github.com/tiredofit/docker-nginx-proxy-cloudflare-companion

About

This builds a Docker image to automatically update Cloudflare DNS records upon container start. A time saver if you are regularly moving containers around to different systems. This will allow you to set multiple zone's you wish to update.

Maintainer

• Dave Conroy

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Authors
• Table of Contents
• Prerequisites
• Installation
  • Quick Start
• Configuration
  • Volumes
  • Environment Variables
  • Docker Secrets
• Maintenance
  • Shell Access
• References

Prerequisites and Assumptions

• Assumes you are using Nginx as a reverse proxy:
  • Nginx-Proxy

Installation

Build from Source

Clone this repository and build the image with docker build -t (imagename) .

Prebuilt Images

Builds of the image are available on Docker Hub and is the recommended method of installation.

docker pull tiredofit/traefik-cloudflare-companion:(imagetag)

The following image tags are available along with their tagged release based on what's written in the Changelog:

Multi Architecture

Images are built primarily for amd64 architecture, and may also include builds for arm/v6, arm/v7, arm64 and others. These variants are all unsupported. Consider sponsoring my work so that I can work with various hardware. To see if this image supports multiple architecures, type docker manifest (image):(tag)

Configuration

Quick Start

• The quickest way to get started is using docker-compose. See the examples folder for a working docker-compose.yml that can be modified for development or production use.

• Set various environment variables to understand the capabilities of this image.

Upon startup the image looks for a label containing traefik.frontend.rule (version 1) or Host* (version2) from your running containers of either updates Cloudflare with a CNAME record of your TARGET_DOMAIN. Previous versions of this container used to only update one Zone, however with the additional of the DOMAIN environment variables it now parses the containers variables and updates the appropriate zone.

For those wishing to assign multiple CNAMEs to a container use the following format:

Volumes

Environment Variables

Base Images used

This image relies on an Alpine Linux or Debian Linux base image that relies on an init system for added capabilities. Outgoing SMTP capabilities are handlded via msmtp. Individual container performance monitoring is performed by zabbix-agent. Additional tools include: bash,curl,less,logrotate, nano,vim.

Be sure to view the following repositories to understand all the customizable options:

Docker Secrets

CF_EMAIL and CF_TOKEN support Docker Secrets Name your secrets either CF_EMAIL and CF_TOKEN or cf_email and cf_token.

Maintenance

Shell Access

For debugging and maintenance purposes you may want access the containers shell.

docker exec -it (whatever your container name is e.g. traefik-cloudflare-companion) bash

Support

These images were built to serve a specific need in a production environment and gradually have had more functionality added based on requests from the community.

Usage

• The Discussions board is a great place for working with the community on tips and tricks of using this image.
• Consider sponsoring me personalized support.

Bugfixes

• Please, submit a Bug Report if something isn't working as expected. I'll do my best to issue a fix in short order.

Feature Requests

• Feel free to submit a feature request, however there is no guarantee that it will be added, or at what timeline.
• Consider sponsoring me regarding development of features.

Updates

• Best effort to track upstream changes, More priority if I am actively using the image in a production environment.
• Consider sponsoring me for up to date releases.

License

MIT. See LICENSE for more details.

References

• https://www.cloudflare.com
• https://github.com/tiredofit/docker-traefik-cloudflare-companion
• https://github.com/code5-lab/dns-flare