Gandi_v5

GANDI_V5 uses the v5 API and can act as a registrar provider or a DNS provider. It is only able to work with domains migrated to the new LiveDNS API, which should be all domains.

• API Documentation: https://api.gandi.net/docs

• API Endpoint: https://api.gandi.net/

• Sandbox API Documentation: https://api.sandbox.gandi.net/docs/

• Sandbox API Endpoint: https://api.sandbox.gandi.net/

Configuration

To use this provider, add an entry to creds.json with TYPE set to GANDI_V5 along with other settings:

• (mandatory, string) your Gandi.net access credentials (see below) - one of:

  • token: Personal Access Token (PAT)

  • apikey API Key (deprecated)

• apiurl: (optional, string) the endpoint of the API. When empty or absent the production endpoint is used (default) ; you can use it to select the Sandbox API Endpoint instead.

• sharing_id: (optional, string) let you scope to a specific organization. When empty or absent calls are not scoped to a specific organization.

When both token and apikey are defined, the priority is given to token which will be used for API communication (as if apikey was not set). See the Authentication section for details on obtaining these credentials.

The sharing_id selects between different organizations which your account is a member of; to manage domains in multiple organizations, you can use multiple creds.json entries.

How to find the sharing_id: The sharing ID is the second hex string found in the URL on the portal. Log into the Gandi website, click on "organizations" in the leftnav, and click on the organization name. The URL will be something like:

https://admin.gandi.net/organizations/[not this hex string]/PLTS/[sharing id]/profile

Example:

creds.json

{
  "gandi": {
    "TYPE": "GANDI_V5",
    "token": "your-gandi-personal-access-token",
    "sharing_id": "your-sharing_id"
  }
}

Authentication

(Cf official documentation of the API The Personal Access Token (PAT) is configured in the Account Settings of the Gandi Admin application, then click on "Create a token" button. Choose an organisation (if your account happens to have multiple ones). Then, choose a name (limited to 42 chars), an expiration date. You can choose to limit the scope to a select number of products (domain names). Finally, choose the permissions : the needed one is "Manage domain name technical configurations" (in French: "Gérer la configuration technique des domaines"), which automatically implies "See and renew domain names" (in French: "Voir et renouveler les domaines"). You then have only one (1) chance to copy and save the token somewhere.

The API Key is the previous (deprecated) mechanism used to do api calls. To generate or delete your API key, go to User Settings, "Manage the user account and security settings", the "Authentication options" tab, then regenerate the "Production API key" under "Developer access"

Metadata

This provider does not recognize any special metadata fields unique to Gandi.

Limitations

This provider does not support using ALIAS in combination with DNSSEC, whether AUTODNSSEC or otherwise.

This provider only supports ALIAS on the "@" zone apex, not on any other names.

Usage

An example configuration:

dnsconfig.js

var REG_GANDI = NewRegistrar("gandi");
var DSP_GANDI = NewDnsProvider("gandi");

D("example.com", REG_GANDI, DnsProvider(DSP_GANDI),
    A("test", "1.2.3.4"),
);

If you are converting from the old "GANDI" provider, simply change "GANDI" to "GANDI_V5" in dnsconfig.js. Be sure to test with dnscontrol preview before running dnscontrol push.

New domains

If a domain does not exist in your Gandi account, DNSControl will not automatically add it with the create-domains command. You'll need to do that via the web UI manually.

Common errors

Error getting corrections

Error getting corrections: 401: The server could not verify that you authorized to access the document you requested. Either you supplied the wrong credentials (e.g., bad api key), or your access token has expired

This is the error you'll see if your token (or (deprecated) apikey) in creds.json is wrong or invalid.

Domain does not exist in profile

WARNING: Domain 'example.com' does not exist in the 'secname' profile and will be added automatically.

This error is caused by the internal ListZones() functions returning no domain names. This is usually because your creds.json information is pointing at an empty organization or no organization. The solution is to set sharing_id in creds.json.

get-zones "nameonly" returns nothing

If a dnscontrol get-zones --format=nameonly CredId - all returns nothing, this is usually because your creds.json information is pointing at an empty organization or no organization. The solution is to set sharing_id in creds.json.

Development

Debugging

Set GANDI_V5_DEBUG environment variable to a boolean-compatible value to dump all API calls made by this provider.

Testing

Set apiurl key to the endpoint url for the sandbox (https://api.sandbox.gandi.net/), along with corresponding token (or (deprecated) apikey) created in this sandbox environment (Cf https://api.sandbox.gandi.net/docs/sandbox/) to make all API calls against Gandi sandbox environment.