Certbot plugin for authentication using bootDNS

This is a plugin for Certbot that uses the bootDNS API automates the process of completing a dns-01 challenge by creating, and subsequently removing, TXT records on a domain name.

Installation

Python / pip

Install this package via pip in the same python environment where you installed certbot.

pip install certbot-dns-bootdns

Command lines

To start using DNS authentication for the bootDNS API, pass the following arguments on certbot's command line:

Usage

1. Make sure the plugin is installed and connected. You can verify this by running certbot plugins. dns-bootdns should be in the list.

2. Go to your bootDNS admin instance, and go to Settings -> API Tokens to create a new API Token.

3. Create a credentials.ini config file with the following content:

   dns_bootdns_host = <host>
   dns_bootdns_token = <token>
   

   Replace <host> with hostname for your bootDNS instance. - Example: bootdns.example.com

   Replace <token> with your bootDNS API Tokens.

4. Run certbot and direct it to use the plugin for authentication and to use the config file previously created:

   certbot certonly \\
    --authenticator dns-bootdns \\
    --dns-bootdns-credentials /path/to/credentials.ini \\
    -d example.com
   

   Use *.example.com if you want to generate it as a wildcard certificate.

Development

Install local files as python package

Run the following command in the repository root (so you are in the folder containing the setup.py):

pip3 install -e ./

Distribution

• PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/certbot-dns-bootdns/