.COM.",
        "serial": "2019010301",
        "refresh": 3600,
        "retry": 600,
        "expire": 604800,
        "minimum": 86400
    },
    "ns": [
        { "host": "NS1.NAMESERVER.NET." },
        { "host": "NS2.NAMESERVER.NET." }
    ],
    "a": [
        { "name": "@", "ip": "127.0.0.1" },
        { "name": "www", "ip": "127.0.0.1" },
        { "name": "mail", "ip": "127.0.0.1" }
    ],
    "aaaa": [
        { "ip": "::1" },
        { "name": "mail", "ip": "2001:db8::1" }
    ],
    "cname":[
        { "name": "mail1", "alias": "mail" },
        { "name": "mail2", "alias": "mail" }
    ],
    "mx":[
        { "preference": 0, "host": "mail1" },
        { "preference": 10, "host": "mail2" }
    ],
    "spf":[
        { "domain": "mail1", "record": "v=spf1 ~all" }
    ],
    "txt":[
        { "name": "txt1", "txt": "hello" },
        { "name": "txt2", "txt": "world" }
    ],
    "srv":[
        { "name": "_xmpp-client._tcp", "target": "jabber", "priority": 10, "weight": 0, "port": 5222 },
        { "name": "_xmpp-server._tcp", "target": "jabber", "priority": 10, "weight": 0, "port": 5269 }
    ]
}

bindZoneMaker will produce the following zone file from the above information:

; Zone: MYDOMAIN.COM.
; Exported  (yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.sssZ): 2019-01-05T21:35:46.429035+00:00
$ORIGIN MYDOMAIN.COM.
$TTL 3600

; SOA Record
@   IN  SOA NS1.NAMESERVER.NET. HOSTMASTER.MYDOMAIN.COM.(
2019010301 ;serial
3600 ;refresh
600 ;retry
604800 ;expire
86400 ;minimum ttl
)

; NS Records
@   IN  NS  NS1.NAMESERVER.NET.
@   IN  NS  NS2.NAMESERVER.NET.

; MX Records
@   IN  MX  0    mail1
@   IN  MX  10    mail2

; SPF Records
mail1   IN  TXT "v=spf1 ~all"

; A Records
@   IN  A   127.0.0.1
www IN  A   127.0.0.1
mail    IN  A   127.0.0.1

; AAAA Records  IN  A   ::1
mail    IN  A   2001:db8::1

; CNAME Records
mail1   IN  CNAME   mail
mail2   IN  CNAME   mail

; TXT Records
txt1    IN  TXT "hello"
txt2    IN  TXT "world"

; SRV Records
_xmpp-client._tcp   IN  SRV 10   0 5222   jabber
_xmpp-server._tcp   IN  SRV 10   0 5269   jabber

; End of Zone

Reverse DNS Zone

This JSON will produce a zone file for a reverse DNS zone (the ORIGIN keyword is recommended for reverse DNS zones):

{
    "origin": "0.168.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA.",
    "ttl": 3600,
    "soa": {
        "mname": "NS1.NAMESERVER.NET.",
        "rname": "HOSTMASTER.MYDOMAIN.COM.",
        "serial": "2019010301",
        "refresh": 3600,
        "retry": 600,
        "expire": 604800,
        "minimum": 86400
    },
  "ns": [
      { "host": "NS1.NAMESERVER.NET." },
      { "host": "NS2.NAMESERVER.NET." }
  ],
  "ptr":[
      { "name": 1, "host": "HOST1.MYDOMAIN.COM." },
      { "name": 2, "host": "HOST2.MYDOMAIN.COM." }
  ]
}

bindZoneMaker will produce the following zone file from the above information:

; Zone: 0.168.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA.
; Exported  (yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.sssZ): 2019-01-05T21:46:24.828344+00:00
$ORIGIN 0.168.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA.
$TTL 3600

; SOA Record
@   IN  SOA NS1.NAMESERVER.NET. HOSTMASTER.MYDOMAIN.COM.(
2019010301 ;serial
3600 ;refresh
600 ;retry
604800 ;expire
86400 ;minimum ttl
)

; NS Records
@   IN  NS  NS1.NAMESERVER.NET.
@   IN  NS  NS2.NAMESERVER.NET.

; PTR Records
1   IN  PTR "HOST1.MYDOMAIN.COM."
2   IN  PTR "HOST2.MYDOMAIN.COM."

; End of Zone

Standalone Usage

To use bindZoneMaker to generate a zone file from JSON from the command line, place the desired JSON data in a file (dns_example.json in this example) and run the following command. Note that the resulting zone file will be printed to the console; to save the zone file to disk (db.mydomain.com in this example), use redirection as in this example:

bindZoneMaker.py -z dns_example.json > db.mydomain.com

License

MIT License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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