dns

Manage DNS zones and records directly in Drupal.

The DNS module provides a modern, extensible system for defining and managing DNS data inside Drupal using content entities, with support for common record types and a plugin-based architecture for future integrations.

✨ Features

• Zone management
  • Create, edit, and delete DNS zones
  • Unicode (IDN) support with automatic Punycode normalization
  • Clean, canonical URLs based on zone names
• Record management
  • Full CRUD for DNS records within each zone
  • Built-in support for common record types:
    • A, AAAA, CNAME, NS, MX, TXT, PTR, CAA, SRV
  • Validation based on DNS RFCs (including CNAME exclusivity rules)
• Modern Drupal architecture
  • Zones and records are content entities
  • Works with Views, REST, JSON:API, and other entity-based systems
  • Plugin-based record type system for extensibility
• Views integration
  • Built-in admin listing for records
  • Zone pages include embedded record listings
  • Custom Views fields for record data
• IDN-aware
  • Enter domains like münchen.de
  • Stored internally as Punycode
  • Displayed to users in Unicode
• Tested and CI-enabled
  • Automated unit, kernel, and functional tests
  • Drupal.org CI (phpcs, phpstan, phpunit, etc.)

🚧 Project status

This is a complete rewrite of the legacy Drupal 7 DNS module.

• Current branch: 2.x
• Status: alpha
• Not production-ready for critical DNS workflows without evaluation

The 2.x branch is a new architecture, not an upgrade of the 7.x codebase.

⚠️ Limitations (alpha)

• No migration path from Drupal 7 yet
  • A Migrate-based upgrade path is planned before stable release
• No DNS provider integration yet
  • Support for providers like Cloudflare, Route 53, etc. is planned
• No advanced delegation
  • Zone ownership is currently user-based (no shared management yet)
• No exotic record types
  • Additional DNS types (DNAME, TLSA, SSHFP, etc.) will be provided in a future module

🧩 Extensibility

The module is designed to be extended:

• Add new DNS record types via plugins:
  

  #[RecordType(
    id: "my_type",
    label: "My record type"
  )]

• Future provider modules will:
  • Implement DNS APIs
  • Add provider-specific record types where needed

🛣 Roadmap

• Drupal 7 → 2.x migration path
• DNS provider integration (Cloudflare, Route 53, etc.)
• SPF builder/validator for TXT records
• IANA TLD validation
• DNS drift detection (compare stored vs live DNS)
• Additional record types via optional module

📦 Requirements

• Drupal 10.3+, 11.x
  (Drupal 12 compatibility is tracked but not yet guaranteed)

🔄 Drupal 7 users

• Continue using the 7.x-1.x branch for now
• Do not upgrade directly to 2.x
• A migration path will be provided before the 2.x stable release

💬 Feedback

Feedback is welcome:

• Bug reports
• Feature requests
• Architecture feedback

Please use the project issue queue.

🧠 Why this module?

• Correctness (DNS-aware validation)
• Modern Drupal architecture (entities + plugins)
• Extensibility (record types and future providers)
• Real-world usability (Views, API support, IDN handling)