BASH Script to keep Route53 updated with your current external IP address

route53-update.sh

#!/bin/bash

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## README ##
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#This script updates DNS with the ip of the machine from which the script is launch.
#The instance or who launch this script needs this permission to hosted zone:
#
#
#  route53:ChangeResourceRecordSets
#
#The script need 2 arguments:
#1. hosted zone id
#2. record set
#wget -O- https://gist.githubusercontent.com/ddepaoli3/update-route53.sh | bash /dev/stdin ${HostedZoneID} name.${HostedZoneName}
#
#To use private IP instead public ip add a third argument not mandatory:
#3. private
#wget -O- https://gist.githubusercontent.com/ddepaoli3/update-route53.sh | bash /dev/stdin ${HostedZoneID} name.${HostedZoneName} private

# (optional) You might need to set your PATH variable at the top here
# depending on how you run this script
#PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin

# Hosted Zone ID e.g. BJBK35SKMM9OE
ZONEID=$1

# The CNAME you want to update e.g. hello.example.com
RECORDSET=$2

# More advanced options below
# The Time-To-Live of this recordset
TTL=300
# Change this if you want
COMMENT="Auto updating @ `date` with this script: https://gist.github.com/ddepaoli3/6bde8d7d5099f6e83f2d04c8dcc8ba9d"
# Change to AAAA if using an IPv6 address
TYPE="A"

# Get the external IP address from OpenDNS (more reliable than other providers)
#IP=`dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com`
IP=`wget --quiet http://checkip.amazonaws.com -O- || curl --silent http://checkip.amazonaws.com`

if [[ $# == 3 && $3 == 'private' ]]
then
    IP=`hostname --ip-address`
else
    IP=`wget --quiet http://checkip.amazonaws.com -O- || curl --silent http://checkip.amazonaws.com`
fi

function valid_ip()
{
    local  ip=$1
    local  stat=1

    if [[ $ip =~ ^[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}$ ]]; then
        OIFS=$IFS
        IFS='.'
        ip=($ip)
        IFS=$OIFS
        [[ ${ip[0]} -le 255 && ${ip[1]} -le 255 \
            && ${ip[2]} -le 255 && ${ip[3]} -le 255 ]]
        stat=$?
    fi
    return $stat
}

# Get current dir
# (from http://stackoverflow.com/a/246128/920350)
DIR="/tmp"
LOGFILE="$DIR/update-route53.log"
IPFILE="$DIR/update-route53.ip"

if ! valid_ip $IP; then
    echo "Invalid IP address: $IP" >> "$LOGFILE"
    exit 1
fi

# Check if the IP has changed
if [ ! -f "$IPFILE" ]
    then
    touch "$IPFILE"
fi

if grep -Fxq "$IP" "$IPFILE"; then
    # code if found
    echo "IP is still $IP. Exiting" >> "$LOGFILE"
    exit 0
else
    echo "IP has changed to $IP" >> "$LOGFILE"
    # Fill a temp file with valid JSON
    TMPFILE=$(mktemp /tmp/temporary-file.XXXXXXXX)
    cat > ${TMPFILE} << EOF
    {
      "Comment":"$COMMENT",
      "Changes":[
        {
          "Action":"UPSERT",
          "ResourceRecordSet":{
            "ResourceRecords":[
              {
                "Value":"$IP"
              }
            ],
            "Name":"$RECORDSET",
            "Type":"$TYPE",
            "TTL":$TTL
          }
        }
      ]
    }
EOF

    # Update the Hosted Zone record
    aws route53 change-resource-record-sets \
        --hosted-zone-id $ZONEID \
        --change-batch file://"$TMPFILE" >> "$LOGFILE"
    echo "" >> "$LOGFILE"

    # Clean up
    rm $TMPFILE
fi

# All Done - cache the IP address for next time
echo "$IP" > "$IPFILE"