--- title: "Bluecat" date: 2019-03-03T16:39:46+01:00 draft: false slug: bluecat --- Since: v0.5.0 Configuration for [Bluecat](https://www.bluecatnetworks.com). - Code: `bluecat` Here is an example bash command using the Bluecat provider: ```bash 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 myemail@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](/lego/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_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://docs.bluecatnetworks.com/r/Address-Manager-API-Guide/REST-API/9.1.0)