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

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

# apk update # apk add ddclient

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 ==
 [https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient DDclient] is a perl script to update accounts for Dynamic DNS Service Provider.
-== Install ==
+== Installation ==
-ddclient is available in community repository as of Alpine Linux 3.19.
-In order to use it, you need to first install it:
-<code># apk update</code>
+{{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 ddclient</code>
 == Configuration ==
-A sample configuration file is installed by default as <code>/etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf</code>, so you can modify it according to your needs.
+A sample configuration file is installed by default at {{Path|/etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf}}, so you can modify it according to your needs.
-Then, start ddclient as usual:
-<code># rc-service ddclient start</code>
+Then, start ddclient as usual:{{Cmd|# rc-service ddclient start}}
-If you want/need, configure the service to start automatically on boot:
+If you want/need, configure the service to start automatically on boot:{{Cmd|# rc-update add ddclient default}}
-<code># rc-update add ddclient default</code>
+== See also ==
+* [https://ddclient.net/ Ddclient Homepage]
+* [https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient Ddclient Github repo]
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