From 99570254b09fbcbc13309f6d329a15fe478547d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lloyd Hilaiel <lloyd@hilaiel.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:00:08 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] --dnscheck flag

---
 ChangeLog |  3 +++
 awsbox.js | 11 +++++++++--
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7c91623..fbfd96f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+0.2.9 -
+	* add a --dnscheck flag to create to disable dns check prior to VM creation
+
 0.2.8 -
 	* fix /ver.txt serving over SSL
 
diff --git a/awsbox.js b/awsbox.js
index 452a96d..6f096f9 100755
--- a/awsbox.js
+++ b/awsbox.js
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ verbs['create'] = function(args) {
   var parser = optimist(args)
     .usage('awsbox create: Create a VM')
     .describe('d', 'setup DNS via zerigo (requires ZERIGO_DNS_KEY in env)')
+    .describe('dnscheck', 'whether to check for existing DNS records')
+    .boolean('dnscheck')
+    .default('dnscheck', true)
     .describe('n', 'a short nickname for the VM.')
     .describe('u', 'publically visible URL for the instance')
     .describe('remote', 'add a git remote')
@@ -174,12 +177,16 @@ verbs['create'] = function(args) {
     if (!process.env['ZERIGO_DNS_KEY']) checkErr('-d requires ZERIGO_DNS_KEY env var');
     dnsKey = process.env['ZERIGO_DNS_KEY'];
     dnsHost = urlparse(opts.u).host;
-    console.log("   ... Checking for DNS availability of " + dnsHost);  
+    if (opts.dnscheck) {
+      console.log("   ... Checking for DNS availability of " + dnsHost);  
+    }
   }
 
   dns.inUse(dnsKey, dnsHost, function(err, res) {
     checkErr(err);
-    if (res) checkErr('that domain is in use, pointing at ' + res.data);
+    if (res && opts.dnscheck) {
+      checkErr('that domain is in use, pointing at ' + res.data);
+    }
 
     vm.startImage({
       type: opts.t