check-ip-change

A script for detecting a change in Google Domains dynamic DNS records.

Configure

• Fill in appropriate information in the check-ip-change.json file
• Place the file in your ~/.config/ directory

Uses

• cron job for updating IP addresses automatically.

Usage

Add Configured Dynamic DNS Record.

$ check-ip-change --add
Domain: sub.domain.com
User: [Google Provided]
Password: [Google Provided]
E-Mail: [Google E-Mail address]

List Configured Dynamic DNS Records. This will list out an index value and name. This index or name value can be used when removing a configured record.

$ check-ip-change --list
[ 1 ] sub.domain.com
--------------------------
username: [Google Provided]
password: [Google Provided]
email: [Google E-Mail address]

Remove Configured Dynamic DNS Record.

$ check-ip-change --remove
Domain to Remove (Index or Name): 1
or
Domain to Remove (Index or Name): sub.domain.com

Configurations are stored in ~/.config/check-ip-change.json nothing is saved remotely

Future work

• Add the ability to add/remove/view configurations on the command line.

Requirements

• Python3
• python3-xdg
• python3-dnspython
• python3-jsonpickle

Ubuntu Server

sudo apt install python3-xdg python3-dnspython python3-jsonpickle

Ubuntu Desktop

sudo apt install python3-dnspython python3-jsonpickle

python3-xdg is already available in the Desktop.

Fedora Server

sudo dnf install python3-pyxdg python3-dns python3-jsonpickle

Fedora Desktop

sudo dnf install python3-dns python3-jsonpickle

python3-pyxdg is already available in the Desktop.