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--- linux_wiki:ddclient [2015/08/04 23:47]
billdozor created
+++ linux_wiki:ddclient [2019/05/25 23:50] (current)
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 **Checklist**
-  * CentOS 7 used for this tutorial, but others will work as well.
+  * Distro(s): Enterprise Linux
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 ===== Prep OpenDNS Account =====
-Login to OpenDNS (https://login.opendns.com)
+  - Login to OpenDNS (https://login.opendns.com)
-Click on the Settings tab.
+  - Click on the Settings tab.
-Select the desired network in the drop down box.
+  - Select the desired network in the drop down box.
-Click on Advanced Settings on the left.
+  - Click on Advanced Settings on the left.
-Ensure that "Enable dynamic IP update" is checked.
+  - Ensure that "Enable dynamic IP update" is checked.
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 ==== Download ====
-Website: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ddclient/
+  * Website: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ddclient/
+  * Wget 3.8.3 (current as of 08/04/2015)
-Wget 3.8.3 (current as of 08/04/2015)
+  * <code bash>
-<code bash>
 wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ddclient/ddclient/ddclient-3.8.3.tar.bz2
 </code>
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 Install perl ssl library
 <code bash>
-yum install
+yum install perl-IO-Socket-SSL
 </code>
+Extract and un-archive
+<code bash>
+tar -jxvf ddclient-3.8.3.tar.bz2
+</code>
+  * Note: if you receive an error while extracting, you might be on a minimal install and need to install bzip2 (yum install bzip2)
+Create required directories
+<code bash>
+mkdir /etc/ddclient
+mkdir /var/cache/ddclient
+</code>
+Copy files to system locations
+<code bash>
+cp sample-etc_ddclient.conf /etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf
+cp ddclient-3.8.3/ddclient /usr/sbin/
+cp ddclient-3.8.3/sample-etc_rc.d_init.d_ddclient /etc/rc.d/init.d/ddclient
+</code>
+==== Configure ====
+Change perms, edit config file
+<code bash>
+chown root:root /etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf
+chmod 600 /etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf
+vi /etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf
+## OpenDNS.com account-config
+use=web, web=myip.dnsomatic.com
+ssl=yes
+server=updates.opendns.com
+protocol=dyndns2
+login=email@domain.com
+password=mypasshere
+MyNetwork
+</code>
+  * Replace login and password with OpenDNS login credentials.
+  * Replace "MyNetwork" with the name of the network in your OpenDNS dashboard.
+Test the config
+<code bash>
+ddclient -daemon=0 -debug -noquiet
+</code>
+  * Should see debug output, followed by "SUCCESS:  updating MyNetwork: good: IP address set to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
+Enable/start the service
+<code bash>
+chkconfig --add ddclient
+service ddclient start
+</code>
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