lego/docs/content/dns/zz_gen_httpreq.md

title, date, draft, slug, dnsprovider

title	date	draft	slug	dnsprovider
HTTP request	2019-03-03T16:39:46+01:00	false	httpreq	since code url v2.0.0 httpreq /lego/dns/httpreq/

Configuration for HTTP request.

• Code: httpreq
• Since: v2.0.0

Here is an example bash command using the HTTP request provider:

HTTPREQ_ENDPOINT=http://my.server.com:9090 \
lego --email you@example.com --dns httpreq --domains my.example.org run

Credentials

Environment Variable Name	Description
HTTPREQ_ENDPOINT	The URL of the server
HTTPREQ_MODE	RAW, none

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
HTTPREQ_HTTP_TIMEOUT	API request timeout
HTTPREQ_PASSWORD	Basic authentication password
HTTPREQ_POLLING_INTERVAL	Time between DNS propagation check
HTTPREQ_PROPAGATION_TIMEOUT	Maximum waiting time for DNS propagation
HTTPREQ_USERNAME	Basic authentication username

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" >}}).

Description

The server must provide:

• POST /present
• POST /cleanup

The URL of the server must be defined by HTTPREQ_ENDPOINT.

Mode

There are 2 modes (HTTPREQ_MODE):

• default mode:

{
  "fqdn": "_acme-challenge.domain.",
  "value": "LHDhK3oGRvkiefQnx7OOczTY5Tic_xZ6HcMOc_gmtoM"
}

• RAW

{
  "domain": "domain",
  "token": "token",
  "keyAuth": "key"
}

Authentication

Basic authentication (optional) can be set with some environment variables:

• HTTPREQ_USERNAME and HTTPREQ_PASSWORD
• both values must be set, otherwise basic authentication is not defined.