UnofficialDDNSnix
UnofficialDDNSnix is a CentOS 6, Debian 6, and Debian 7 service which provides dynamic DNS for regular registrars. Instead of signing up with a dynamic DNS provider and creating a CNAME record at your registrar to point to your dynamic DNS (for example: homeserver.mydomain.com -> alfred1986.dynamicdnsprovider.info), UnofficialDDNS cuts out the middle man and creates A records directly.
Supported Registrars
Currently Name.com is the only supported registrar. Go to https://www.name.com/reseller to apply for an API token. UnofficialDDNSnix needs the following:
- Name.com user name.
- Password (API token).
- The (sub)domain which will point to your server.
It might take a couple of days to get a reply from their customer support with your token.
Supported Platforms
Both 32 and 64-bit versions of the following operating systems are supported:
- CentOS 6
- Debian 6 (squeeze)
- Debian 7 (wheezy)
Usage
Just install the package, edit /etc/UnofficialDDNS.yaml with your user/password/domain, and run service UnofficialDDNS start. Look at logs in /var/UnofficialDDNS/ to make sure it started without any errors.