ultradns4r¶ ↑

ultradns4r is a Ruby library and command line client for the Neustar UltraDNS SOAP API.

Installation¶ ↑

1. Install Ruby

2. Install RubyGems

3. Install Savon

4. Download ultradns4r.rb

Using this library in your own project¶ ↑

require 'ultradns4r'
client = UltraDns::Client.new('username', 'password')
response = client.soap_call('get_server_status')
pp response

Using the built-in command line client¶ ↑

1. Create a file called ultradns4r.secret containing your UltraDNS username and password (i.e. on one line separated by whitespace). Note that this file is assumed to be in the current directory by default.

2. See examples below:

General usage¶ ↑

ultradns4r.rb [options] [rr-data][, ...]

• Multiple sets of rr-data can be specified by separating them with commas.

• Records can be deleted by not specifying rr-data.

• All domain names must be fully qualified and end with a period (this is an UltraDNS requirement).

Examples¶ ↑

Create an A record¶ ↑

ultradns4r.rb -n test.example.org. 1.1.1.1

Create round-robin A records¶ ↑

ultradns4r.rb -n test.example.org. 1.1.1.1,2.2.2.2,3.3.3.3

Create a CNAME record¶ ↑

ultradns4r.rb -n test.example.org. -t CNAME test.example.org.

Create an SRV record¶ ↑

ultradns4r.rb -n srv.example.org. -t SRV 0 10 20 target.example.org.

Help and Troubleshooting¶ ↑

See the –help command line option:

ultradns4r.rb --help

Use debug logging:

ultradns4r.rb -v debug