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-====== ddclient ====== 
  
-**General Information** 
- 
-Using ddclient to update your dynamic IP for OpenDNS. 
- 
-**Checklist** 
-  * Distro(s): Any 
- 
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-===== Prep OpenDNS Account ===== 
- 
-  - Login to OpenDNS (https://login.opendns.com) 
-  - Click on the Settings tab. 
-  - Select the desired network in the drop down box. 
-  - Click on Advanced Settings on the left. 
-  - Ensure that "Enable dynamic IP update" is checked. 
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- 
-===== ddclient setup ===== 
- 
-Download, install, configure ddclient. 
- 
-==== Download ==== 
- 
-  * Website: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ddclient/ 
-  * Wget 3.8.3 (current as of 08/04/2015) 
-  * <code bash> 
-wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ddclient/ddclient/ddclient-3.8.3.tar.bz2 
-</code> 
- 
-==== Install ==== 
- 
-Install perl ssl library 
-<code bash> 
-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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