DynamicDNS with Cloudflare bash
Here is a bash script I use to update DDNS with CloudFlare, I could use ddclient
, but I like this it works for me
apt -y install dnsutils jq curl
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# A bash script to update a Cloudflare DNS A record with the external IP of the source machine
# Used to provide DDNS service for my home
# Needs the DNS record pre-creating on Cloudflare
## Based on https://gist.github.com/Tras2/cba88201b17d765ec065ccbedfb16d9a with updates to use
## per-zone configurable access tokens available in the API sections of your Cloudflare profile
# Needs dns-utils jq curl
# install with apt install dnsutils jq curl
# Proxy - uncomment and provide details if using a proxy
#export https_proxy=http://<proxyuser>:<proxypassword>@<proxyip>:<proxyport>
# Cloudflare zone is the zone which holds the record
dnsrecord=DNS_RECORD_HERE
zoneid=ZONE_ID_FOR_DOMAIN_HERE
## Cloudflare authentication details
## keep these private
cloudflare_auth_key=CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY
# Get the current external IP address
ip=$(curl -s -X GET https://api.ipify.org)
#echo "Current IP is $ip"
if host $dnsrecord 1.1.1.1 | grep "has address" | grep "$ip"; then
# echo "$dnsrecord is currently set to $ip; no changes needed"
exit
fi
# if here, the dns record needs updating
# get the dns record id
dnsrecordid=$(curl -s -X GET "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$zoneid/dns_records?type=A&name=$dnsrecord" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $cloudflare_auth_key" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" | jq -r '{"result"}[] | .[0] | .id')
# update the record
curl -s -X PUT "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$zoneid/dns_records/$dnsrecordid" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $cloudflare_auth_key" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data "{\"type\":\"A\",\"name\":\"$dnsrecord\",\"content\":\"$ip\",\"ttl\":1,\"proxied\":false}" | jq
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