Managing Route53 zones using command-line

We can use cli53 ( https://github.com/barnybug/cli53 ) for updateing route53 DNS records in a easy way from command line.

Installing cli53

To install cli53 use:

sudo pip install cli53

Configure boto security credentials by creating '~/.boto' file with appropriate credentials.

[Credentials]
aws_access_key_id = <your access key>
aws_secret_access_key = <your secret key>

To create RR use something like:

cli53 rrcreate <domain> <hostname> <type> <value> --ttl 300 --replace --wait

Example

cli53 rrcreate sbarjatiya.com www CNAME ec2-54-202-44-200.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com --ttl 300 --replace --wait

To delete RR use something like:

    cli53 rrdelete <domain> <hostname>

Example

    cli53 rrdelete sbarjatiya.com www

Note that you cannot use FQDN such as stest.api.mtoc.us as command line arguments. Only hostname can be used.

More info on cli53 can be obtained using '--help' option such as 'cli53 --help' or 'cli53 rrcreate --help'