Simple script that edits a bind zone file, updates the SOA line, commits to etckeeper, and restarts BIND.

vimdb.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# The file we will be editing
FILE=/etc/bind/domain.tld
DOMAIN=domain.tld

# A path to the BIND init script
BIND=/etc/init.d/bind9
ETCKEEP=/usr/sbin/etckeeper
SUDO=/usr/bin/sudo

#
# Command Line Arguments
#
if [ "$2" != "" ]; then
    DOMAIN=$2
fi

if [ "$1" != "" ]; then
    FILE=$1
fi

#
# Run VIM in sudo to open the file.
#
echo ""
echo "Editing $FILE..."
$SUDO vim -c ":set tabstop=8" -c ":set shiftwidth=8" -c ":set noexpandtab" $FILE

#
# Check to make sure the syntax is correct before continuing.
#
echo -n "Syntax check: "
#named-checkzone $DOMAIN $FILE > /dev/null 2>&1
ERROR=$(named-checkzone $DOMAIN $FILE 2>&1)
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then 
    echo -e "\t\t[INVALID]\n\n"
    echo $ERROR 
    exit 1
else
    echo -e "\t\t[VALID]"
fi

#
# Continue to automatic functionality.
#
read -p "Ready to commit? (y/n): " -e continue
if [ "$continue" != "y" ]; then
    echo ""
    echo "Changes will not be automatically committed, exiting."
    exit
fi

#
# Automatically update the SOA
#
echo -n "Updating SOA: "
$SUDO perl -i.bak -pe 'BEGIN {chomp ($now=qx/date +%Y%m%d/)};
    /(\d{8})(\d{2})(\s+;\s+serial)/i and do {
        $serial = ($1 eq $now ? $2+1 : 0);
        s/\d{8}(\d{2})/sprintf "%8d%02d",$now,$serial/e;
}' $FILE

# Sanity check
named-checkzone $DOMAIN $FILE > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    echo -e "\t\t[FAILED]" 
    echo "Sanity check failed, reverting to old SOA."
    $SUDO mv $FILE.bak $FILE
    exit 1
else
    $SUDO rm -f $FILE.bak
    echo -e "\t\t[OK]"
fi

#
# Run etckeeper
#
echo ""
read -p "Commit Message: " -e commit_msg
echo -n "Commit Changes:"
if [ -n "$commit_msg" ]; then
    $SUDO $ETCKEEP commit "\"$commit_msg\"" > /dev/null

    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
        exit 1
    else
        echo -e "\t\t[OK]"
    fi
else
    echo -e "\t\t[FAILED]"
    echo "Empty commit message, exiting..."
    exit 1
fi

#
# Restart BIND 
#
echo ""
echo -n "Restarting BIND:"
$SUDO $BIND restart > /dev/null
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    echo -e "\t\t[FAILED]"
    exit 1
else
    echo -e "\t\t[OK]"
fi

echo -e "!!!\nBe sure to edit the reverse DNS files!\n!!!"