DNS zone management made easy

1. write your source, syntax described below
2. run melk

The program syntax is:

$0 <source file> <mx> <domain> <network>

Example:

melk.pl	acc.umu.se.melk mail acc.umu.se 130.239.18

The output is placed in two filed: forv-$domain-$network and reve-$network-$domain which you can include in your master file.

Optionally give $0 <source file> <mx> <domain> <network> <v6prefix> for ipv6 generation too. This will generate AAAA-records and a separate reverse file for all hosts, unless otherwise specified.

The v6prefix should have a :: at the end and melk will generate 64-bit v6 host parts. If there is something following the :: it will be used as a prefix in the host part.

Optionally give $0 <source file> <mx> <domain> <network> <v6prefix> <subnet> for subnets smaller than a /24. If you don't want ipv6 give - as v6prefix.

Complex example:

melk.pl hpc2n-46.0.melk mail.hpc2n.umu.se. hpc2n.umu.se 130.239.46 2001:6b0:e:4a46::a 0

Will generate a zone-file for 2001:6b0:e:4a46 containing host-part entries like 0:0:a:42 assuming you have simple host definitions like 42 manwe. The v4 files will be in a 130.239.46 directory, but have a .0 suffix to keep them separate from other subnets starting with 130.239.46.

The files are assumed to be used by a main zonefile with includes, like this:

; SOA and stuff
$INCLUDE /etc/bind/acc/acc.umu.se/acc.umu.se.header
; melk-generated files
$INCLUDE /etc/bind/acc/acc.umu.se/forw-acc.umu.se-130.239.18.0-acc-18.0
$INCLUDE /etc/bind/acc/acc.umu.se/forw-acc.umu.se-130.239.18.32-acc-18.32
; things not in melk
$INCLUDE /etc/bind/acc/acc.umu.se/acc-additional.db

1. an empty line, consist of zero or more spaces/tabs. these lines insert an empty line into both output files, example:

2. an ipdata line, this consists of the ip address followed by one or more hostnames, example:

206 jagular
154 caesar julius

If an ipdata line contains a hostname with a : in it, that is interpreted as a mac address for dhcp file generation.

If a hostname is a - followed by one char, this will be used as a flag and not hostname or aliases. Currently these flags are in use:

• -4: Only generate ipv4 adress for this host
• -6: Only generate ipv6 adress for this host

More complex examples (only generate ipv4 entry):

154 caesar julius 00:09:3D:00:1C:54 -4

3. an additional rr line, begins with a + followed by an optional space. these lines are inserted into the forward-file with tabs inserted in front of them, example:

+HINFO "SS 670MP" "SunOS 5.6"

4. multi name line, begins with a multiname followed by one or more hostnames. the hostname must be the first name in the ipdata-line. the multiname can optionally be followed by two parentheis containing the ttl for this entry, example:

login   shaka monte
ftp(600)    napoleon tutankhamon

5. verbatim lines. theses are inserterted directly into the forward or the reverse file. if the line begin with a < its inserted into the reverse file and > lines are inserted into the forward file, | inserts into both files. the <|> can optionally be followed by a space. the <|> are removed from the line.

& is the ipv6 reverse file equivalent of <.

Example:

| ; comment in both files
> 			HINFO "thing" "things"
< ; comment in reverse file
& ; comment in ipv6 reverse file

6. internal comments. this is just a comment and these lines are ignored, useful for internal info, modelines, etc. Example:

# this melk file is unpublished proprietary source code of ACC

7. comment, lines starting with a semi colon ;, these lines are inserted into both output files, example:

; this is a useful comment known to anyone that can AXFR

8. CNAME, lines starting with a star *, these lines consists of first a host and then a number of names that ends up as CNAME-entries. Note that tabs aren't allowed! Example:

* ftp nyancat xn--og8hss rainbowcat
Will turn out as:
nyancat      CNAME ftp
xn--og8hss   CNAME ftp
rainbowcat   CNAME ftp