Experiments with aws ruby sdk for route53

route53examples.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby

# Update route 53 DNS entry

require 'rubygems'
require 'aws-sdk'

AWS.config(YAML.load(File.read('credentials-file')))

zoneid = "unknown"
r53 = AWS::Route53.new
resp = r53.client.list_hosted_zones
resp[:hosted_zones].each do |zone|
  puts(zone[:name] + ' ' + zone[:id] + zone[:config][:comment])
  if (zone[:name] == "bortels.us.") then zoneid = zone[:id] end
end

# info on zone
zoneinfo = r53.client.get_hosted_zone({:id => zoneid})

# all records for zone
records = r53.client.list_resource_record_sets({:hosted_zone_id => zoneid})

# specific record for zone (actually, does not differentiate by type)
resp = r53.client.list_resource_record_sets({:hosted_zone_id => zoneid, :start_record_name => "test.bortels.us", :max_items => 1})