So I have 100+ websites I manage for various clients, and it is a pain for me to login to their hosting or domain registrar accounts to manage their DNS.

Is there a simple solution, where I can turn on my own server that manages DNS? So for every domain I manage, I simply set a DNS once as ns1…com, and from thereon I can just manage their DNS configurations?

  • CC-5576-03@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    If you’re getting paid to manage these sites you should not selfhost their dns. Use a real dns provider like cloudflare.

  • InasFreeman@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I run coredns.io these days. Simple, many plug-ins available, can handle split brain, etc.

    (Personally I just make a change in git and it auto updates my dns boxes)

  • lvlint67@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Bind, powerdns, dnsmasq… You COULD do it with windows DNS server or even something like a mikrotik router…

    AWS has route53… but depending on your clients someone would be paying money…

    Id probably look for someone like digitalocean or cloudflare that has an API and use that… DNS is pretty simple… Until it’s not.

  • ElevenNotes@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yes. Bind DNS is the perfect candidate for that because it supports DNSSEC and everything in between. For DNS NS you need at least two static IPv4 addresses if you want to host it yourself.

    • noseshimself@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I tired it with about 400 domains and so far it is looking good but it needs a lot more work; someone will have to write a serious command line tool as we all know that GUI tools are good for a few clicks here and there but serious work needs a terminal.

  • scetron@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yes there are a number of solutions out there including running your own bind server. But that is probably a little more difficult than what you might actually want which is just to consolidate their name servers down to one centralized place. Another comment mentioned one, clouddns is another that does this, maybe slightly differently?

  • Silentspy@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Why not just use Cloudflare? Redirect client nameservers to them. Also you can pay them if you ever need prioritized support. Free plan is solid usually.

    DNS is scary to selfhost.

    • haroldp@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      CloudFlare is a quality DNS host with a solid control panel for managing your zones. However I will say that granting access to the domain owner or their other tech people is a giant hassle on CloudFlare.

      • Silentspy@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Externally. Why not take use of the good options out there and make it easier for yourself?

          • Silentspy@alien.topBEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Basically letting Cloudflare take ownership over DNS. So much better then logging into x amount of different domain registrars web management panels. Its not really directly comparing to your BIND solution. But a lot better then what he/she currently struggles with.

      • adamshand@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I don’t understand this sub sometimes. You are very right.

        This sub’s aversion to hosting email (and now DNS) is bizarre.

  • flrn74@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Powerdns and powerdnsadmin works well. Do keep in mind you are assuming responsibility for keeping that server up, if it fails your domains could be impacted (depending on how secondary servers are set up)

  • _duncan_@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Since you’re managing clients’ DNS, you don’t really want to self host it.

    Take a look at OctoDNS: https://github.com/octodns/octodns

    Yaml config for DNS, and it just interacts with all the providers your clients want to work with while letting you have everything in one place managed via IaC.

  • AnonymusChief@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I use Cloudflare. I just have the users add the Cloudflare nameservers to their domain. Once all is done, I can make DNS changes while the customer continues to pay for the domain using their preferred registrar.

  • cltrmx@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I use three instances of CoreDNS (one main and two others) at three different providers. Setup is relatively easy and I manage all DNS zone files, keys for DNSsec with Git.

  • someoneatsomeplace@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I use PowerDNS and PowerAdmin. Supports pretty much everything (including BIND backend), has an API, and you can store the DNS records in a SQL database.