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DDNSGoDaddydevAPI

Maintain dynamic DNS updates for GoDaddy-managed A records using a simple shell script. It ingests Shell script variables for API credentials and record names and produces GoDaddy DNS A record updates.

Type
Component
Lifecycle
Active
Last touched
2025-07-17
Visibility
Public

Purpose

Maintain dynamic DNS updates for GoDaddy-managed A records using a simple shell script.

Current state

Last touched: 2025-07-17. Functionality and completeness: Script implements updates; lacks documentation and safe credential handling.

Next step

Add baseline automated tests to cover critical flows; Add CI pipeline for build/test/lint; Document deployment/runtime environment (or add Dockerfile); Document interfaces (CLI flags, API endpoints, file formats); Add structured logging and basic health checks.

Interfaces

Inputs
  • Shell script variables for API credentials and record names
Outputs
  • GoDaddy DNS A record updates

Reality to Action trace

Reality Ingestion

Not in scope.

Canonical Storage

Not in scope.

Automation Engines

Not in scope.

Human Interfaces

Contributes in this stage.

Operational Adoption

Contributes in this stage.

Core workflow

TBD. Document the 5-10 steps that define the core workflow.

Artifacts

  • GoDaddy DNS record endpoints

Operational notes

Constraints and scars

  • Depends on external IP lookup service and GoDaddy API rate limits.

Reliability posture

Failure modes and safe behavior: Failed API calls leave DNS unchanged; script exits with error. Idempotency / retries / batching behavior: Re-running with unchanged IP performs no updates; no retries.

Observability

  • Logs: Console output shows current IP and update status
  • Metrics/health checks: None documented
  • Logs: stdout/stderr from the shell script.

Security and privacy

Remove hard-coded API credentials and store them in a secure secrets manager or env file. Sensitive secret material detected in DDNSGoDaddydevAPI/ddns-godaddy.sh; ensure it is excluded from docs and CI.

Dependencies

Upstream
  • GoDaddy Developer API
  • public IP lookup service

Ownership

Owners

Josh Barton

Users

Josh Barton (owner)

DDNSGoDaddydevAPI

Architecture & Major Components

  • High-level diagram (text):

    • Entry/trigger -> core logic -> outputs (details per docs below)

  • Entry points: DDNSGoDaddydevAPI/ddns-godaddy.sh

  • Top-level folders: none (files only)

  • Key abstractions: Public IP lookup, GoDaddy API update call, record comparison

Setup / Build / Run

  • Build system(s): None (bash script).
  • Configure API credentials and hostnames, then run ./ddns-godaddy.sh.