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

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Since: v3.4.0

Configuration for [Servercow](https://servercow.de/).


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- Code: `servercow`

Here is an example bash command using the Servercow provider:

```bash
SERVERCOW_USERNAME=xxxxxxxx \
SERVERCOW_PASSWORD=xxxxxxxx \
lego --email myemail@example.com --dns servercow --domains my.example.org run
```




## Credentials

| Environment Variable Name | Description |
|-----------------------|-------------|
| `SERVERCOW_PASSWORD` | API password |
| `SERVERCOW_USERNAME` | 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 |
|--------------------------------|-------------|
| `SERVERCOW_HTTP_TIMEOUT` | API request timeout |
| `SERVERCOW_POLLING_INTERVAL` | Time between DNS propagation check |
| `SERVERCOW_PROPAGATION_TIMEOUT` | Maximum waiting time for DNS propagation |
| `SERVERCOW_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://cp.servercow.de/client/plugin/support_manager/knowledgebase/view/34/dns-api-v1/7/)

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