Dynamic DNS with Route 53

Installation

npm install -g @3fv/dynamic-dns-r53 or yarn add global @3fv/dynamic-dns-r53

Run in Foreground or as a Service

The following will UPSERT an A DNS record named office in the Route53 domain identified by zone id Z38974KCMD0AO6 and will run forever updating on change.

 
# Run in foreground
dynamic-dns-r53 -v -a office -z Z38974KCMD0AO6 -p 3fv -d

# Once you know it works, use PM2 to run as a service
npm i -g pm2

# Configure PM2 to run at boot
pm2 startup

# Create the service
pm2 start --name dynamic-dns-r53 dynamic-dns-r53 -- \
  -v -a office -z Z38974KCMD0AO6 -p 3fv -d

Assuming a change is detected, you will see output like this:

 15:28:28 [INFO] (dynamic-dns-r53) Starting IP setup  
 15:28:28 [INFO] (dynamic-dns-r53) Using FQDN: office.3form.ventures.  
 15:28:28 [INFO] (dynamic-dns-r53) Getting IP Address  
 15:28:28 [INFO] (dynamic-dns-r53) Your IP is  '173.68.74.234'  173.68.74.234
 15:28:28 [INFO] (dynamic-dns-r53) Update completed  

Remember, you likely still need to configure your router for port mapping, etc.

Options

All the command line options for the tool

Options:
  --version          Show version number                               [boolean]
  --verbose          Set log level to `debug`         [boolean] [default: false]
  --zoneId, -z       Route53 Zone ID.  
                     An example is Z38974KCMD0AO6            [string] [required]
  --aRecordName, -a  Name of A record to create or update    [string] [required]
  --awsRegion, -r    AWS Region                  [string] [default: "us-east-1"]
  --awsProfile, -p   AWS Profile to use for creds       [string] [default: null]
  --daemon, -d       Run forever and update when IP changes
                                                      [boolean] [default: false]
  --help             Show help                                         [boolean]

Credits

@jglanz - Jonathan Glanz