NAME
awsddns - Dynamic DNS for AWS
DESCRIPTION
awsddns
which is installed as a service upserts specified records into Route53 at startup and deletes it at halt.
USAGE
CloudFormation template
Resources:
Bastion:
Type: AWS::EC2::Instance
Metadata:
RecordSetGroups:
- HostedZoneId: !Ref ExampleComHostedZone
RecordSets:
- {Name: bastion.example.com., TTL: 600, Type: A, ResourceRecords: ['$(curl --silent http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/public-ipv4)']}
UserData: !Base64 |+
#cloud-config
runcmd:
- curl --silent https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robario/awsddns/master/install.sh | bash -s
Required Policies for the instance
- ec2:DescribeInstances
- route53:ChangeResourceRecordSets
Resources:
AWSDDNSManagedPolicy:
Type: AWS::IAM::ManagedPolicy
Properties:
PolicyDocument:
Version: 2012-10-17
Statement:
- Effect: Allow
Action: ec2:DescribeInstances
Resource: '*'
- Effect: Allow
Action: route53:ChangeResourceRecordSets
Resource:
- arn:aws:route53:::hostedzone/Z23ABC4XYZL05B # !Ref myHostedZone
myRole:
Type: AWS::IAM::Role
Properties:
AssumeRolePolicyDocument:
Version: 2012-10-17
Statement:
- Action: sts:AssumeRole
Effect: Allow
Principal:
Service: ec2.amazonaws.com
ManagedPolicyArns:
- !Ref AWSDDNSManagedPolicy
ADVANCED
RecordSetGroups
can contain shell script such as Command Substitution, Arithmetic Expansion, and so on.