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In linux , /etc/hosts stores ip aliases.

But I want to create a hostname without knowing its IP address. In Amazon RDS , it's endpoint is a long domain name such as : my-db.ooxxooxxooxxoo.ap-northeast-1.rds.amazonaws.com . It doesn't suggest connecting by IP (because it may change).

In such situation , how do I resolve a simple db string to this domain name ? WITHOUT any outer help , such as DNS CNAME or Route53 solution.

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setup a local nameserver (eg dnsmasq) and insert the CNAME records you need into that.

dnsmasq.conf:

cname=alias,horrible-long-hostname.example.com

resolv.conf:

nameserver 127.0.0.1
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  • CNAME stands for canonical name, aka an alternate name. So you could configure my-db.mydomain.com as a CNAME for my-db.ooxxooxxooxxoo.ap-northeast-1.rds.amazonaws.com, and no matter what IP address Amazon sets db.ooxxooxxooxxoo.ap-northeast-1.rds.amazonaws.com to, your CNAME alias will resolve to the same IP address. – simpleuser Sep 11 '17 at 19:24
  • Note that this only works for targets which are names from DHCP or /etc/hosts. – dustin.schultz Sep 4 '18 at 14:33
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If all you are trying to do is simplify ssh'ing to that system, you can use an ssh config file. Create and edit ~/.ssh/config to contain:

Host db: Hostname my-db.ooxxooxxooxxoo.ap-northeast-1.rds.amazonaws.com

After that, a simple "ssh db" will lookup what's specified in your .ssh/config file and connect you.

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  • This solutiuon also covers rsync and scp. – user313114 Jan 29 '15 at 5:17
  • no , I am not trying to do ssh. I want resolve to IP (used in JDBC connecting) – smallufo Jan 29 '15 at 5:33
  • You may be able to add: search ooxxooxxooxxoo.ap-northeast-1.rds.amazonaws.com to /etc/resolv.conf and then connect to my-db... – Liczyrzepa Jan 29 '15 at 5:38

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