certbot-dns-powerdns-admin

Certbot DNS Authenticator plugin for PowerDNS Admin.

Inspired by other certbot-dns-* plugins found in the official Certbot repository.

Installation

Install native or extend official certbot/certbot Docker image.

Native

pip install "https://github.com/Simon-Spettmann/certbot-dns-powerdns-admin"

Docker image

FROM certbot/certbot

RUN pip install "https://github.com/Simon-Spettmann/certbot-dns-powerdns-admin/archive/refs/heads/main.zip"

Configuration

Set api_url and api_key in .ini file.

# ./dns_powerdns_admin.ini
dns_powerdns_admin_api_url = https://example.com
dns_powerdns_admin_api_key = password

Usage

Run certbot with --authenticator "dns-powerdns-admin" and --dns-powerdns-admin-credentials "./dns_powerdns_admin.ini".

Optional: --dns-powerdns-admin-propagation-seconds "60"

certbot ... \
    --authenticator "dns-powerdns-admin" \
    --dns-powerdns-admin-credentials "./dns_powerdns_admin.ini" \
    --dns-powerdns-admin-propagation-seconds "60" \
    ...

Example

services:
  certbot:
    # image: certbot/certbot
    build: "https://github.com/Simon-Spettmann/certbot-dns-powerdns-admin.git"
    volumes:
      - ./certbot/data:/etc/letsencrypt/:rw
      - ./certbot/credentials:/credentials:ro
    command: sh -c 'while true; do certbot renew --non-interactive; sleep 86400; done"'

docker compose build --pull
docker compose up --detach

docker compose exec certbot

certbot certonly \
    --non-interactive \
    --agree-tos \
    --authenticator "dns-powerdns-admin" \
    --dns-powerdns-admin-credentials "/credentials/dns_powerdns_admin.ini" \
    --dns-powerdns-admin-propagation-seconds "60" \
    --server https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory \
    -d 'example.com'