get_host

get_host is an DNS cache with HTTP REST API that enables easy lookups against part of hostname.

The primary goal, why I have written it, is to enable tab completion for ssh to hosts. This includes hosts that not yet have been connected to (In other words, hosts that is not saved in ~/.ssh/known_hosts).

Installation

go get -u github.com/spetzreborn/get_host

Use the normal go-toolchain to build the server

cd get_host/cmd/server
go build

Edit example.toml, current implementation requires permission to to an AXFR (DNS Zone transfer) from the DNS-server. Future version might have support for AXFR with TSIG and/or IXFR

Starting server

./server -configfile example.toml

Usage

Verify and status

To verify that the server works:

curl -s localhost:8080/hosts/KEYWORD

To get information on server uptime, number of elements in cache, cache age and serial of SOA:

curl -s localhost:8080/status

Use HTTP REST API

curl -s localhost:8080/hosts/partOfName

Results in:

["partofname-server.example.tld", "partofname2-server.example.tld", "server-partofname.example.tld"]

Use client (preferred)

This repository also includes an client that

1. First tries to connect to the configured server
2. If that don't work it tries to do an AXFR and match the KEYWORD itself

Make ssh and tab completion work

Alias of ssh

It is strongly recommended not to make an alias that overwrites ssh(1), but instead make an new alias or function that is used for sshing instead. This is because if there is an bug or failure in this program or function there is always the possibility to fall back to "native" ssh(1)

Example of an bash function that handle ssh login and is suitable for tab completion function.sh

Bash completion

To make the function in function.sh work with host completion it needs to be configured with bash completion. Example of an bash function in get_host-completion.bash

Source the completion file

Make sure that the bash get_host-completion.bash is sourced in .bashrc

. ~/get_host-completion.bash