DynDNS with ddclient

If your router doesn’t have a build-in feature to update dynamic DNS records you will have to use a software client that runs on one of your computers. The Linux tool ddclient already comes packaged in the Ubuntu repository and very easy to install. See also DynDNS’ knowledge base artcicle.

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

/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