Ddclient: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 16:17, 23 October 2024

DDclient is a perl script to update accounts for Dynamic DNS Service Provider.

ddclient is available in community repository as of Alpine Linux 3.19.

In order to use it, you need to first install it:

# apk update

# apk add ddclient

A sample configuration file is installed by default as /etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf, so you can modify it according to your needs.

Then, start ddclient as usual:

# rc-service ddclient start

If you want/need, configure the service to start automatically on boot:

# rc-update add ddclient default

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 == How to download and install the latest version of ddclient ==
-DDclient is a perl script to update accounts for Dynamic DNS Service Provider. [https://sourceforge.net/projects/ddclient/]
+[https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient DDclient] is a perl script to update accounts for Dynamic DNS Service Provider.
 == Install ==
-ddclient is available in testing/edge repository.
+ddclient is available in community repository as of Alpine Linux 3.19.
-In order to use it, you need first to enable that repository by adding to /etc/apk/repositories:
+In order to use it, you need to first install it:
-<code># echo http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing</code>
 <code># apk update</code>
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 == Configuration ==
-A sample configuration file is installed by default in <code>/etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf.sample.</code>
+A sample configuration file is installed by default as <code>/etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf</code>, so you can modify it according to your needs.
-Rename it as <code>/etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf</code> and modify it according to your needs.
 Then, start ddclient as usual:
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 <code># rc-update add ddclient default</code>
+== See Also ==
+* [https://ddclient.net/ Ddclient Homepage]
+* [https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient Ddclient Github repo]
 [[Category:Networking]]