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h1. Draft 20 version of DNS API, with working notes

h2. Current API

|_.DNS |

|/dns|POST|Create a new DNS record|@{"fqdn":string(name/ip), "value":string(ip/reverse), "type":string(A/PTR)}@|

|/dns/value|DELETE|remove value(ip or reverse) DNS record||

h2. Record types

h3. Should be implemented in next version of DNS API

|_.Path|_.REST Type|_.Description|_.Example Input JSON|_.Notes|

|/dns|GET|List of DNS zones managed by the proxy|||

|/dns/zone|GET|List all zone records|||

|/dns/zone/A|GET/POST/DELETE|A Record - Name to IPv4 address|@{"fqdn":string(name), "value":string(ip), "type":string(A)}@|Supports multiple records|

|/dns/zone/PTR|GET/POST/DELETE|PTR - Reverse record, IP address to Name|@{"fqdn":string(ip/ipv6), "value":string(name), "type":string(PTR)}@|Does not support multiple records|

|/dns/zone/CNAME|GET/POST/DELETE|CNAME - DNS Alias|@{"fqdn":string(name), "value":string(name), "type":string(CNAME)}@|Bind 9 doesn't support roundrobin cnames, so we should at first limit CNAMEs to a single record|

|/dns/zone/AAAA|GET/POST/DELETE|IPv6 A Record - Name to IPv6 address|@{"fqdn":string(ipv6), "value":string(name), "type":string(AAAA)}@|IPv6 address, supports multiple records|

|/dns/zone/TXT|GET/POST/DELETE|TXT - Text string|@{"fqdn":string(name), "value":string("arbitrary text string"), "type":string(TXT)}@|supports multiple records|

|/dns/zone/SPF|GET/POST/DELETE|SPF - Sender Policy Framework records|@{"fqdn":string(name), "value":string("v=spf1 a:mail.example.com -all"), "type":string(SPF)}@|supports multiple records|

|/dns/zone/MX|GET/POST/DELETE|MX - Mail Exchanger records|@{"fqdn":string(name), "value":integer(preference), "value":string(ip/name), "type":string(MX)}@|Needs an extra preference number field, supports multiple records|

h3. Deferred:

/dns/zone/SOA (Can not be dynamically deleted, and needs extra code to handle)

/dns/zone/NS (Needs manual serial number increment

/dns/zone/SRV (Needs more research.. Looks easy enough http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRV_record, but isn't a priority yet) 

/dns/zone/ZONE (Currently smartproxy uses nsupdate to make changes so zone creation and deletion is not supported on the backend.)

h2. Methods

GET

POST

DELETE

h2. Ohad notes

GET /dns/zone/record_type list of all dns records with a given type, for

example all CNAME would be /dns/1.2.3.4/CNAME

GET /dns/zone/record -> details of the specific record.

POST /dns/zone -> creates a new record

DELETE /dns/zone/record -> deletes a record

h2. Brian notes

Dynamic DNS RFC http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2136

Howto: http://caunter.ca/nsupdate.txt

SOA: https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/bind-users/2003-November/047015.html

MX: http://forums.devshed.com/dns-36/using-nsupdate-to-add-an-mx-record-326788.html

NS: http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447626+1304925290721+28353475&threadId=702920

h2. Other APIs to investigate

http://dyn.com/developer

http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/Route53/latest/APIReference/

http://ns.zerigo.com/

h2. DNS backends

NSUPDATE/BIND

Amazon/Route53

Dynect/DynDNS

DNSMadeEasy

UltraDNS

ActiveDirectory/Microsoft DNS

h3. Additional features

An API to retrieve the proxy's settings might be useful for consistency checks and diagnostic reasons.

Should foreman also be provided with the ability to push settings out into the proxies, though this might prove to be a security issue?