ClouDNS Steward - manage domains & ClouDNS config

[timconsidine]

• Title: ClouDNS Steward - better management of domains and ClouDNS DNS configuration

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• Main Page: n/a
• Git: https://git.cloudron.io/timconsidine/cloudron-cloudns-steward
• Licence: AGPL
• Dockerfile: Yes (app already packaged)
• Demo: n/a
• Install: manually or through CCAI / CCAI-P (import master catalogue to see latest additions)

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• Summary: CloudDNS is a popular DNS provider. Its own portal is fully functional but limited. ClouDNS Steward wraps ClouDNS API functionality for a richer experience and extended functionality, such as scripting for bulk actions, integrity checking, domain metadata queries.

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• Notes:

• I made this app for my own purposes, as I am a happy ClouDNS user but find its UI limited and a little clumsy.
• Cloudron does not directly support ClouDNS as a DNS provider. So it has to be used via the Wildcard option.
• This works totally fine, but I think the user needs to access ClouDNS portal more than they would for a supported provider.
• This app therefore "elevates" ClouDNS as a DNS provider from "unsupported" to "secondary status" (primary being supported providers).
• I don't know how many Cloudron users use ClouDNS, but there's at least 2 :laugh:. It might have niche relevancy, but that should not stop it being considered for the AppStore.
• App is protected using Cloudron proxyAuth.
• Steward uses RDAP for domain metadata (not whois.com).
• Current Functionality :
  • syncs ClouDNS zones to the app library
  • maintains domain metadata (expiry, registrar, tags, note)
  • add, edit, delete a zone (some initial delete limitation for safety) via the app
  • list all DNS records, and add, edit, delete DNS records for common (not all) record type via the app
• Roadmap :
  • scripting (bulk actions across multiple domains)
  • script for bulk add/update A and AAAA records for domains with a specified tag
  • script for adding/updating email-related DNS records using values from Cloudron email config for a domain
• Feedback :
  • any Cloudron users out there using ClouDNS : let me know any feature requests

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• Alternative to / Libhunt link: e.g. n/a
• Screenshots:

[robi]

Cool, I wonder if similar DNS management apps (Or one general one) would be useful for the primary supported DNS providers, especially those without the bulk features, etc.

[timconsidine]

@robi although I made it for ClouDNS, I guess it could be extended to others “DNS Steward”
I would need to do some research as I only use ClouDNS and I would volunteer testers.