TRANSIP(1)
π TRANSIP(1) β the manual, but make it make sense
okay bestie, buckle up π this is transip, a User Commands situation, and it's the little program that lets you mess with records over at TransIP, which is a Dutch DNS provider. yes. the Netherlands. tulips. DNS. all of it. π·
β¨ NAME β¨
transip β a program to manipulate records for Dutch DNS provider TransIP π¦
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
transip [options]
like. that's it. that's the whole vibe. you give it options, it does DNS things. π
π USAGE π
here's the full usage line, copied exactly, no notes:
usage: transip [-h] [-l LOGINNAME] [-s] [-a] [-u] [-d]
[--domain-name DOMAIN_NAME] [--entry-name ENTRY_NAME]
[--entry-expire ENTRY_EXPIRE] [--entry-type ENTRY_TYPE]
[--entry-content ENTRY_CONTENT]
π OPTIONS π
every single one of them, no skips, no skimming, we are thorough in this house π
-h,--helpβ shows this help message and then dips. that's it. that's the whole job. β¨-l LOGINNAME,--login-name LOGINNAMEβ your TransIP username. yes, you need it. yes,LOGINNAMEis a placeholder, don't literally type that. π-s,--show-dns-entriesβ shows you all the DNS entries for a domain. all of them. the whole roster. π-a,--add-dns-entryβ adds an entry in the DNS. new entry, who dis π«Ά-u,--update-dns-entryβ updates an entry in the DNS. glow-up for a record β¨-d,--delete-dns-entryβ deletes an entry in the DNS. it's giving ghosting π--domain-name DOMAIN_NAMEβ the domain name to use. like, which domain are we even talking about, bestie π--entry-name ENTRY_NAMEβ the name of the DNS entry π·οΈ--entry-expire ENTRY_EXPIREβ the expire time of the DNS entry β°--entry-type ENTRY_TYPEβ the type of the DNS entry.A, and friends π§--entry-content ENTRY_CONTENTβ the content of the DNS entry. the actual substance. the main character of the record π
π EXAMPLES π
here's an example of adding/updating a record, and the way this one line has everything going on is honestly iconic:
transip -l githubuser -u --domain-name example.com --entry-name
testentry --entry-expire 86400 --entry-type A --entry-content
127.0.0.1
and then it comes back with:
Request finished successfully.
ate. no crumbs. π₯
π¦ SEE ALSO π¦
want more info about transip? obviously you do. go here:
https://github.com/benkonrath/transip-api
that's the whole page, bestie π go forth and configure your DNS responsibly (or at least confidently). periodt. π
little sign-off moment: this page lives as transip.1 transip, and it's dated March 2018 β vintage, but still slaying. π
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: transip 2.0.0-3 Β· MIT/X11
- debian trixie: transip 2.0.0-3 Β· MIT/X11
- ubuntu jammy: transip 2.0.0-3 Β· MIT/X11
- ubuntu noble: transip 2.0.0-3 Β· MIT/X11
- ubuntu questing: transip 2.0.0-3
- ubuntu resolute: transip 2.0.0-3build1 Β· MIT/X11
- ubuntu stonking: transip 2.0.0-3build1 Β· MIT/X11
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