GitHub-based DNS Hosting
Infrastructure
dns hosting
SHOW HN2014
37points
46comments
#851of 2,272 in 2014
Top 38%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
3 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 9 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score -0.26.
Idea: 3 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Git-based DNS workflow with history and review is valuable
From 2 comments
I currently have a Git-based DNS setup and can highly recommend the workflow. Having a history, review and team-visibility goes a surprisingly long way. It's a little more…
lamby on HNGreat idea by the way. I've just switched to using git for the zones I administer myself. Haven't been brave enough to look into using hooks yet though!
opless on HN
Objections
Copies messaging and concept from Namecast without credit
From 2 comments
I was going to write a message here congratulating this guy, as I love the concept - but then I realized he'd emailed me a few months back, blogged about us, then ripped off our…
namecast on HNAs a pre-emptive note for other HN'ers: 1) I'm not annoyed that Steve's built a competing product. That would be like the developers of Squid being annoyed that Varnish exists,…
namecast on HN
Missing TXT, SRV and CNAME records at launch
From 2 comments
I don't see a way to add txt records, which are important for many things. Nor do I see srv records or others. The documentation also doesn't make it clear because it links…
euank on HNMore importantly I don't see CNAME records. Great idea though.
opless on HN
Server fell over under HN traffic
From 2 comments
I was going to write a message here congratulating this guy, as I love the concept - but then I realized he'd emailed me a few months back, blogged about us, then ripped off our…
namecast on HNThe traffic killed the server - I'm rebuilding it now with decent RAM, back in 20 minutes..
stevekemp on HN
Zone files are public when hosted on GitHub
From 1 comment
This requires putting your whole zone file in public, right? Seems like that might not always be a good thing for some but maybe better for others. Any plans to support something…
mattl on HN
Requests
Support CloudFlare DNS as backend
From 1 comment
I'd want this backed by CloudFlare's dns, not R53 so that I could take advantage of CF's network as a proxy in front of my servers. https://www.cloudflare.com/docs/client-api.html
latchkey on HN
Support other git hosts beyond GitHub
From 2 comments
This requires putting your whole zone file in public, right? Seems like that might not always be a good thing for some but maybe better for others. Any plans to support something…
mattl on HNI'm happy to support anything that will allow a WebHook to be invoked on a push event. I'm certainly intending to look at GitBucket, and similar. Handling private repositories is…
stevekemp on HN
Support codebase-based updates
From 1 comment
Codebase support would be great! Being able to update DNS by a simple git change would be awesome.
deanpcmad on HN
Questions
Will private repositories be supported?
From 1 comment
I'm happy to support anything that will allow a WebHook to be invoked on a push event. I'm certainly intending to look at GitBucket, and similar. Handling private repositories is…
stevekemp on HN
Why not use GitHub for authentication?
From 1 comment
Which brings the next question... why not use Github for authentication?
latchkey on HN
Alternatives named
LuaDNS
From 2 comments
This reminds me of my favorite host, LuaDNS.com. Always willing to extend their services, and have never had a problem with them. Also more expensive than LuaDNS, and the…
grhmc on HNYou could also just use https://api.luadns.com/ which at least offers a free tier.
xxdesmus on HN
Namecast
From 1 comment
I was going to write a message here congratulating this guy, as I love the concept - but then I realized he'd emailed me a few months back, blogged about us, then ripped off our…
namecast on HN
CloudFlare DNS
From 1 comment
I'd want this backed by CloudFlare's dns, not R53 so that I could take advantage of CF's network as a proxy in front of my servers. https://www.cloudflare.com/docs/client-api.html
latchkey on HN
Amazon Route53
From 1 comment
Having recently started to explore the Amazon Route53 API I can see a lot of value in using it: * Anycast DNS handling located in multiple regions. * Good API for accessing it.…
stevekemp on HN