route53.mak

Prerequisites

• cli53
• AWS credentials in ~/.aws/credentials
• GNU make
• Git (optional)
• Perl (optional, for the commit message hook)

Setting up the Git repository

Create a Makefile that includes the route53.mak file:

include /path/to/route53.mak

If you want to use a non-default AWS credential profile, set the PROFILE variable in Makefile, like this:

include /path/to/route53.mak
PROFILE = myprofilename

Create a .gitignore file to ignore the .route53 directory:

/.route53

Adding a zone file

Run make ZONENAME

For example: make example.com

This will create a hosted zone in your AWS account for example.com if one doesn't already exist, and then export the zone file to a file named example.com in the current directory. The zone file will contain the NS records for the zone.

Updating your zones

After editing your zone files, run: make -j

This will upload your changes to Route 53 and wait for them to be published.

Git commit message hook

Copy or symlink prepare-commit-msg to the .git/hooks directory and your commit messages will be automatically prepended with the name(s) of the changed zone(s), like this:

[example.com] Update MX record

[example.com, example.net] Update CAA records