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<?php
// Think something like http://whatismyipaddress.com, but machine parsable,
// small, and fast(ish). Returns a json encoded hash.
// Will accept a port & optional timeout parameter. Attempts to make a TCP 
// connection back to the host on specified port. Useful to see if you're 
// externally reachable.
// I'm surprised noone else got here first. - donavanm

// Really PHP? What year is this again?
function get_host($ip){

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# Adds json formatted ouput for Puppet applications.
# Usage: puppet agent --logdest json
# Currently there's no way to load this as a plugin, see #6522. Appending this
# method to puppet/util/log/destinations.rb works. Meh.
# Would also be nice if Puppet::Util::Log had an #attributes method for 
# accessors instead of instance_variable hacks.
Puppet::Util::Log.newdesttype :json do
  def handle(msg)
    message = {}
    msg.instance_variables.each {|v| message[v.sub("@","")] = msg.instance_variable_get(v) }

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{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion" : "2010-09-09",
  
  "Description" : "Create an EC2 instance, set up Apache, and create Route53 A records",
  
  "Parameters" : {
      
    "KeyName" : {
      "Description" : "Name of an existing EC2 KeyPair to enable SSH access to the instances",
      "Type" : "String",

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# Name Type Value TTL Region Identifier
region.strewth.org. A 122.248.206.109 300 ap-southeast-1 122.248.206.109
region.strewth.org. A 175.41.208.142 300 ap-northeast-1 175.41.208.142
region.strewth.org. A 184.72.6.100 300 us-west-1 184.72.6.100
region.strewth.org. A 50.112.16.165 300 us-west-2 50.112.16.165
region.strewth.org. A 23.20.203.251 900 us-east-1 23.20.203.251
region.strewth.org. A 177.71.146.114 300 sa-east-1 177.71.146.114
region.strewth.org. A 46.51.135.32 300 eu-west-1 46.51.135.32

The last field is a unique identifier in the rrset. Any unique string will work, it doesn't have to be the IP address.