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• Script checks public IP of your Cloud VM and if its different from A record of your DNS updates it with newly asigned IP address. place files into your home dir @ VM with non-eleastic/permanent Public IP address and automate update of DNS A record @ Godaddy.

    #tree ~/ | grep 'godaddy'
    ├── godaddy_ip.txt
    ├── update_godaddy.py

• to make it autorun:

    #echo 'python3 ~/update_godaddy.py' >> ~/.bashrc

Checks:

• 1. check whats your VM's current public IP address manually:

 #curl ifconfig.me

• 2. check what IP address is currently in your doamin A-record at Godaddy:

#dig @8.8.8.8 +short NS <domain.com>

• 3. Then copy one of ns' addresses and dig against it:

    #dig @<one-of-your-domain's NS'es> +short <your-domain-name->