route53-transfer
Backup and restore Route53 zones, or transfer between AWS accounts.
Installation
pip install route53-transfer
Usage
Backup a zone
Backup the example.com zone to a CSV file.
route53-transfer dump example.com backup.csv
Use STDOUT instead of a file
route53-transfer dump example.com -
Restore a zone
Restore the example.com zone from a CSV file.
route53-transfer load example.com backup.csv
Use - to load from STDIN instead.
Migrate between accounts
Use the command line switches to override the access and secret keys. Dump from one account, load into another.
route53-transfer --access-key-id=ACCOUNT1 --secret-key=SECRET dump example.com route53-transfer --access-key-id=ACCOUNT2 --secret-key=SECRET load example.com
Working with private zones
If hosting split-horizon zones, use --private to distinguish private domains.
route53-transfer --private dump example.com example-private.csv route53-transfer dump example.com example-public.csv
When loading private zones, the target VPC region (--vpc-region) and VPC id (--vpc-id) must be specified.
route53-transfer --private --vpc-region {target vpc region} --vpc-id {target vpc id} load example.com example-private.csv
In Python
Use the load and dump functions to move data.
from StringIO import StringIO
from route53_transfer import load, dump
from boto import route53
out = StringIO()
con = route53.connect_to_region('universal')
dump(con, 'example.com', out)