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Build a DynDNS in the AWS to update your Route53 entries based on web requests and deploy it using AWS CDK

A full guide can be found on https://blog.timhartmann.de/2022/01/07/cdk-dyndns/

based on https://github.com/awslabs/route53-dynamic-dns-with-lambda

How To

Install Prerequisites

1. If not already done you can install CDK as follows:

   $ npm install -g aws-cdk

2. We will also need the AWS-CLI configured to use our account. CDK will use the authentication to do all the AWS calls for us. Use the AWS Docs to install it, depending on your OS: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/getting-started-install.html

3. and run:

   $ aws configure

follow the guide and everything should be setup.

Clone Repo

$ git clone https://github.com/globus243/AWS-DynDNS-CDK.git

Change the Source

1. On line 18 in lib/dyndns_lambda-stack.ts enter your hosted zone name
2. Adjust the setting to fit you: src/lambda_s3_config/config.json

Deploy

Translate files to js

$ npm run build

Synthesize a cloudformation template

$ cdk synth

deploy it to your AWS Accpimt

$ cdk deploy