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

Installation

ddclient package is available in community repository. In order to use it, you need to first install it:

# apk update # apk add ddclient

Configuration

A sample configuration file is installed by default at /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 ==
+{{TOC right}}
+[https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient DDclient] is a perl script to update accounts for Dynamic DNS Service Provider.
-DDclient is a perl script to update accounts for Dynamic DNS Service Provider.
+== Installation ==
-== Install prerequisites ==
+{{pkg|ddclient}} package is available in community repository. In order to use it, you need to first install it: {{Cmd|<nowiki># apk update
+# apk add ddclient</nowiki>}}
-<code>apk add wget wget-doc unzip unzip-doc perl perl-doc perl-utils perl-test-taint perl-test-taint-doc perl-netaddr-ip perl-netaddr-ip-doc perl-net-ip perl-net-ip-doc perl-yaml perl-yaml-doc perl-log-log4perl perl-log-log4perl-doc
+== Configuration ==
-cpan Data::Validate::IP</code>
+A sample configuration file is installed by default at {{Path|/etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf}}, so you can modify it according to your needs.
-== Download DDclient ==
+Then, start ddclient as usual:{{Cmd|# rc-service ddclient start}}
-<code>wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/ddclient/files/latest/download -O ddclient.zip</code>
+If you want/need, configure the service to start automatically on boot:{{Cmd|# rc-update add ddclient default}}
-<code>unzip ddclient.zip</code>
+== See also ==
-Copy ddclient from the extracted directory to /usr/bin/.
+* [https://ddclient.net/ Ddclient Homepage]
+* [https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient Ddclient Github repo]
-Create directories: /etc/ddclient/ and /var/cache/ddclient/.
+[[Category:Networking]]
-Place your personal ddclient.conf in /etc/ddclient/.
-== Install script. ==
-Includes a ddclient rc script for /etc/init.d/.
-[[File:Ddclient-install.sh]]