lego/docs/content/dns/zz_gen_bluecat.md

title	date	draft	slug	dnsprovider
Bluecat	2019-03-03T16:39:46+01:00	false	bluecat	since code url v0.5.0 bluecat https://www.bluecatnetworks.com

Configuration for Bluecat.

• Code: bluecat
• Since: v0.5.0

Here is an example bash command using the Bluecat provider:

BLUECAT_PASSWORD=mypassword \
BLUECAT_DNS_VIEW=myview \
BLUECAT_USER_NAME=myusername \
BLUECAT_CONFIG_NAME=myconfig \
BLUECAT_SERVER_URL=https://bam.example.com \
BLUECAT_TTL=30 \
lego --email you@example.com --dns bluecat --domains my.example.org run

Credentials

Environment Variable Name	Description
BLUECAT_CONFIG_NAME	Configuration name
BLUECAT_DNS_VIEW	External DNS View Name
BLUECAT_PASSWORD	API password
BLUECAT_SERVER_URL	The server URL, should have scheme, hostname, and port (if required) of the authoritative Bluecat BAM serve
BLUECAT_USER_NAME	API username

The environment variable names can be suffixed by _FILE to reference a file instead of a value. More information [here]({{% ref "dns#configuration-and-credentials" %}}).

Additional Configuration

Environment Variable Name	Description
BLUECAT_HTTP_TIMEOUT	API request timeout
BLUECAT_POLLING_INTERVAL	Time between DNS propagation check
BLUECAT_PROPAGATION_TIMEOUT	Maximum waiting time for DNS propagation
BLUECAT_SKIP_DEPLOY	Skip deployements
BLUECAT_TTL	The TTL of the TXT record used for the DNS challenge

The environment variable names can be suffixed by _FILE to reference a file instead of a value. More information [here]({{% ref "dns#configuration-and-credentials" %}}).

More information

• API documentation