README.md

# DNS Deployment Pipeline

This pipeline automates the validation and deployment of a DNS zone file to primary and secondary DNS servers. 

To use this, you need to do the following:

- Rename the pipeline-file.gitlab.ci.yml to .gitlab-ci.yml
- Adapt the variables and the runner to your environment.
- adapt the destination servers in the deploy stage in the pipeline file.

## Stages

1. **Validate**  
   - Runs `named-checkzone` to ensure the DNS zone file is valid.

2. **Deploy to Master DNS**  
   - Transfers the validated zone file to the master DNS server.  
   - Reloads BIND to apply changes.

3. **Deploy to Secondary DNS**  
   - Transfers the zone file to the secondary DNS server.  
   - Reloads BIND to apply changes.

## Requirements

- GitLab CI/CD runner with `kr1ps-home-runner` tag.
- SSH private key stored in `krips_ssh_key` variable.
- Bind9 installed on target servers.

## Usage

Push updates to the repository, and the pipeline automatically validates and deploys the new DNS zone file.