---
title: "ClouDNS"
date: 2019-03-03T16:39:46+01:00
draft: false
slug: cloudns
---

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Since: v2.3.0

Configuration for [ClouDNS](https://www.cloudns.net).


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- Code: `cloudns`

Here is an example bash command using the ClouDNS provider:

```bash
CLOUDNS_AUTH_ID=xxxx \
CLOUDNS_AUTH_PASSWORD=yyyy \
lego --email myemail@example.com --dns cloudns --domains my.example.org run
```




## Credentials

| Environment Variable Name | Description |
|-----------------------|-------------|
| `CLOUDNS_AUTH_ID` | The API user ID |
| `CLOUDNS_AUTH_PASSWORD` | The password for API user ID |

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 |
|--------------------------------|-------------|
| `CLOUDNS_HTTP_TIMEOUT` | API request timeout |
| `CLOUDNS_POLLING_INTERVAL` | Time between DNS propagation check |
| `CLOUDNS_PROPAGATION_TIMEOUT` | Maximum waiting time for DNS propagation |
| `CLOUDNS_SUB_AUTH_ID` | The API sub user ID |
| `CLOUDNS_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.cloudns.net/wiki/article/42/)

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