/etc/hosts provider for octoDNS

An octoDNS provider that creates a "best effort" static/emergency content that can be used in /etc/hosts to resolve things. A, AAAA records are supported and ALIAS and CNAME records will be included when they can be mapped within the zone.

Installation

Command line

pip install octodns_etchosts

requirements.txt/setup.py

Pinning specific versions or SHAs is recommended to avoid unplanned upgrades.

Versions

# Start with the latest versions and don't just copy what's here
octodns==0.9.14
octodns_etchosts==0.0.1

SHAs

# Start with the latest/specific versions and don't just copy what's here
-e git+https://git@github.com/octodns/octodns.git@9da19749e28f68407a1c246dfdf65663cdc1c422#egg=octodns
-e git+https://git@github.com/octodns/octodns-etchosts.git@ec9661f8b335241ae4746eea467a8509205e6a30#egg=octodns_etchosts

Configuration

providers:
  etchosts:
    class: octodns_etchosts.EtcHostsProvider
    # The output director for the hosts file <zone>.hosts
    directory: ./hosts

Support Information

Records

EtcHostsProvider supports A and AAAA, and has partial support for tracing ALIAS and CNAME records when they can be resolved within the zone.

Dynamic

EtcHostsProvider does not support dynamic records.

Development

See the /script/ directory for some tools to help with the development process. They generally follow the Script to rule them all pattern. Most useful is ./script/bootstrap which will create a venv and install both the runtime and development related requirements. It will also hook up a pre-commit hook that covers most of what's run by CI.