From db97382758c0f5f366b57757b4dc3ee793ba66a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "D. Berge" <dberge@aaltronav.eu>
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2025 18:30:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add scripts to automatically update the LAN DNS records.

./sbin/update-dns.sh may be called at regular intervals (one hour
or so) via crontab.

It will automatically detect:
- its local host name (*.lan.dougal.aaltronav.eu); and
- which IP has internet access, if any.

Armed with that information and with the dynamic DNS API password
stored in DYNDNS_PASSWD in ~/.dougalrc, it will update the relevant
DNS record.

For this to work, the first `lan.dougal` hostname in the Nginx
configuration must be the one that is set up for dynamic update.
Other `lan.dougal` hostnames should be CNAME records pointing to
the first one.
---
 sbin/get-ip.sh     | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 sbin/update-dns.sh | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 59 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 sbin/get-ip.sh
 create mode 100755 sbin/update-dns.sh

diff --git a/sbin/get-ip.sh b/sbin/get-ip.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..77c4510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbin/get-ip.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Find the interface used for the default route (e.g., to reach 8.8.8.8)
+INTERFACE=$(ip route get 8.8.8.8 | awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) if ($i=="dev") {print $(i+1); exit}}')
+
+if [ -z "$INTERFACE" ] || [ "$INTERFACE" = "lo" ]; then
+    echo "No valid default route found." >/dev/stderr
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Extract the primary IPv4 address from the interface (excluding loopback)
+IP=$(ip -4 addr show dev "$INTERFACE" scope global | grep -oP '(?<=inet\s)\d{1,3}(\.\d{1,3}){3}(?=/)' | head -n1)
+
+if [ -z "$IP" ]; then
+    echo "No global IPv4 address found on $INTERFACE." >/dev/stderr
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "$IP"
diff --git a/sbin/update-dns.sh b/sbin/update-dns.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..088bddf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbin/update-dns.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Path to Nginx configuration file
+NGINX_CONFIG="/etc/nginx/vhosts.d/dougal.conf"
+
+# Extract the first hostname matching 'lan.dougal' from the config
+# Assumes server_name lines like: server_name hostname1 hostname2;
+HOSTNAME=$(grep -oE '[a-zA-Z0-9.-]*lan\.dougal[a-zA-Z0-9.-]*' "$NGINX_CONFIG" | head -n 1)
+
+if [ -z "$HOSTNAME" ]; then
+  echo "Error: No matching hostname found in $NGINX_CONFIG"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Path to IP retrieval script
+IP_SCRIPT="$HOME/software/sbin/get-ip.sh"
+
+# Get the current IPv4 address
+IP_ADDRESS=$("$IP_SCRIPT")
+
+if [ -z "$IP_ADDRESS" ]; then
+  echo "Error: Failed to retrieve IP address from $IP_SCRIPT"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check for DYNDNS_PASSWD environment variable
+if [ -z "$DYNDNS_PASSWD" ]; then
+  echo "Error: DYNDNS_PASSWD environment variable is not set"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Hurricane Electric DynDNS update URL
+UPDATE_URL="https://dyn.dns.he.net/nic/update?hostname=$HOSTNAME&password=$DYNDNS_PASSWD&myip=$IP_ADDRESS"
+
+# Send the update request and capture the response
+RESPONSE=$(curl -s "$UPDATE_URL")
+
+# Output the response for logging/debugging
+echo "Update response for $HOSTNAME ($IP_ADDRESS): $RESPONSE"
+