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[DigitalOcean] Simple script to route outgoing traffic through Floating IP
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add_floating_route.sh
#!/bin/bash -x
set -e
# https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-floating-ips-on-digitalocean
DESTINATION_IP=$1
shift || (echo "E: Destination IP is not provided. Aborting"; exit 1)
ANCHOR_GW=$(curl -s http://169.254.169.254/metadata/v1/interfaces/public/0/anchor_ipv4/gateway)
route del $DESTINATION_IP || true
route add $DESTINATION_IP gw $ANCHOR_GW
@ijunaid8989
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what this exactly doing can you tell?

@guidolodetti
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Hi and thanks for the script!

Where do you suggest to put it? I tried running it at launch with rc.local but it seems that sometimes network interfaces restarts automatically and so the script should be run again.

Thanks again.

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