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ddclient is a linux client to update DNS entries for dynamic DNS services like DynDNS. It’s already available in the Ubuntu repository and very easy to install:

apt-get install ddclient
nano /etc/ddclient.conf

daemon=600                  # check every 600 seconds
syslog=yes                  # log update to syslog
mail=gerrit                 # mail all messages to gerrit
mail-failure=gerrit         # mail failed update messages to gerrit
pid=/var/run/ddclient.pid   # record PID in file
cache=/tmp/ddclient.cache   # cache file

# use DynDNS' checkip-service to determine IP
use=web, web=checkip.dyndns.com/, web-skip='IP Address'

protocol=dyndns2            # default protocol
server=members.dyndns.org   # default server
login=my-username           # DynDNS username
password='my-password'      # DynDNS password
my-dyndns-domain.dyndns.org
wildcard=YES

See also DynDNS’ knowledge base artcicle.

Tags: DNS

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