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Cron script that updates CloudFront ip ranges for use with nginx real-ip module
#!/bin/bash
# (The MIT License)
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# Copyright (c) 2015 Jan Broer
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CLOUDFRONT_IP_RANGES_FILE_PATH="/etc/nginx/common/cloudfront.conf"
WWW_GROUP="www-data"
WWW_USER="www-data"
CLOUDFRONT_REMOTE_FILE="https://ip-ranges.amazonaws.com/ip-ranges.json"
CLOUDFRONT_LOCAL_FILE="/var/tmp/cloudfront-ips"
if [ -f /usr/bin/fetch ];
then
fetch $CLOUDFRONT_REMOTE_FILE --no-verify-hostname --no-verify-peer -o $CLOUDFRONT_LOCAL_FILE --quiet
else
wget -q $CLOUDFRONT_REMOTE_FILE -O $CLOUDFRONT_LOCAL_FILE --no-check-certificate
fi
echo "# Amazon CloudFront IP Ranges" > $CLOUDFRONT_IP_RANGES_FILE_PATH
echo "# Generated at $(date) by $0" >> $CLOUDFRONT_IP_RANGES_FILE_PATH
echo "" >> $CLOUDFRONT_IP_RANGES_FILE_PATH
# Parse json and extract CLOUDFRONT IP ranges
RANGES=$(cat $CLOUDFRONT_LOCAL_FILE | jq -r '.prefixes[] | select(.service=="CLOUDFRONT") | .ip_prefix')
# Loop through the ranges, adding each to the file
while read -r line; do
echo "set_real_ip_from $(line);" >> $CLOUDFRONT_IP_RANGES_FILE_PATH
done <<< "$RANGES"
echo "real_ip_header X-Forwarded-For;" >> $CLOUDFRONT_IP_RANGES_FILE_PATH
echo "real_ip_recursive on;" >> $CLOUDFRONT_IP_RANGES_FILE_PATH
echo "" >> $CLOUDFRONT_IP_RANGES_FILE_PATH
chown $WWW_USER:$WWW_GROUP $CLOUDFRONT_IP_RANGES_FILE_PATH
rm -rf $CLOUDFRONT_LOCAL_FILE
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  1. apt-get install jq
  2. touch /etc/nginx/common/cloudfront.conf
  3. mv cloudfront-ip-ranges-updater.sh /etc/nginx/cloudfront-real-ip.sh
  4. ln -s /etc/nginx/cloudfront-real-ip.sh /etc/cron.daily/update_cloudfront_ips
  5. Add "include common/cloudfront.conf" inside the server { ... } clause

@antoineco
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Don't you mean ${line}? L48

@darthsteven
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I wouldn't suggest skipping the certificate checks when downloading via wget or fetch, your opening yourself up to man-in-the-middle attacks.

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Chathu07 commented Jul 15, 2022

Why I'm getting line 48: line: command not found error? Any fix for that?

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