7.2. Dnsmasq Auto Update Script

See Set up Dnsmasq for more details.

update-dnsmasq.sh

#!/bin/bash

# 10 seconds interval time by default
INTERVAL=${INTERVAL:-10}

# dnsmasq config directory
DNSMASQ_CONFIG=${DNSMASQ_CONFIG:-.}

# commands used in this script
DOCKER=${DOCKER:-docker}
SLEEP=${SLEEP:-sleep}
TAIL=${TAIL:-tail}

declare -A service_map

while true
do
    changed=false
    while read line
    do
        name=${line##* }
        ip=$(${DOCKER} inspect --format '{{.NetworkSettings.IPAddress}}' $name)
        # if IP addr changed
        if [ -z ${service_map[$name]} ] || [ ${service_map[$name]} != $ip ]
        then
            service_map[$name]=$ip
            # write to file
            echo $name has a new IP Address $ip >&2
            echo "host-record=$name,$ip"  > "${DNSMASQ_CONFIG}/docker-$name"
            changed=true
        fi
    done < <(${DOCKER} ps | ${TAIL} -n +2)

    # a change of IP address occured, restart dnsmasq
    if [ $changed = true ]
    then
        systemctl restart dnsmasq
    fi

    ${SLEEP} $INTERVAL
done

update-dnsmasq.service

[Unit]
Description=Dnsmasq Auto Restarter when Docker Containers' IP Addresses Changed
After=docker.service dnsmasq.service
Requires=docker.service

[Service]
User=root
Environment=INTERVAL=10 DNSMASQ_CONFIG=/etc/dnsmasq.d
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/update-dnsmasq.sh
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target