WHOIS + Steampipe

Steampipe is an open-source zero-ETL engine to instantly query cloud APIs using SQL.

WHOIS is a widely used Internet record listing that identifies who owns a domain and how to get in contact with them. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) regulates domain name registration and ownership.

For example:

select
  domain,
  expiration_date
from
  whois_domain
where
  domain = 'steampipe.io';

+--------------+---------------------+
| domain       | expiration_date     |
+--------------+---------------------+
| steampipe.io | 2021-10-13 19:28:29 |
+--------------+---------------------+

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Get started

Install

Download and install the latest WHOIS plugin:

steampipe plugin install whois

Credentials

Item	Description
Credentials	No creds required
Permissions	n/a
Radius	Steampipe connects to the correct WHOIS server based on the TLD
Resolution	n/a

Configuration

No configuration is needed. Installing the latest whois plugin will create a config file (~/.steampipe/config/whois.spc) with a single connection named whois:

connection "whois" {
  plugin = "whois"
}

Postgres FDW

This plugin is available as a native Postgres FDW. Unlike Steampipe CLI, which ships with an embedded Postgres server instance, the Postgres FDW can be installed in any supported Postgres database version.

You can download the tarball for your platform from the Releases page, but it is simplest to install them with the steampipe_postgres_installer.sh script:

/bin/sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://steampipe.io/install/postgres.sh)" -- whois

The installer will prompt you for the plugin name and version, download and install the appropriate files for your OS, system architecture, and Postgres version.

To configure the Postgres FDW, you will create an extension, foreign server, and schema and import the foreign schema.

CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS steampipe_postgres_whois;
CREATE SERVER steampipe_whois FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER steampipe_postgres_whois OPTIONS (config '<your_config>');
CREATE SCHEMA whois;
IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA whois FROM SERVER steampipe_whois INTO whois;

SQLite Extension

This plugin is available as a SQLite Extension, making the tables available as SQLite virtual tables.

You can download the tarball for your platform from the Releases page, but it is simplest to install them with the steampipe_sqlite_installer.sh script:

/bin/sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://steampipe.io/install/sqlite.sh)" -- whois

The installer will prompt you for the plugin name, version, and destination directory. It will then determine the OS and system architecture, and it will download and install the appropriate package.

To configure the SQLite extension, load the extension module and then run the steampipe_configure_whois function to configure it with plugin-specific options.

$ sqlite3
sqlite> .load ./steampipe_sqlite_extension_whois.so
sqlite> select steampipe_configure_whois('<your_config>');

Export

This plugin is available as a standalone Export CLI. Steampipe exporters are stand-alone binaries that allow you to extract data using Steampipe plugins without a database.

You can download the tarball for your platform from the Releases page, but it is simplest to install them with the steampipe_export_installer.sh script:

/bin/sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://steampipe.io/install/export.sh)" -- whois

You can pass the configuration to the command with the --config argument:

steampipe_export_whois --config '<your_config>' <table_name>