DDNS Client

A simple DDNS client updater.

Supported DDNS Servers

• Duck DNS

How to use it

ddns_client ~/.config/ddns_client/config.yaml -t 600

Config sample

# Domain name
domain: YOUR_DOMAIN
# DDNS server token
token: xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
# Request confirmation from the server
verbose: true
# Clear all ip records from the server
clear: true

Run ddns_client as a service

DDNS Client can run as a system service.

Linux

• Download the latest release here
• Copy the binary file to /usr/bin/ using the following command

sudo cp ./ddns_client /usr/bin/

• Create a service descriptor file as shown

touch ddns_client.service

[Unit]
Description=DDNS Client updater.
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/ddns_client /home/[USERNAME]/.config/ddns_client/config.yaml
Restart=always
RestartSec=14400
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=%n

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

• Copy the file to /etc/systemd/system/

sudo cp ddns_client.service /etc/systemd/system/

• Reload systemctl deamon

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

• Enable the service

sudo systemctl enable ddns_client.service

• Start the service

sudo systemctl start ddns_client.service

• Check service status

sudo systemctl status ddns_client.service

• Check the service output

journalctl -u ddns_client.service