netcup DNS

Update DNS A/AAAA records with your current external IP address using the netcup DNS API.

Installation

On Arch Linux:

make

With pip:

make install-pip

Configuration

For each netcup customer, create a .json configuration file inside /etc/netcup-dpns.

There is an example configuration.

Usage

usage: netcup-dns [-h] [--config-directory CFG_DIR]
                  [--cache-directory CACHE_DIR]
                  [--cache-validity-seconds CACHE_VALIDITY_SECONDS]

Update DNS A/AAAA records with your current external IP address using the
netcup DNS API.

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --config-directory CFG_DIR
                        Path to directory where `.json` config files reside.
  --cache-directory CACHE_DIR
                        Path to cache directory. Retrieved and updated DNS
                        records are cached there.
  --cache-validity-seconds CACHE_VALIDITY_SECONDS
                        Value in seconds for how long cached DNS records are
                        valid. Set to `0` to disable caching.

TODOs

Alternative external IP detection:

def external_ip_upnp():
    """
    https://stackoverflow.com/a/41385033

    Didn't work for me. Even after double checking fritz.box settings:

    fritz.box > Heimnetz > Netzwerk > Statusinformationen über UPnP übertragen
    """
    import miniupnpc
    u = miniupnpc.UPnP()
    u.discoverdelay = 1000
    u.discover()
    u.selectigd()
    print('external ip address: {}'.format(u.externalipaddress()))