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Convert a dnsmasq config file's DHCP entries into Mikrotik RouterOS format (v1)
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#!/bin/bash | |
if [[ $# -lt 1 ]]; then | |
echo "ERROR: Need a filename. The file should contain dnsmasq configuration" | |
exit $# | |
fi | |
hosts=`cat $1 | grep dhcp-host | grep -v "#"` | |
#Set the field separator to new line | |
IFS=$'\n' | |
# Typical line: | |
# dhcp-host=00:11:22:33:44:55,hostname,10.240.0.100,15m[,optional-net-name] | |
REGEX="^dhcp-host=([a-f0-9:]+),([^,]+),([0-9.]+),([0-9]+[a-z]),?(\S*)?" | |
for host in $hosts | |
do | |
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1891797/capturing-groups-from-a-grep-regex | |
if [[ $host =~ $REGEX ]] | |
then | |
mac="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}" | |
hostname="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}" | |
ip="${BASH_REMATCH[3]}" | |
ttl="${BASH_REMATCH[4]}" | |
netname="${BASH_REMATCH[5]}" | |
# output in mikrotik format; first, the static dhcp entry: | |
echo /ip/dhcp-server/lease/add mac-address=${mac} comment=${hostname} address=${ip} lease-time=${ttl} | |
# and then, a static DNS entry: | |
echo /ip/dns/static/add name=${hostname} address=${ip} ttl=${ttl} | |
else | |
echo "$host doesn't match" >&2 # this could get noisy if there are a lot of non-matching lines | |
fi | |
done |
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