Added support for WAN_IP_COMMAND directive.

README.md

@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ With `crontab -e` you can add the following line for running the script every 5
 - The code is now structured in functions which makes it more maintainable and modular.
 - Backwards compatibility should be given.
 - Avoid using awk and get rid of dependency
-- NOTE: The IPCOMMAND directive is not implemented yet
 
 **2021-12-11**
 

nsupdate.sh

@@ -105,11 +105,18 @@ get_domain_info () {
     ## File name for tempory file to store the XML from API
     tmp_file="${domain}_${record_type}_$(date +%s).xml"
 
-    ## Get connection type by record type
-    if [ "${record_type}" = "AAAA" ]; then
-      wan_ip="${wan_ip6}"
+    ## Check if WAN_IP_COMMAND is set and use it for retrieving the IP
+    if [ -z $WAN_IP_COMMAND ]; then
+      WAN_IP_COMMAND="${IPCOMMAND:-${WAN_IP_COMMAND}}" ## for backwards compatibility
+      wan_ip="${WAN_IP_COMMAND}"
     else
-      wan_ip="${wan_ip4}"
+      ## Otherwise use IP retrieved from web site
+      ## Get connection type by record type
+      if [ "${record_type}" = "AAAA" ]; then
+        wan_ip="${wan_ip6}"
+      else
+        wan_ip="${wan_ip4}"
+      fi
     fi
 
     chat 3 "Found xmllint. Using curl for retrieving data from INWX API."

nsupdate/conf.d/sub.example.com_AAAA.conf.dist

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 MAIN_DOMAIN="example.com"
 DOMAIN="sub.example.com"
 
-# The next options must only be set if they differ from the global config in nsupdate.conf
+# The following options must only be set if they differ from the global config in nsupdate.conf
 
 # Login credentials for the INWX API
 # These can be left undefined if you specified them globally in the  nsupdate.conf
@@ -23,4 +23,8 @@ RECORD_TYPE="AAAA"
 # default TTL setting by INWX is 3600 (1 hour)
 # minimum TTL allowed by INWX is 300 (5 minutes) for regular nameserver record updates
 # If unspecified, nsupdate uses a TTL of 300
-#RECORD_TTL="300"
+#RECORD_TTL="300"
+
+# Use a shell command to retrieve the WAN IP (eg. by SSHing to the router and get the IP from the WAN interface)
+# Otherwise the IP retrieved by website will be used
+#WAN_IP_COMMAND=$(ssh user@10.0.3.1 ifconfig pppoe1 | grep 'inet ' | cut -d' ' -f2)