Web-Service-DNS-ddclient

!!Updating multiple Dynamic DNS domain names using ddclient on Linux in conjunction with dnsomatic.com.

1. Set up an account at dnsomatic.com\\

\\ [@ /etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf @]\\ [@ daemon=300 # check every 300 seconds syslog=yes # log update msgs to syslog mail=root # mail all msgs to root mail-failure=root # mail failed update msgs to root pid=/var/run/ddclient.pid # record PID in file. ssl=yes # use ssl-support. Works with

                                       # ssl-library

use=web, web=myip.dnsomatic.com server=updates.dnsomatic.com protocol=dyndns2 login=dnsomatic_user password=dnsomatic_password all.dnsomatic.com @]\\

• • Note that dnsomatic_user and dnsomatic_password are allowed to be a valid OpenDNS authentication login and password.
  • Service Notes
    • DynDNS
      • The User ID IS NOT an e-mail address with domain. The @domain portion of the account e-mail address is not entered.
      • The Host/Identifier is the full domain to update.

1. Start the ddclient.\\

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1. service ddclient restart

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1. If services at dnsomatic.com do not get updates, it might be necessary to wipe the ddclient.cache file and restart ddclient.\\

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1. cd /var/cache/ddclient
2. >ddclient.cache
3. service ddclient restart

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