DynDNS: configuring ddclient

This guide shows you how to configure ddclient, a practical system available for most Linux distributions (example).

Requirements

• The ddclient package for your distribution must be installed
• A dynamic DNS must have been created for the domain concerned. Follow this guide, if necessary.

ddclient configuration

The configuration file in 

/etc/ddclient.conf

must look like this:

protocol=dyndns2
ssl=yes
use=web
server=infomaniak.com
login=abc
password=123
example.com

• ssl=yes is essential for ddclient to function properly. Also make sure that the libio-socket-ssl-perl package is installed
• login: the login set in Infomaniak Manager when you added Dynamic DNS (help)
• password: the password set in Infomaniak Manager when you added Dynamic DNS (help)
• example.com: to be replaced by your domain name

Find out more

• Creating a dynamic DNS with a domain managed by Infomaniak
• Discover DynDNS