gny 0.0.1

GNY server

GNY

This is currently ALPHA software - lots of bits and pieces are missing.

GNY is a FastAPI-based server that manages DNS TXT records for ACME dns-01 certificate challenges. It is designed to be used as a hook target for certbot (or any ACME client) when automating TLS certificate issuance and renewal.

Overview

GNY exposes a small REST API (documented in openapi.yaml) that lets enrolled servers add and remove _acme-challenge.* DNS TXT records. Access is controlled by:

1. Enrollment — a server registers its IP address and administrator email, receiving a Bearer token.
2. Email confirmation — an administrator with access_level >= 1 confirms the enrollment via OIDC login (Google, Azure AD, or any standard OIDC provider), activating the token.
3. PTR-based authorization — an enrolled server may only manage TXT records for its own hostname (as resolved by reverse-DNS lookup of its IP address).

Requirements

• Python 3.11+
• MariaDB or MySQL database
• An OIDC client (Google Cloud OAuth2, Azure AD/Entra ID app registration, or any standard OIDC provider) for enrollment confirmation
• The enrolling server must have a valid PTR (reverse-DNS) record

Installation

pip install .

For development (editable install with test/lint extras):

pip install -e ".[test,lint]"

Configuration

Copy .env and adjust values:

Variable	Description
APP_URL	Public base URL of this server (e.g. https://dns.example.com)
DB_HOST	MariaDB/MySQL hostname
DB_DATABASE	Database name
DB_USERNAME	Database user
DB_PASSWORD	Database password
OIDCProviderMetadataURL	OIDC Discovery document URL (see below)
OIDCClientID	OIDC client ID
OIDCClientSecret	OIDC client secret
OIDCRedirectURI	OIDC redirect path (default /.well-known/sso)
LOG_LEVEL	Logging level: debug, info, warning, error
DISPLAY_ERRORS	Show error details in responses (true / false)

The redirect URI registered with the OIDC provider must be {APP_URL}{OIDCRedirectURI}, e.g. https://dns.example.com/.well-known/sso.

OIDC provider examples

Google:

OIDCProviderMetadataURL=https://accounts.google.com/.well-known/openid-configuration

Azure AD / Entra ID (replace {tenant_id} with your directory tenant ID):

OIDCProviderMetadataURL=https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant_id}/v2.0/.well-known/openid-configuration

Running

uvicorn gny.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000

For development with auto-reload:

uvicorn gny.main:app --reload

The database tables are created automatically on startup.

Interactive API docs are available at http://localhost:8000/docs.

API

All endpoints are under /api. Full spec: openapi.yaml.

Enrollment workflow

1. Enroll

POST /api/enroll
Content-Type: application/json

{ "mail": "[e-mail]" }

Returns a Bearer token, e.g., gny-ab3df26e48b2467bf705156d4c8914f2. The server's IP must resolve to a PTR record or the request is rejected with 409.

2. Confirm enrollment

Open the following URL in a browser as an administrator (a user with access_level >= 1):

GET /api/enroll/start?token={token}

This redirects to the configured OIDC provider (Google, Azure AD, etc.). After authenticating, the provider redirects back to /.well-known/sso, which upserts the user record and activates the enrollment token.

On first login, every user is created with access_level = 0. An existing administrator must grant access before a new user can confirm enrollments:

UPDATE users SET access_level = 1 WHERE mail = '[e-mail]';

Alternatively, the /api/enroll/confirm endpoint accepts an OIDC Bearer token directly and confirms the enrollment programmatically (still requires access_level >= 1).

Managing TXT records

All requests below require Authorization: Bearer {enrollment_token}.

Add a record

POST /api/txt?name=_acme-challenge.example.com&text=<validation_token>

Delete a record

DELETE /api/txt?name=_acme-challenge.example.com&text=<validation_token>

Test authorization

GET /api/txt/test?name=_acme-challenge.example.com

Returns {"status": "ok"} if the authenticated server is allowed to manage that name, or 403 otherwise.

Authorization rules

A server enrolled from IP 1.2.3.4 whose PTR record resolves to server.example.com may manage any TXT record whose domain component (after stripping a leading _acme-challenge.) equals or is a subdomain of server.example.com.

Project structure

gny/
├── main.py            # FastAPI application entry point
├── config.py          # Pydantic settings (reads .env)
├── database.py        # Async SQLAlchemy engine and session
├── models.py          # ORM models: Enrollment, TxtRecord, User
├── auth.py            # Bearer token validation, user upsert
├── oidc_provider.py   # OIDC Discovery, UserInfo fetch
├── dns_utils.py       # PTR lookup and domain authorization check
└── routes/
    ├── enroll.py      # POST /api/enroll, POST /api/enroll/confirm
    ├── txt.py         # POST/DELETE /api/txt, GET /api/txt/test
    └── oidc.py        # GET /api/enroll/start, GET /.well-known/sso
requirements.txt
openapi.yaml