discover-internal-ip.sh

#!/usr/bin/env sh
# shellcheck shell=dash
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#/ Use DNS to find out about the external IP of the running system.
#/
#/ This script is useful when running from a machine that sits behind a NAT.
#/ Due to how NAT works, machines behind it belong to an internal or private
#/ subnet, with a different address space than the external or public side.
#/
#/ Typically it is possible to make an HTTP request to a number of providers
#/ that offer the external IP in their response body (eg: ifconfig.me). However,
#/ why do a slow and heavy HTTP request, when DNS exists and is much faster?
#/ Well established providers such as OpenDNS or Google offer special hostnames
#/ that, when resolved, will actually return the IP address of the caller.
#/
#/ https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/22615/how-can-i-get-my-external-ip-address-in-a-shell-script/81699#81699
#/
#/
#/ Arguments
#/ ---------
#/
#/ --ipv4
#/
#/   Find the external IPv4 address.
#/   Optional. Default: Enabled.
#/
#/ --ipv6
#/
#/   Find the external IPv6 address.
#/   Optional. Default: Disabled.



# Shell setup
# ===========

# Shell options for strict error checking.
for OPTION in errexit errtrace pipefail nounset; do
    set -o | grep -wq "$OPTION" && set -o "$OPTION"
done

# Trace all commands (to stderr).
#set -o xtrace



# Discover the private IP address
# ===============================

if [ "$CFG_IPV4" = "true" ]; then
    COMMANDS='dig @resolver1.opendns.com myip.opendns.com A -4 +short
        dig @ns1.google.com o-o.myaddr.l.google.com TXT -4 +short | tr -d \"
        dig @1.1.1.1 whoami.cloudflare TXT CH -4 +short | tr -d \"
        dig @ns1-1.akamaitech.net whoami.akamai.net A -4 +short'

    is_valid_ip() {
        # Check if the input looks like an IPv4 address.
        # Doesn't check if the actual values are valid; assumes they are.
        echo "$1" | grep -Eq '^([0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}$'
    }
else
    COMMANDS='dig @resolver1.opendns.com myip.opendns.com AAAA -6 +short
        dig @ns1.google.com o-o.myaddr.l.google.com TXT -6 +short | tr -d \"
        dig @2606:4700:4700::1111 whoami.cloudflare TXT CH -6 +short | tr -d \"'

    is_valid_ip() {
        # Check if the input looks like an IPv6 address.
        # It's almost impossible to check the IPv6 representation because it
        # varies wildly, so just check that there are at least 2 colons.
        [ "$(echo "$1" | awk -F':' '{print NF-1}')" -ge 2 ]
    }
fi

IFS="$(printf '\nx')" && IFS="${IFS%x}"
for COMMAND in $COMMANDS; do
    if IP="$(eval "$COMMAND")" && is_valid_ip "$IP"; then
    printf '%s' "$IP"
    exit 0
    fi
done

    echo "[$0] All providers failed" >&2
    exit 1