import urllib.request, socket, sys, argparse
# configuration variables
-server = 'ipv4.ns.ralfj.de'
domains = ['domain.dyn.ralfj.de'] # list of domains to update
password = 'yourpassword'
-# END of configuration variables
+haveIPv4 = True
+haveIPv6 = False
-# allow overwriting some values on the command-line
-parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Update a domain managed by a dyn-nsupdate server')
-parser.add_argument("-s", "--server",
- dest="server", default=server,
- help="The dyn-nsupdate server")
-parser.add_argument("-p", "--password",
- dest="password", default=password,
- help="The password used to update the domains")
-parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose",
- action="store_true", dest="verbose",
- help="Be more verbose")
-parser.add_argument("domains", metavar='DOMAIN', nargs='*', default=domains,
- help="The domains to update")
-args = parser.parse_args()
+serverIPv4 = 'ipv4.ns.ralfj.de' # Only needed if haveIPv4 is True. This server should NOT have an AAAA record!
+serverIPv6 = 'ipv6.ns.ralfj.de' # Only needed if haveIPv6 is True. This server should NOT have an A record!
+server = 'ns.ralfj.de'
+# END of configuration variables
def urlopen(url):
return urllib.request.urlopen(url).read().decode('utf-8').strip()
-myip = urlopen('https://'+args.server+'/checkip')
+def getMyIP(server):
+ return urlopen('https://'+server+'/checkip')
-def update_domain(domain):
- '''Update the given domain, using the global server, user, password. Returns True on success, False on failure.'''
- global myip, args
- # check if the domain is already mapped to our current IP
+def getCurIP(domain, family):
try:
- domainip = socket.gethostbyname(domain)
- if myip == domainip:
- # nothing to do
- if args.verbose:
- print("Domain",domain,"already up-to-date, not doing anything")
- return True
+ addr = socket.getaddrinfo(domain, None, family=family)
+ return addr[0][4][0]
except socket.gaierror: # domain not found
- pass
+ return ""
+
+def getCurIPv4(domain):
+ return getCurIP(domain, socket.AF_INET)
+
+def getCurIPv6(domain):
+ return getCurIP(domain, socket.AF_INET6)
+
+def update_domain(server, domain, ipv4, ipv6, password, verbose):
+ '''Update the given domain, using the server, password. ipv4 or ipv6 can be None to not update that record. Returns True on success, False on failure.'''
+ assert ipv4 is not None or ipv6 is not None
+
+ # check what the domain is currently mapped to
+ curIPv4 = getCurIPv4(domain)
+ curIPv6 = getCurIPv6(domain)
+ if verbose:
+ print("Current status of domain {0} is: IPv4 address '{1}', IPv6 address '{2}'".format(domain, curIPv4, curIPv6))
+
+ # check if there's something to do
+ needUpdate = (ipv4 is not None and curIPv4 != ipv4) or (ipv6 is not None and curIPv6 != ipv6)
+ if not needUpdate:
+ if verbose:
+ print("Everything alread up-to-date, nothing to do")
+ return True
# we need to update the IP
- result = urlopen('https://'+args.server+'/update?password='+urllib.parse.quote(args.password)+'&domain='+urllib.parse.quote(domain)+'&ip='+urllib.parse.quote(myip))
- if 'good '+myip == result:
- print("Successfully updated domain",domain,"to",myip)
+ url = 'https://'+server+'/update?password='+urllib.parse.quote(password)+'&domain='+urllib.parse.quote(domain)
+ expected = "good"
+ if ipv4 is not None:
+ url += '&ip='+urllib.parse.quote(ipv4)
+ expected += " "+ipv4
+ if ipv6 is not None:
+ url += '&ipv6='+urllib.parse.quote(ipv6)
+ expected += " "+ipv6
+ result = urlopen(url)
+
+ # did everything go as planned?
+ if result == expected:
+ if verbose:
+ print("Successfully updated domain",domain)
# all went all right
return True
else:
# Something went wrong
- print("Unexpected answer from server",server,"while updating",domain,"to",myip)
+ print("Unexpected answer from server",server,"while updating",domain)
print(result)
return False
-exitcode = 0
-for domain in args.domains:
- if not update_domain(domain):
- exitcode = 1
-sys.exit(exitcode)
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ # allow overwriting some values on the command-line
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Update a domain managed by a dyn-nsupdate server')
+ parser.add_argument("-p", "--password",
+ dest="password", default=password,
+ help="The password used to update the domains")
+ parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose",
+ action="store_true", dest="verbose",
+ help="Be more verbose")
+ parser.add_argument("domains", metavar='DOMAIN', nargs='*', default=domains,
+ help="The domains to update")
+ args = parser.parse_args()
+
+ # get our own IPv4
+ if haveIPv4:
+ myIPv4 = getMyIP(serverIPv4)
+ if args.verbose:
+ print("My IPv4 is",myIPv4)
+ else:
+ myIPv4 = None
+ # and IPv6
+ if haveIPv6:
+ myIPv6 = getMyIP(serverIPv6)
+ if args.verbose:
+ print("My IPv6 is",myIPv6)
+ else:
+ myIPv6 = None
+
+ # update all the domains
+ exitcode = 0
+ for domain in args.domains:
+ if not update_domain(server, domain, myIPv4, myIPv6, args.password, verbose=args.verbose):
+ exitcode = 1
+ sys.exit(exitcode)