modified: src/netbox_plugin_bind_provisioner/__init__.py

new file:   src/netbox_plugin_bind_provisioner/management/commands/export-all-dns-zones.py
new file:   src/netbox_plugin_bind_provisioner/management/commands/export-dns-zone.py
new file:   src/netbox_plugin_bind_provisioner/utils.py
Adds export commands for zones to bind zone files and bump version to v1.0.4

src/netbox_plugin_bind_provisioner/__init__.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django.dispatch import receiver
 from django.conf import settings
 
-__version__ = "1.0.1"
+__version__ = "1.0.4"
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 

src/netbox_plugin_bind_provisioner/management/commands/bind-transfer-endpoint.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 import socketserver
 import os
+#import re
 import threading
 import dns.query
 import dns.message
@@ -246,21 +247,26 @@ class DNSBaseRequestHandler(socketserver.BaseRequestHandler):
             # If the record has no TTL, use the zone default
             ttl = record.ttl or nb_zone.default_ttl
 
-            # Apply special quoting for TXT records to stop tokanizer
+            # Apply quoting for TXT records to stop tokanizer
             # from cutting it up:
+            value = record.value
             if rdtype == dns.rdatatype.TXT:
-                if len(record.value) <= 255:
+                if value.startswith('"') and value.endswith('"'):
-                    record_value = f'"{record.value}"'
+                    value = value[1:-1].replace('" "', '').replace('"', '\"')
+
+                if len(value) > 255:
+                    # This is a bug fix for netbox. If netbox allowed for
+                    # an unquoted value to be larger then 255 characters,
+                    # it misunderstood everything behind a ; as a comment.
+                    chunks = ['"{}"'.format(value[i:i+255]) for i in range(0, len(value), 255)]
+                    value = " ".join(chunks)
                 else:
-                    chunks = ['"{}"'.format(record.value[i:i+255]) for i in range(0, len(record.value), 255)]
+                    value = f'"{value}"'
-                    record_value = " ".join(chunks)
-            else:
-                record_value = record.value
 
             rdata = dns.rdata.from_text(
                 dns.rdataclass.IN,
                 rdtype,
-                record_value, #asd
+                value,
                 relativize=False,
                 origin=zone.origin,
             )

src/netbox_plugin_bind_provisioner/management/commands/export-all-dns-zones.py

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import os
+import dns.zone
+import dns.rdatatype
+import dns.rdataclass
+import dns.exception
+import netbox_dns.models
+from netbox_plugin_bind_provisioner.utils import export_bind_zone_file
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--path", type=str, help="Path to the directory where zone files are to be written"
+        )
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        # Load parameters
+        base_path = options['path']
+
+        if not base_path:
+            raise CommandError("No --path parameter given")
+
+        # Ensure base_path exists
+        os.makedirs(base_path, exist_ok=True)
+
+        # Iterate through all zones
+        nb_zones = netbox_dns.models.Zone.objects.prefetch_related("view").all()
+        if not nb_zones.exists():
+            self.stdout.write(self.style.WARNING("No zones found in NetBox DNS."))
+            return
+
+        for zone in nb_zones:
+            # Determine view directory
+            view_name = zone.view.name
+            view_dir = os.path.join(base_path, view_name)
+            os.makedirs(view_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+            # Zone file path
+            file_path = os.path.join(view_dir, zone.name)
+
+            try:
+                # Call existing export function
+                export_bind_zone_file(zone, file_path=file_path)
+                self.stdout.write(self.style.SUCCESS(f"Exported zone '{zone.name}' to '{file_path}'"))
+            except Exception as e:
+                self.stderr.write(f"Failed to export zone '{zone.name}': {e}")

src/netbox_plugin_bind_provisioner/management/commands/export-dns-zone.py

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import os
+import dns.zone
+import dns.rdatatype
+import dns.rdataclass
+import dns.exception
+import netbox_dns.models
+from netbox_plugin_bind_provisioner.utils import export_bind_zone_file
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--view", type=str, help="The name of the view the Zone to be exported is in"
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--zone", type=str, help="The FQDN of the Zone to be exported"
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--file", type=str, help="Path of the zone file to be written"
+        )
+
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        #if len(options) < 2:
+        #    print("export-zone <zone name> <file path>")
+        #    sys.exit(1)
+
+        # Load parameters
+        view_name = options['view']
+        zone_name = options['zone']
+        file_path = options['file']
+
+        if not view_name:
+            raise CommandError("No --view parameter given")
+        elif not zone_name:
+            raise CommandError("No --zone parameter given")
+        elif not file_path:
+            raise CommandError("No --file parameter given")
+
+        try:
+            # Load the zone from NetBox DNS
+            nb_zone = netbox_dns.models.Zone.objects.get(view__name=view_name, name=zone_name)
+
+            if nb_zone:
+                export_bind_zone_file(nb_zone, file_path=file_path)
+            else:
+                print("Zone not found in Netbox. Aborting")
+                sys.exit(1)
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise CommandError(f"Failed to export zone: {e}")
+
+        self.stdout.write(self.style.SUCCESS(f"Zone '{zone_name}' exported to '{file_path}'"))
+
+

src/netbox_plugin_bind_provisioner/utils.py

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import os
+import dns.zone
+import dns.rdatatype
+import dns.rdataclass
+import dns.exception
+import netbox_dns.models
+
+def export_bind_zone_file(nb_zone: netbox_dns.models.Zone, file_path: str):
+
+    # Create dnspython zone object
+    dp_zone = dns.zone.Zone(origin=dns.name.from_text(nb_zone.name))
+
+    for record in nb_zone.records.all():
+        rname = record.name or "@"
+        rdclass = dns.rdataclass.IN
+        rdatatype = dns.rdatatype.from_text(record.type)
+
+        # Create rdata object
+        rdata = dns.rdata.from_text(rdclass, rdatatype, record.value)
+
+        # Create rdataset
+        rdataset = dns.rdataset.Rdataset(rdclass, rdatatype, record.ttl)
+        rdataset.add(rdata)
+
+        # Add to zone
+        node = dp_zone.find_node(rname, create=True)
+        node.rdatasets.append(rdataset)
+
+    # Write zone to file in BIND format
+    try:
+        with open(file_path, "w") as f:
+            dp_zone.to_file(f, sorted=True)
+    except IOError as e:
+        raise IOError(f"Failed to write zone file to {file_path}: {e}")
+