# denominator mit Homebrew installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für denominator in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:denominator ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install denominator ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:denominator - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 4.7.1 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** Portable Java library for manipulating DNS clouds - **Homepage:** - **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-17T17:08:19+09:00 - **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - denominator (Alias) ## Installationsverhalten - Bottle: nicht verfügbar ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-08-03 - Manager-Version: 4.7.1 ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung Denominator is a Netflix OSS Java library and CLI for portable control of DNS providers. It abstracts common zone and record operations across Route53, UltraDNS, DynECT, Rackspace Cloud DNS, OpenStack Designate, and mock providers. ### Projektgeschichte The official GitHub repository was created in January 2013 and describes Denominator as a portable Java library for manipulating DNS clouds, with a command-line version for quick use. The README ties the project to Netflix's need for multi-vendor DNS control and documents pluggable back ends, provider-specific credentials, and a common resource-record-set model. The CLI was packaged as a single executable jar so operators could run denominator like a normal Unix command instead of invoking java -jar. Its git-like command shape, provider listing, and YAML configuration file made it feel closer to dig or git than to a Java library demo. The GitHub repository is now archived, but tags through v4.7.1 and the v4.7.1 CLI docs preserve the last mature interface for Homebrew and other users. ### Adoptionsgeschichte Denominator's adoption was strongest in the Netflix OSS era, when cloud infrastructure teams wanted provider-neutral libraries for operational automation. Its Homebrew packaging was documented directly in the upstream README, which is a good sign that the CLI was intended for operators, not just Java developers. Its provider list reflected the multi-DNS reality of the early cloud era: AWS Route53, UltraDNS, DynECT, Rackspace Cloud DNS, OpenStack Designate, and test mocks all sat behind one command and API. ### Wie es verwendet wird CLI users choose a provider with -p or a named provider from ~/.denominatorconfig, then list or change zones, records, and geo records. Credentials can be passed as repeated -c arguments, read from the YAML config file, or supplied by DENOMINATOR_ environment variables. Library users create a DNSApiManager for a provider and then work with zones and resource record sets. The official README emphasizes a portable model where providers are Dagger modules and HTTP bindings are handled through Feign. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren Denominator is a useful package-history artifact because it captures a moment when Netflix OSS libraries were routinely packaged as operator tools. A Java cloud library became a brew-installable executable for DNS work. It also shows why package managers preserve older infrastructure tools: even archived projects can remain useful for legacy automation, migrations, or reading old operational scripts. ### Zeitleiste - 2013: The Netflix/denominator repository is created on GitHub. - 2013: The README documents Denominator as a multi-vendor interface for DNS clouds. - 2015: The v4.x tag series is active, including v4.6.0 in the CLI docs. - 2023: The archived repository shows its last push date in GitHub metadata. ### Related projects - AWS Route53, UltraDNS, DynECT, Rackspace Cloud DNS, and OpenStack Designate are official providers listed by Denominator. - Dagger and Feign are Java libraries used in the provider architecture documented by the README. - dig is an inspiration for the CLI feel, while git is an inspiration for subcommand structure. ### Quellen - - - - - ## Sicherheitshinweise infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal. - **Geiger-Risiko:** orange / mittel - infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.denominatorconfig ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.denominatorconfig ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/denominator.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/denominator.yml) ## Quellen - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - cross-ecosystem install command graph