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NicTool: a DNS management solution

NicTool

NicTool is a open source DNS management suite that takes the headaches out of managing DNS data. NicTool provides a easy to use web interface that allows users with little dns knowledge the ability to manage dns zones and records.

Features

• Web interface for users, admins, and clients
• Validation of DNS data before acceptance
• Permissions for users and groups
• Delegatation of zones and zone records to users and/or groups
• Logging of all DNS changes (who did what & when)
• RDBMS data storage
• API for automation and integration

Supported formats for exporting DNS data to servers

• djbdns / ndjbdns (tinydns)
• BIND
• PowerDNS
• DynECT
• Knot DNS
• NSD
• MaraDNS

Supported formats for importing existing DNS data

• BIND
• djbdns / ndjbdns (tinydns)

Components

• NicTool Server - Exposes the DNS data via a SOAP web service.
• NicTool API - The NicTool API is what connects to the NicTool Server. The format of requests is defined in the reference API at http://www.nictool.com/docs/api/
• NicTool Client - A CGI application thatt provides a web interface for managing DNS data. NicTool Client has customizable HTML templates and a CSS style sheet. It is slowly becoming a modern JS web app

Testimonials and NicTool Users

See TESTIMONIALS.md

Authors

See AUTHORS.md

Support

• Commercial Support
• Forums
• Mailing Lists
• Email - Requests not accompanied by payments are handled on a "best effort" basis.
• Wiki