# DNS Api on Ubuntu 16.04 does does dns server matter?

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**Category:** Server\
**Created:** [August 13, 2018, 8:48am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/dns-api-on-ubuntu-16-04-does-does-dns-server-matter/69273 "2018-08-13T08:48:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![ahaw021](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/ahaw021/32/14882_2.png) [@ahaw021](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/ahaw021)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 9:57am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/dns-api-on-ubuntu-16-04-does-does-dns-server-matter/69273/4 "2018-08-13T09:57:21Z")

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have a look at this guide:

> [@Tutorial - Certbot Cloudflare DNS with Apache Web Servers on Ubuntu 16.10](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/tutorial-certbot-cloudflare-dns-with-apache-web-servers-on-ubuntu-16-10/38847/6):
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essentially yes - you should have a plugin for your DNS provider. Certbot has a range of DNS providers it supports

It's based on DNS Lexicon library.

Andrei

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