---
title: "Aurora DNS"
date: 2019-03-03T16:39:46+01:00
draft: false
slug: auroradns
dnsprovider:
  since:    "v0.4.0"
  code:     "auroradns"
  url:      "https://www.pcextreme.com/dns-health-checks"
---

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Configuration for [Aurora DNS](https://www.pcextreme.com/dns-health-checks).


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- Code: `auroradns`
- Since: v0.4.0


Here is an example bash command using the Aurora DNS provider:

```bash
AURORA_API_KEY=xxxxx \
AURORA_SECRET=yyyyyy \
lego --email you@example.com --dns auroradns -d '*.example.com' -d example.com run
```




## Credentials

| Environment Variable Name | Description |
|-----------------------|-------------|
| `AURORA_API_KEY` | API key or username to used |
| `AURORA_SECRET` | Secret password to be used |

The environment variable names can be suffixed by `_FILE` to reference a file instead of a value.
More information [here]({{% ref "dns#configuration-and-credentials" %}}).


## Additional Configuration

| Environment Variable Name | Description |
|--------------------------------|-------------|
| `AURORA_ENDPOINT` | API endpoint URL |
| `AURORA_POLLING_INTERVAL` | Time between DNS propagation check in seconds (Default: 2) |
| `AURORA_PROPAGATION_TIMEOUT` | Maximum waiting time for DNS propagation in seconds (Default: 60) |
| `AURORA_TTL` | The TTL of the TXT record used for the DNS challenge in seconds (Default: 300) |

The environment variable names can be suffixed by `_FILE` to reference a file instead of a value.
More information [here]({{% ref "dns#configuration-and-credentials" %}}).




## More information

- [API documentation](https://libcloud.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dns/drivers/auroradns.html#api-docs)
- [Go client](https://github.com/nrdcg/auroradns)

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