Not So Dynamic Updates

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 3, 2015

To deal with this unpredictable IP address situation, through the years, I’ve leaned heavily on dynamic DNS updates within my EC2 environments. When a host starts for the first time and gets configured, or any time the IP changes, the host will update internal DNS servers with the new IP. Generally this approach has worked well for me, but it has one complication.

If I controlled the DHCP server, I would configure it with the IP addresses of my DNS servers. Since Amazon controls DHCP, I have to configure my hosts to override the DNS servers they get from DHCP with mine. I use the ISC DHCP client, so that means adding three lines to the /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf file on a Debian-based system

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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