cli53 - Command line script to administer the Amazon Route 53 dns service

Introduction

The latest Amazon service Route 53 is a great addition, but only has a rudimentary set of tools available at the time of release. This script fills that gap until things have caught up.

Features:

create hosted zones
delete hosted zones
list hosted zones
import to BIND format
export to BIND format
create resource records
delete resource records
works with BIND format zone files we all know and love - no need to edit <ChangeResourceRecordSetsRequest> XML!

Getting Started

Create a hosted zone:

$ bin/cli53 create example.com

Check what we've done:

$ bin/cli53 list

Import a BIND zone file:

$ bin/cli53 import example.com --file zonefile.txt

Replace with an imported zone, waiting for completion:

$ bin/cli53 import example.com --file zonefile.txt --replace --wait

Manually create some records:

$ bin/cli53 rrcreate example.com www A 192.168.0.1 --ttl 3600
$ bin/cli53 rrcreate example.com www A 192.168.0.2 --ttl 3600 --replace
$ bin/cli53 rrcreate example.com '' MX '10 192.168.0.1' '20 192.168.0.2'

Export as a BIND zone file (useful for checking):

$ bin/cli53 export example.com

Further documentation is available, e.g.:

$ bin/cli53 --help
$ bin/cli53 rrcreate --help

Installation

Buildout Install

Buildout will download all the dependencies needed in order to run cli53.

$ python bootstrap.py
$ bin/buildout

Once the dependencies downloaded, run cli53

$ bin/cli53

You need to set your Amazon credentials in the environment as AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY.

Caveats

As Amazon limits operations to a maximum of 100 changes, if you perform a large operation that changes over 100 resource records it will be split. An operation that involves deletes, followed by updates such as an import with --replace will very briefly leave the domain inconsistent. You have been warned!

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