Linode dynamic DNS updating script

update-dns.sh

#!/bin/sh
# modified by jfro from http://www.cnysupport.com/index.php/linode-dynamic-dns-ddns-update-script
# Uses curl to be compatible with machines that don't have wget by default

LINODE_API_KEY=licensekey
DOMAIN_ID=domainid
RESOURCE_ID=resourceid

WAN_IP=`curl -s ifconfig.me/ip`
if [ -f $HOME/.wan_ip.txt ]; then
        OLD_WAN_IP=`cat $HOME/.wan_ip.txt`
else
        echo "No file, need IP"
        OLD_WAN_IP=""
fi

if [ "$WAN_IP" = "$OLD_WAN_IP" ]; then
        echo "IP Unchanged"
else
        echo $WAN_IP > $HOME/.wan_ip.txt
        echo "Updating DNS to $WAN_IP"
        curl -s https://api.linode.com/?api_key="$LINODE_API_KEY"\&api_action=domain.resource.update\&DomainID="$DOMAIN_ID"\&ResourceID="$RESOURCE_ID"\&Target="$WAN_IP" > /dev/null
fi

Yak shaving is not bad when your original goal was to shave a Yak :)

http://library.linode.com/networking/configuring-static-ip-interfaces#sph_debian-ubuntu

@deepfryed the script is quite useful for updating a DNS entry for a subdomain you have hosted somewhere other than linode. home.mydomain.com can point to your home network, giving you a nice friendly DNS name which is easily updated from a linux or mac machine on your home network. #noYakShaving

Wonderful, I'm running this script every hour on my mac now.