--- title: "Alibaba Cloud DNS" date: 2019-03-03T16:39:46+01:00 draft: false slug: alidns --- Since: v1.1.0 Configuration for [Alibaba Cloud DNS](https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/dns). - Code: `alidns` Here is an example bash command using the Alibaba Cloud DNS provider: ```bash # Setup using instance RAM role ALICLOUD_RAM_ROLE=lego \ lego --email myemail@example.com --dns alidns --domains my.example.org run # Or, using credentials ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY=abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwx \ ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY=your-secret-key \ ALICLOUD_SECURITY_TOKEN=your-sts-token \ lego --email myemail@example.com --dns alidns --domains my.example.org run ``` ## Credentials | Environment Variable Name | Description | |-----------------------|-------------| | `ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY` | Access key ID | | `ALICLOUD_RAM_ROLE` | Your instance RAM role (https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/doc-detail/54579.htm) | | `ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY` | Access Key secret | | `ALICLOUD_SECURITY_TOKEN` | STS Security Token (optional) | The environment variable names can be suffixed by `_FILE` to reference a file instead of a value. More information [here](/lego/dns/#configuration-and-credentials). ## Additional Configuration | Environment Variable Name | Description | |--------------------------------|-------------| | `ALICLOUD_HTTP_TIMEOUT` | API request timeout | | `ALICLOUD_POLLING_INTERVAL` | Time between DNS propagation check | | `ALICLOUD_PROPAGATION_TIMEOUT` | Maximum waiting time for DNS propagation | | `ALICLOUD_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](/lego/dns/#configuration-and-credentials). ## More information - [API documentation](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/doc-detail/42875.htm) - [Go client](https://github.com/aliyun/alibaba-cloud-sdk-go)