#!/usr/bin/python import json import urllib2 import sys from jinja2 import Template URL = 'http://169.254.169.254/latest/user-data' try: data = json.load(urllib2.urlopen('http://169.254.169.254/latest/user-data')) ip = urllib2.urlopen('http://169.254.169.254/latest/user-data').rstrip() except: print >> sys.stderr, 'Was not able to connect to the Amazon API' sys.exit(2) zone_template=""" zone "{{user_data['domain']}}" IN { type forward; forward only; forwarders { {{ipaddr}} port 8600; }; }; """ zt = Template(zone_template) main_config = open("/etc/bind/zones.consul", "w") main_config.write(zt.render(user_data=data, ipaddr=ip)) main_config.close()