5 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
9 class NsupdateError(Exception):
10 def __init__(self, returncode):
11 self.returncode = returncode
14 def ipfamily_by_ip(ip):
15 if isinstance(ip, ipaddr.IPv4Address):
17 elif isinstance(ip, ipaddr.IPv6Address):
22 def nsupdate_add(fqdn, ttl, ip):
24 :param fqdn: Fully qualified domain name
25 :param ip_family: A or AAAA
26 :raises an NsupdateError in case of errors."""
27 command = "update add {fqdn} {ttl} IN {ip_family} {ip}\n\n".format(fqdn=fqdn, ttl=ttl, ip_family=ipfamily_by_ip(ip), ip=ip)
28 p = Popen(['nsupdate', '-l'], stdin=PIPE)
29 p.communicate(command)
31 raise NsupdateError(p.returncode)
34 def nsupdate_delete(fqdn, ip_family):
36 :param fqdn: Fully qualified domain name
37 :param ip_family: A or AAAA
38 :raises an NsupdateError in case of errors."""
39 command = "update delete {fqdn} {ip_family}\n\n".format(fqdn=fqdn, ip_family=ip_family)
40 p = Popen(['nsupdate', '-l'], stdin=PIPE)
41 p.communicate(command)
43 raise NsupdateError(p.returncode)
50 nsupdate_delete(args.fqdn, 'A')
51 nsupdate_delete(args.fqdn, 'AAAA')
53 nsupdate_delete(args.fqdn, ipfamily_by_ip(args.ip))
55 nsupdate_delete(args.fqdn, ipfamily_by_ip(args.ip))
56 nsupdate_add(args.fqdn, args.ttl, args.ip)
57 except NsupdateError as e:
58 sys.exit(e.returncode)
62 if __name__ == '__main__':
63 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Add or delete a domain name from dyndns (simplifies call to nsupdate).')
64 parser.add_argument('-d', '--delete', action='store_true', help='delete instead of add')
65 parser.add_argument('-i', '--ip', help='IP address (either IPv4 or IPv6)')
66 parser.add_argument('-t', '--ttl', type=int, default=600, help='TTL (default: 600)')
67 parser.add_argument('fqdn', help='fully qualified domain name to add or delete, e.g. myserver.dyn.example.com')
68 args = parser.parse_args()
71 if not args.delete and not args.ip:
72 parser.error('The IP address is mandatory')
75 args.ip = ipaddr.IPAddress(args.ip) # throws an exception if the IP address is not valid
77 parser.error('The IP address is not valid')
80 if re.match(r'[-0-9a-z]+(\.[-0-9a-z]+)*$', args.fqdn) is None:
81 parser.error('The fqdn has an invalid format.')