dynect4r¶ ↑

dynect4r is a Ruby library and command line client for the Dynect REST API (version 2).

Installation¶ ↑

gem install dynect4r

Using this library in your own project¶ ↑

require 'dynect4r'
client = Dynect::Client.new(:customer_name => 'example',
                            :user_name => 'example',
                            :password => 'example')
response = client.rest_call(:get, 'Zone/example.org')
pp response

Using the built-in command line client¶ ↑

1. Create a file called .dynect4r containing your Dynect customer name, username and password on one line separated by whitespace. Note that this file is assumed to be in the home directory by default.

2. See examples below:

General usage¶ ↑

dynect4r-client [options] [rdata][, ...]

• Multiple sets of rdata can be specified by separating them with commas.

• Records can be deleted by not specifying rdata.

Examples¶ ↑

Create an A record¶ ↑

dynect4r-client -n test.example.org 1.1.1.1

Create round-robin A records¶ ↑

dynect4r-client -n test.example.org 1.1.1.1,2.2.2.2,3.3.3.3

Create a CNAME record¶ ↑

dynect4r-client -n test.example.org -t CNAME test.example.org.

Create an SRV record¶ ↑

dynect4r-client -n srv.example.org -t SRV 0 10 20 target.example.org.

Help and Troubleshooting¶ ↑

See the –help command line option:

dynect4r-client --help

Use debug logging:

dynect4r-client -v debug

All output is also logged to file: dynect4r.log, by default sitting in the home directory.