This script allows to update route53 dns routes using a given hostname/domain passed into the tags or userdata of ec2 instance and the private ip address from a private VPC.
First script will look into the tags of the instance: Hostname, Domainname, Aliases
If one of Hostname or Domain tag is not found, then script will check user data for following JSON
User data should be as follow:
{
"hostname": "your-marvelous-hostname",
"domainname": "your-marvelous-domain.com",
"aliases": ["your-incredible-alias-1","your-incredible-alias-2"]
}This script allows to start stop instances based on a 'Schedule' tag, that should be set to 'office_hours' or 'always'. Once trigerred the script will make sure instances with tag office_hours are started in during office hours and stopped otherwise. Instances with tag always, will be started if not already running.