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Generate forward and reverse record tables from authoritative AXFRs
while preserving handwritten Markdown outside per-zone markers. Run the
generator in CI and link the reference from the relevant docs.
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Render docs/reference/dns.md from live authoritative DNS zone transfers.
The authoritative servers are queried directly over AXFR. Records owned by Kea are
identified by DHCID records and omitted together with their forward and reverse data.
"""
import argparse
import ipaddress
import re
import socket
import sys
from dataclasses import dataclass
from pathlib import Path
import dns.exception
import dns.name
import dns.query
import dns.resolver
import dns.rdatatype
OUT = Path("docs/reference/dns.md")
DEFAULT_PORT = 53
IGNORED_TYPES = {"DHCID", "SOA"}
POWERDNS_ALIAS = 65401
POWERDNS_LUA = 65402
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class Record:
zone: str
owner: str
type: str
value: str
def normalize_name(name: str) -> str:
return name.rstrip(".").lower()
def record_data(rdtype: int, rdata) -> tuple[str, str]:
if rdtype == POWERDNS_ALIAS:
target, _used = dns.name.from_wire(rdata.data, 0)
return "ALIAS", target.to_text()
if rdtype == POWERDNS_LUA:
logical_type = int.from_bytes(rdata.data[:2], byteorder="big")
return "LUA", dns.rdatatype.to_text(logical_type)
return dns.rdatatype.to_text(rdtype), rdata.to_text()
def server_addresses(server: str, port: int) -> list[str]:
addresses = []
try:
for result in socket.getaddrinfo(server, port, type=socket.SOCK_STREAM):
address = result[4][0]
if address not in addresses:
addresses.append(address)
except socket.gaierror as error:
raise RuntimeError(f"cannot resolve nameserver {server}: {error}") from error
return addresses
def transfer(server: str, port: int, zone: str) -> list[Record]:
addresses = server_addresses(server, port)
errors = []
for address in addresses:
try:
records = []
for message in dns.query.xfr(
address, zone, port=port, lifetime=60, relativize=False
):
for rrset in message.answer:
for rdata in rrset:
record_type, value = record_data(rrset.rdtype, rdata)
records.append(
Record(
zone=normalize_name(zone),
owner=normalize_name(rrset.name.to_text()),
type=record_type,
value=value,
)
)
if not any(record.type == "SOA" for record in records):
raise RuntimeError("transfer returned no SOA record")
return records
except (dns.exception.DNSException, OSError, RuntimeError) as error:
errors.append(f"{address}: {error}")
raise RuntimeError(f"AXFR of {zone} from {server} failed ({'; '.join(errors)})")
def system_nameservers(domain: str) -> list[str]:
try:
answer = dns.resolver.resolve(domain, "NS", lifetime=30)
except dns.exception.DNSException as error:
message = f"cannot discover authoritative servers for {domain}: {error}"
raise RuntimeError(message) from error
return [rdata.target.to_text() for rdata in answer]
def nameservers_via(server: str, port: int, domain: str) -> list[str]:
errors = []
for address in server_addresses(server, port):
resolver = dns.resolver.Resolver(configure=False)
resolver.nameservers = [address]
resolver.port = port
try:
answer = resolver.resolve(domain, "NS", lifetime=15, search=False)
return [rdata.target.to_text() for rdata in answer]
except dns.exception.DNSException as error:
errors.append(f"{address}: {error}")
raise RuntimeError(f"NS query for {domain} via {server} failed ({'; '.join(errors)})")
def discover_nameservers(domains: list[str], port: int) -> dict[str, list[str]]:
discovered = {}
unresolved = {}
candidates = []
for domain in domains:
try:
servers = system_nameservers(domain)
discovered[domain] = servers
for server in servers:
if server not in candidates:
candidates.append(server)
except RuntimeError as error:
unresolved[domain] = [str(error)]
for domain, errors in list(unresolved.items()):
for server in candidates:
try:
discovered[domain] = nameservers_via(server, port, domain)
del unresolved[domain]
break
except RuntimeError as error:
errors.append(str(error))
if unresolved:
details = "; ".join(
f"{domain}: {'; '.join(errors)}" for domain, errors in unresolved.items()
)
raise RuntimeError(details)
return discovered
def transfer_domain(port: int, domain: str, servers: list[str]) -> list[Record]:
errors = []
for server in servers:
try:
return transfer(server, port, domain)
except RuntimeError as error:
errors.append(str(error))
raise RuntimeError(f"no authoritative server allowed AXFR for {domain} ({'; '.join(errors)})")
def dynamic_names(records: list[Record]) -> set[str]:
return {record.owner for record in records if record.type == "DHCID"}
def dynamic_addresses(records: list[Record], names: set[str]) -> set[str]:
return {
record.value.rstrip(".").lower()
for record in records
if record.owner in names and record.type in {"A", "AAAA"}
}
def reverse_address(owner: str) -> str | None:
if owner.endswith(".in-addr.arpa"):
labels = owner.removesuffix(".in-addr.arpa").split(".")
if len(labels) != 4:
return None
try:
return str(ipaddress.IPv4Address(".".join(reversed(labels))))
except ValueError:
return None
if owner.endswith(".ip6.arpa"):
labels = owner.removesuffix(".ip6.arpa").split(".")
if len(labels) != 32:
return None
try:
value = int("".join(reversed(labels)), 16)
return str(ipaddress.IPv6Address(value))
except ValueError:
return None
return None
def static_records(records: list[Record]) -> list[Record]:
names = dynamic_names(records)
addresses = dynamic_addresses(records, names)
static = []
for record in records:
if record.type in IGNORED_TYPES or record.owner in names:
continue
if record.type == "PTR":
target = normalize_name(record.value.split()[0])
address = reverse_address(record.owner)
if target in names or address in addresses:
continue
static.append(record)
return static
def relative_name(owner: str, zone: str) -> str:
if owner == zone:
return "@"
suffix = f".{zone}"
return owner[: -len(suffix)] if owner.endswith(suffix) else owner
def markdown_code(value: str) -> str:
escaped = value.replace("|", "\\|")
return f"`{escaped}`"
def display_record(record: Record) -> tuple[str, str]:
if record.type != "LUA":
return record.type, record.value
return f"{record.value} (LUA)", "generated at query time"
def render_forward(domain: str, records: list[Record]) -> list[str]:
domain = normalize_name(domain)
rows = []
for record in records:
if record.zone != domain or record.type == "PTR":
continue
record_type, value = display_record(record)
rows.append((relative_name(record.owner, record.zone), record_type, value))
rows.sort(key=lambda row: (row[0] != "@", row[0], row[1], row[2]))
lines = ["| Name | Type | Value |", "|---|---|---|"]
lines.extend(
f"| {markdown_code(name)} | {markdown_code(record_type)} | {markdown_code(value)} |"
for name, record_type, value in rows
)
return lines
def render_reverse(domain: str, records: list[Record]) -> list[str]:
domain = normalize_name(domain)
rows = []
for record in records:
if record.zone != domain or record.type != "PTR":
continue
rows.append((reverse_address(record.owner) or record.owner, record.value))
rows.sort(key=lambda row: ipaddress.ip_address(row[0]))
lines = ["| Address | Name |", "|---|---|"]
lines.extend(
f"| {markdown_code(address)} | {markdown_code(name)} |" for address, name in rows
)
return lines
def is_reverse(domain: str) -> bool:
domain = normalize_name(domain)
return domain.endswith(".in-addr.arpa") or domain.endswith(".ip6.arpa")
def rendered_zones(transferred: list[tuple[str, list[Record]]]) -> dict[str, list[str]]:
records = static_records([record for _domain, zone in transferred for record in zone])
rendered = {}
for domain, _raw_records in transferred:
if is_reverse(domain):
rendered[normalize_name(domain)] = render_reverse(domain, records)
else:
rendered[normalize_name(domain)] = render_forward(domain, records)
return rendered
def update_target(transferred: list[tuple[str, list[Record]]], target: Path) -> bool:
rendered = rendered_zones(transferred)
text = target.read_text()
lines = text.splitlines()
marker_re = re.compile(r"^<!--\s*dns:\s*(\S+)\s*-->$")
found = set()
output = []
i = 0
while i < len(lines):
match = marker_re.match(lines[i].strip())
if not match or normalize_name(match.group(1)) not in rendered:
output.append(lines[i])
i += 1
continue
domain = normalize_name(match.group(1))
end = i + 1
while end < len(lines) and lines[end].strip() != "<!-- dns-end -->":
end += 1
if end >= len(lines):
raise RuntimeError(f"missing <!-- dns-end --> for {domain}")
output.extend(
[
lines[i],
"<!-- dns-start -->",
*rendered[domain],
"<!-- dns-end -->",
]
)
found.add(domain)
i = end + 1
missing = rendered.keys() - found
if missing:
raise RuntimeError(f"missing DNS markers for: {', '.join(sorted(missing))}")
new = "\n".join(output) + "\n"
if new == text:
return False
target.write_text(new)
return True
def main() -> int:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog="update-docs-dns", description=__doc__)
parser.add_argument("domain", nargs="+", help="DNS zone to transfer")
parser.add_argument("--port", type=int, default=DEFAULT_PORT)
parser.add_argument("--output", type=Path, default=OUT)
args = parser.parse_args()
try:
nameservers = discover_nameservers(args.domain, args.port)
transferred = [
(domain, transfer_domain(args.port, domain, nameservers[domain]))
for domain in args.domain
]
except RuntimeError as error:
print(f"update-docs-dns: {error}", file=sys.stderr)
return 1
try:
changed = update_target(transferred, args.output)
except (OSError, RuntimeError) as error:
print(f"update-docs-dns: {error}", file=sys.stderr)
return 1
if changed:
print(f"updated {args.output}")
return 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main())