---
title: "Servercow"
date: 2019-03-03T16:39:46+01:00
draft: false
slug: servercow
dnsprovider:
  since:    "v3.4.0"
  code:     "servercow"
  url:      "https://servercow.de/"
---

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Configuration for [Servercow](https://servercow.de/).


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- Code: `servercow`
- Since: v3.4.0


Here is an example bash command using the Servercow provider:

```bash
SERVERCOW_USERNAME=xxxxxxxx \
SERVERCOW_PASSWORD=xxxxxxxx \
lego --dns servercow -d '*.example.com' -d example.com run
```




## Credentials

| Environment Variable Name | Description |
|-----------------------|-------------|
| `SERVERCOW_PASSWORD` | API password |
| `SERVERCOW_USERNAME` | API 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" %}}).


## Additional Configuration

| Environment Variable Name | Description |
|--------------------------------|-------------|
| `SERVERCOW_HTTP_TIMEOUT` | API request timeout in seconds (Default: 30) |
| `SERVERCOW_POLLING_INTERVAL` | Time between DNS propagation check in seconds (Default: 2) |
| `SERVERCOW_PROPAGATION_TIMEOUT` | Maximum waiting time for DNS propagation in seconds (Default: 60) |
| `SERVERCOW_TTL` | The TTL of the TXT record used for the DNS challenge in seconds (Default: 120) |

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" %}}).




## More information

- [API documentation](https://wiki.servercow.de/en/domains/dns_api/api-syntax/)

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