route53_aliaser 0.0.3 → 0.0.4

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data/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# Route53Aliaser 0.0.4
+- Add TXT record alongside A-Record indicating that this is an ALIAS (#4)
+- Raise error if the Rails Engine is called with a `request.host` that matches
+  the `target_record`. This avoids a chicken-and-egg problem.
+
 # Route53Aliaser 0.0.3
 - increase log verbosity on NOOP and Matches (helps to provide assurance that
   we're doing *something*)

data/README.md

@@ -69,15 +69,21 @@ Next, mount the Rails Engine at a URL of your choosing:
     # ./config/routes.rb
     mount Route53Aliaser::Engine => '/route53-update'
 
-Finally, set up something to ping this URL occasionally:
+Finally, set up something to request this URL occasionally:
 
-    $ curl https://example.com/route53-update
+    $ curl https://www.example.com/route53-update
 
-The easiest way to do this is to ping that URL via a free service like
-[Pingdom](http://www.pingdom.com/free). Since the DNS lookups are cached, most
-of the time requests to this URL will return nearly instantly. Pingdom
-defaults to checking once per minute, which should be within even the shortest
-TTLs.
+    NOTE: This MUST be your CNAME, not the root! (for obvious reasons)
+
+The easiest way to do this is to monitor that URL via a free service like
+[Pingdom](http://www.pingdom.com/free) or [NewRelic](http://www.newrelic.com).
+Since the DNS lookups are cached, most of the time requests to this URL will
+return nearly instantly. Pingdom defaults to checking once per minute, which
+should be within even the shortest TTLs. It appears that NewRelic checks
+approximately once every [20
+seconds](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/alerts/alert-policies/downtime-alerts/availability-monitoring),
+which is probably overkill but shouldn't really matter since we don't do
+anything if the cache is fresh.
 
 Heroku's [free scheduler](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/scheduler) has
 an "every 10 minutes" option that could also be used for this. Just put the
@@ -88,6 +94,9 @@ the "once an hour" option instead. The downside to this approach is that the
 further you stretch out the update interval the more likely you are to end up
 with an out of date A-Record.
 
+Whatever you choose, be sure the URL you are pinging is the CNAME and *not*
+your root domain! (Otherwise, how could this possibly work?)
+
 #### Without Rails
 
 If you're not using Rails, or if you'd like to update ad-hoc, just call

data/app/controllers/route53_aliaser/aliaser_controller.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 module Route53Aliaser
   class AliaserController < ActionController::Base
     def update
+      if request.host == Route53Aliaser.config.target_record
+        raise "Route53Updater: Update requested on URL of target_zone. Please make request via source_zone."
+      end
       Route53Aliaser.update_alias_if_needed
       head :ok
     end

data/lib/route53_aliaser/aliaser.rb

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module Route53Aliaser
       else
         config.logger.info "Route53Aliaser: IPs for #{config.target_record} #{target_ips} differ from #{config.source_record} #{source_ips}; will attempt to update"
         rt53 = Route53Updater.new(config)
-        rt53.update_target(config.target_record, source_ips, config.zone_id)
+        rt53.update_target(config.target_record, config.source_record, source_ips, config.zone_id)
       end
     end
 

data/lib/route53_aliaser/route53_updater.rb

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ module Route53Aliaser
       @config = config
     end
 
-    def update_target(target_record, ips, zone_id)
-      change = {
+    def update_target(target_record, source_record, ips, zone_id)
+      a_record = {
         action: "UPSERT",
         resource_record_set: {
           name: target_record,
@@ -17,9 +17,18 @@ module Route53Aliaser
           resource_records: ips.collect{ |ip| { value: ip } }
         }
       }
+      txt_record = {
+        action: "UPSERT",
+        resource_record_set: {
+          name: target_record,
+          type: "TXT",
+          ttl: 60,
+          resource_records: [value: %{"ALIAS for #{source_record}"}]
+        }
+      }
       change_batch = {
         comment: "auto updated",
-        changes: [change]
+        changes: [a_record, txt_record]
       }
       options = {
         hosted_zone_id: zone_id,

data/lib/route53_aliaser/version.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Route53Aliaser
-  VERSION = "0.0.3"
+  VERSION = "0.0.4"
 end

metadata

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
 name: route53_aliaser
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
-  version: 0.0.3
+  version: 0.0.4
 platform: ruby
 authors:
 - Ryan Dlugosz
 autorequire: 
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
-date: 2014-12-04 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+date: 2014-12-10 00:00:00.000000000 Z
 dependencies:
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: bundler