=============================================================================== # DDCLIENT v3.9.1 ddclient is a Perl client used to update dynamic DNS entries for accounts on many dynamic DNS services. =============================================================================== Dynamic DNS services currently supported include: DynDNS.com - See http://www.dyndns.com for details on obtaining a free account. Zoneedit - See http://www.zoneedit.com for details. EasyDNS - See http://www.easydns.com for details. NameCheap - See http://www.namecheap.com for details DslReports - See http://www.dslreports.com for details Sitelutions - See http://www.sitelutions.com for details Loopia - See http://www.loopia.se for details Noip - See http://www.noip.com/ for details Freedns - See http://freedns.afraid.org/ for details ChangeIP - See http://www.changeip.com/ for details nsupdate - See nsupdate(1) and ddns-confgen(8) for details CloudFlare - See https://www.cloudflare.com/ for details Google - See http://www.google.com/domains for details Duckdns - See https://duckdns.org/ for details Freemyip - See https://freemyip.com for details woima.fi - See https://woima.fi/ for details Yandex - See https://domain.yandex.com/ for details DNS Made Easy - See https://dnsmadeeasy.com/ for details DonDominio - See https://www.dondominio.com for details NearlyFreeSpeech.net - See https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/services/dns for details OVH - See https://www.ovh.com for details ClouDNS - See https://www.cloudns.net dinahosting - See https://dinahosting.com DDclient now supports many of cable/dsl broadband routers. Comments, suggestions and requests: use the issues on https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/issues/new The code was originally written by Paul Burry and is now hosted and maintained through github.com. Please check out http://ddclient.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## REQUIREMENTS * An account from a supported dynamic DNS service provider * Perl v5.10.1 or later * `IO::Socket::SSL` perl library for ssl-support * `JSON::PP` perl library for JSON support * `IO::Socket:INET6` perl library for ipv6-support * Linux, macOS, or any other Unix-ish system * An implementation of `make` (such as [GNU Make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/)) * If you are installing from a clone of the Git repository, you will also need [GNU Autoconf](https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/) and [GNU Automake](https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/). ## DOWNLOAD See https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/releases ## INSTALLATION ### Distribution Package Packaging status The easiest way to install ddclient is to install a package offered by your operating system. See the image to the right for a list of distributions with a ddclient package. ### Manual Installation 1. Extract the distribution tarball (`.tar.gz` file) and `cd` into the directory: ```shell tar xvfa ddclient-3.9.1.tar.gz cd ddclient-3.9.1 ``` (If you are installing from a clone of the Git repository, you must run `./autogen` before continuing to the next step.) 2. Run the following commands to build and install: ```shell ./configure \ --prefix=/usr \ --sysconfdir=/etc/ddclient \ --localstatedir=/var make make VERBOSE=1 check sudo make install ``` 3. Edit `/etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf`. #### systemd cp sample-etc_systemd.service /etc/systemd/system/ddclient.service enable automatic startup when booting systemctl enable ddclient.service start the first time by hand systemctl start ddclient.service #### Redhat style rc files and daemon-mode cp sample-etc_rc.d_init.d_ddclient /etc/rc.d/init.d/ddclient enable automatic startup when booting. also check your distribution /sbin/chkconfig --add ddclient start the first time by hand /etc/rc.d/init.d/ddclient start #### Alpine style rc files and daemon-mode cp sample-etc_rc.d_init.d_ddclient.alpine /etc/init.d/ddclient enable automatic startup when booting rc-update add ddclient make sure you have perl installed apk add perl start the first time by hand rc-service ddclient start #### Ubuntu style rc files and daemon-mode cp sample-etc_rc.d_init.d_ddclient.ubuntu /etc/init.d/ddclient enable automatic startup when booting update-rc.d ddclient defaults make sure you have perl and the required modules installed apt-get install perl libdata-validate-ip-perl libio-socket-ssl-perl if you plan to use cloudflare or feedns you need the perl json module apt-get install libjson-pp-perl for IPv6 you also need to instal the perl io-socker-inet6 module apt install libio-socket-inet6-perl start the first time by hand service ddclient start #### FreeBSD style rc files and daemon mode mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/rc.d cp sample-etc_rc.d_ddclient.freebsd /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ddclient enable automatic startup when booting sysrc ddclient_enable=YES make sure you have perl and the required modules installed pkg install perl5 p5-Data-Validate-IP p5-IO-Socket-SSL if you plan to use cloudflare or feedns you need the perl json module pkg install p5-JSON-PP start the service manually for the first time service ddclient start If you are not using daemon-mode, configure cron and dhcp or ppp as described below. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## TROUBLESHOOTING 1. enable debugging and verbose messages: ``$ ddclient -daemon=0 -debug -verbose -noquiet`` 2. Do you need to specify a proxy? If so, just add a ``proxy=your.isp.proxy`` to the ddclient.conf file. 3. Define the IP address of your router with ``fw=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx`` in ``/etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf`` and then try ``$ ddclient -daemon=0 -query`` to see if the router status web page can be understood. 4. Need support for another router/firewall? Define the router status page yourself with: ``fw=url-to-your-router``'s-status-page ``fw-skip=any-string-preceding-your-IP-address`` ddclient does something like this to provide builtin support for common routers. For example, the Linksys routers could have been added with: fw=192.168.1.1/Status.htm fw-skip=WAN.*?IP Address OR Send me the output from: ``$ ddclient -geturl {fw-ip-status-url} [-login login [-password password]]`` and I'll add it to the next release! ie. for my fw/router I used: ``$ ddclient -geturl 192.168.1.254/status.htm`` 5. Some broadband routers require the use of a password when ddclient accesses its status page to determine the router's WAN IP address. If this is the case for your router, add fw-login=your-router-login fw-password=your-router-password to the beginning of your ddclient.conf file. Note that some routers use either 'root' or 'admin' as their login while some others accept anything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## USING DDCLIENT WITH ppp If you are using a ppp connection, you can easily update your DynDNS entry with each connection, with: ## configure pppd to update DynDNS with each connection cp sample-etc_ppp_ip-up.local /etc/ppp/ip-up.local Alternatively, you may just configure ddclient to operate as a daemon and monitor your ppp interface. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## USING DDCLIENT WITH cron If you have not configured ddclient to use daemon-mode, you'll need to configure cron to force an update once a month so that the dns entry will not become stale. ## configure cron to force an update twice a month cp sample-etc_cron.d_ddclient /etc/cron.d/ddclient vi /etc/cron.d/ddclient ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## USING DDCLIENT WITH dhcpcd-1.3.17 If you are using dhcpcd-1.3.17 or thereabouts, you can easily update your DynDNS entry automatically every time your lease is obtained or renewed by creating an executable file named: ``/etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd-{your-interface}.exe`` ie.: ``cp sample-etc_dhcpc_dhcpcd-eth0.exe /etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd-{your-interface}.exe`` In my case, it is named dhcpcd-eth0.exe and contains the lines: ```shell #!/bin/sh PATH=/usr/bin:/root/bin:${PATH} logger -t dhcpcd IP address changed to $1 ddclient -proxy fasthttp.sympatico.ca -wildcard -ip $1 | logger -t ddclient exit 0 ``` Other DHCP clients may have another method of calling out to programs for updating DNS entries. Alternatively, you may just configure ddclient to operate as a daemon and monitor your ethernet interface. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## USING DDCLIENT WITH dhclient If you are using the ISC DHCP client (dhclient), you can update your DynDNS entry automatically every time your lease is obtained or renewed by creating an executable file named: ``/etc/dhclient-exit-hooks`` ie.: ``cp sample-etc_dhclient-exit-hooks /etc/dhclient-exit-hooks`` Edit ``/etc/dhclient-exit-hooks`` to change any options required. Alternatively, you may just configure ddclient to operate as a daemon and monitor your ethernet interface. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------