cmdeploy: cmdeploy run option to skip DNS checks

.github/workflows/test-and-deploy-ipv4only.yaml

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
           cmdeploy init staging-ipv4.testrun.org
           sed -i 's#disable_ipv6 = False#disable_ipv6 = True#' chatmail.ini
 
-      - run: cmdeploy run
+      - run: cmdeploy run --verbose --skip-dns-check
 
       - name: set DNS entries
         run: |

.github/workflows/test-and-deploy.yaml

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - run: cmdeploy init staging2.testrun.org
 
-      - run: cmdeploy run --verbose
+      - run: cmdeploy run --verbose --skip-dns-check
 
       - name: set DNS entries
         run: |

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 - Allow ports 143 and 993 to be used by `dovecot` process
   ([#639](https://github.com/chatmail/relay/pull/639))
 
+- Add `--skip-dns-check` argument to `cmdeploy run` command, which disables DNS record checking before installation.
+  ([#661](https://github.com/chatmail/relay/pull/661))
+
 ## 1.7.0 2025-09-11
 
 - Make www upload path configurable

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/cmdeploy.py

@@ -63,16 +63,23 @@ def run_cmd_options(parser):
         dest="ssh_host",
         help="specify an SSH host to deploy to; uses mail_domain from chatmail.ini by default",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--skip-dns-check",
+        dest="dns_check_disabled",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="disable checks nslookup for dns",
+    )
 
 
 def run_cmd(args, out):
     """Deploy chatmail services on the remote server."""
 
     sshexec = args.get_sshexec()
     require_iroh = args.config.enable_iroh_relay
-    remote_data = dns.get_initial_remote_data(sshexec, args.config.mail_domain)
-    if not dns.check_initial_remote_data(remote_data, print=out.red):
-        return 1
+    if not args.dns_check_disabled:
+        remote_data = dns.get_initial_remote_data(sshexec, args.config.mail_domain)
+        if not dns.check_initial_remote_data(remote_data, print=out.red):
+            return 1
 
     env = os.environ.copy()
     env["CHATMAIL_INI"] = args.inipath