Initial fork of certbot-dns-servfail; talks to the yeil dns-server RPC

DNS-01 authenticator that walks up the labels of the validation name,
calls findzone on the dns-server RPC to locate the registered parent
zone, then addrecord/deleterecord around the TXT challenge.

Auth is HTTP Basic with the shared rpc key (matches the protocol the
yeil DNS web app uses in dns/src/lib/rpc.ts).
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# certbot-dns-yeil
yeil DNS Authenticator plugin for [Certbot](https://certbot.eff.org/).
Talks to the yeil dns-server's RPC over HTTP Basic auth — the same RPC the
yeil DNS web app uses. Use this on hosts that can reach the dns-server
directly (NetBird-attached, typically). For internet-only clients, expose
an HTTP API in front of the RPC and write a separate plugin against it.
Wildcard certs require DNS-01, so this plugin (or another DNS authenticator)
is needed for `*.example.com`.
## Installation
```sh
pip install git+https://git.eskimo.dev/Yeil/certbot-dns-yeil.git
```
## Configuration
The plugin reads `yeil_rpc_url` and `yeil_rpc_key` from a credentials INI.
```ini
dns_yeil_rpc_url = http://100.123.x.x:6969
dns_yeil_rpc_key = the-rpc-key-from-dns-server-config
```
`chmod 600` it.
`yeil_rpc_url` is the URL of any one of the dns-server NSes — they share
the underlying Postgres so writes propagate either way.
## Usage
```sh
certbot certonly \
--authenticator dns-yeil \
--dns-yeil-credentials /etc/letsencrypt/yeil.ini \
-d smtp.yeil.org \
--preferred-challenges dns
```
For wildcards:
```sh
certbot certonly \
--authenticator dns-yeil \
--dns-yeil-credentials /etc/letsencrypt/yeil.ini \
-d yeil.org -d '*.yeil.org'
```
## How it works
For each requested name, the plugin walks up the labels and calls the
dns-server's `findzone` RPC until it finds the registered zone. It then
creates a TXT record at `_acme-challenge.<rel>` via `addrecord`, waits
for propagation, and on cleanup calls `deleterecord` with the saved
record id.

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"""DNS-01 authenticator plugin for Certbot using the yeil dns-server RPC.
Talks to the dns-server (ShakeStation fork) over HTTP Basic auth. The RPC
shape is `{ method, params }` POST, returning `{ result } | { result: null,
error: { message } }`. Same protocol the yeil DNS web app uses; see
yeil/dns/src/lib/rpc.ts.
"""
import base64
import json
import logging
from urllib.error import HTTPError, URLError
from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
from certbot import errors, interfaces
from certbot.plugins import dns_common
from zope.interface import implementer
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@implementer(interfaces.IAuthenticator)
@implementer(interfaces.IPluginFactory)
class Authenticator(dns_common.DNSAuthenticator):
description = "Obtain certificates via DNS-01 using the yeil dns-server RPC."
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.credentials = None
# (domain, validation_name, validation) -> (zone_id, record_id)
self._records = {}
@classmethod
def add_parser_arguments(cls, add):
super(Authenticator, cls).add_parser_arguments(
add, default_propagation_seconds=20
)
add("credentials", help="Path to your yeil credentials INI file.")
def more_info(self):
return (
"Configures Certbot to perform DNS-01 challenges by adding TXT "
"records via the yeil dns-server RPC."
)
def _setup_credentials(self):
self.credentials = self._configure_credentials(
"credentials",
"yeil dns-server credentials INI file",
{
"rpc_url": "Base URL of the dns-server RPC (e.g. http://100.123.x.x:6969)",
"rpc_key": "Shared RPC key (config.rpc.key on the dns-server)",
},
)
# ── RPC ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
def _rpc(self, method, params=None):
"""POST {method, params} to the dns-server RPC and return result.
Raises errors.PluginError on transport or RPC error.
"""
url = self.credentials.conf("rpc_url")
key = self.credentials.conf("rpc_key")
token = base64.b64encode(f"x:{key}".encode("utf-8")).decode("ascii")
body = json.dumps({"method": method, "params": params or {}}).encode("utf-8")
req = Request(url, data=body, method="POST")
req.add_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
req.add_header("Content-Length", str(len(body)))
req.add_header("Authorization", f"Basic {token}")
try:
with urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp:
data = json.loads(resp.read().decode("utf-8"))
except HTTPError as e:
try:
err_body = json.loads(e.read().decode("utf-8"))
msg = err_body.get("error", {}).get("message") or e.reason
except Exception:
msg = e.reason
raise errors.PluginError(f"yeil dns-server error ({e.code}): {msg}")
except URLError as e:
raise errors.PluginError(f"yeil dns-server unreachable: {e}")
if isinstance(data, dict) and data.get("error"):
err = data["error"]
msg = err.get("message") if isinstance(err, dict) else str(err)
raise errors.PluginError(f"yeil dns-server error: {msg}")
return data.get("result") if isinstance(data, dict) else None
# ── Zone resolution ────────────────────────────────────────────────
def _find_zone_id(self, fqdn):
"""Walk up the labels of fqdn, calling findzone, until one matches.
Returns (zone_id, zone_name). Raises PluginError if nothing found.
"""
labels = fqdn.rstrip(".").split(".")
# Need at least a domain.tld pair to be a candidate zone.
while len(labels) >= 2:
candidate = ".".join(labels)
try:
result = self._rpc("findzone", {"domain": candidate})
except errors.PluginError as e:
# A "zone not found" response surfaces as a PluginError; that's
# the signal to walk up. Anything else (auth, network) we'd
# rather re-raise after exhausting candidates, so swallow here.
logger.debug("findzone(%s) miss: %s", candidate, e)
result = None
if isinstance(result, dict) and result.get("id"):
return result["id"], candidate
labels = labels[1:]
raise errors.PluginError(
f"No registered zone found in dns-server for any suffix of {fqdn}"
)
@staticmethod
def _relative_name(validation_name, zone_name):
"""`_acme-challenge.smtp.yeil.org` in zone `yeil.org` -> `_acme-challenge.smtp`.
If validation_name equals the zone, returns "@" (the apex).
"""
v = validation_name.rstrip(".")
z = zone_name.rstrip(".")
if v == z:
return "@"
suffix = "." + z
if v.endswith(suffix):
return v[: -len(suffix)]
# Shouldn't happen if _find_zone_id picked the zone from this fqdn.
raise errors.PluginError(
f"validation_name {v} is not within zone {z}"
)
# ── certbot hooks ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
def _perform(self, domain, validation_name, validation):
zone_id, zone_name = self._find_zone_id(validation_name)
rel_name = self._relative_name(validation_name, zone_name)
result = self._rpc(
"addrecord",
{
"zone": zone_id,
"name": rel_name,
"type": "TXT",
"content": validation,
"ttl": 60,
},
)
record_id = (
result.get("id") if isinstance(result, dict) else None
)
if not record_id:
raise errors.PluginError(
"dns-server addrecord did not return a record id"
)
self._records[(domain, validation_name, validation)] = (zone_id, record_id)
def _cleanup(self, domain, validation_name, validation):
entry = self._records.pop((domain, validation_name, validation), None)
if not entry:
logger.warning(
"No stored record for %s; skipping cleanup", validation_name
)
return
zone_id, record_id = entry
try:
self._rpc(
"deleterecord",
{"zone": zone_id, "record": record_id},
)
except errors.PluginError as e:
# Don't fail the renewal because of a stale TXT we couldn't
# delete; log and move on. Operator can prune by hand.
logger.warning(
"Failed to clean up TXT record %s (zone=%s record=%s): %s",
validation_name, zone_id, record_id, e,
)

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from setuptools import setup, find_packages
setup(
name="certbot-dns-yeil",
version="1.0.0",
description="yeil DNS Authenticator plugin for Certbot",
url="https://git.eskimo.dev/Yeil/certbot-dns-yeil",
author="yeil",
license="MIT",
packages=find_packages(),
install_requires=[
"certbot>=1.1.0",
"zope.interface",
],
entry_points={
"certbot.plugins": [
"dns-yeil = certbot_dns_yeil.dns_yeil:Authenticator",
],
},
)