Editing DNS

Since IP Addresses are difficult to remember, and often change weekly, it is strongly recommended to use a Dynamic DNS to access your server instead of a bare IP Address.

== DuckDNS ==

DuckDNS is the preferred free DynamicDNS system, because it is well documented, easy to use, and free. But any other Dynamic DNS service could work. You can even host a basic website this way (though too much traffic might be in violation of your home broadband policy).

[https://www.duckdns.org/install.jsp Follow the installation guide here.]

== Namecheap ==

=== ddclient ===

<code>/etc/ddclient.conf</code>

<pre># Configuration file for ddclient generated by debconf
#
# /etc/ddclient.conf

daemon=300
pid=/var/run/ddclient.pid

ssl=yes
use=web, web=dynamicdns.park-your-domain.com/getip
protocol=namecheap
server=dynamicdns.park-your-domain.com    # don't change this

login=archivis.me                         # your domain here
password=d5af754af8fc8b0                  # dynamic DNS password
@                                         # domain or subdomain</pre>
This will set an <code>archivis.me</code> domain. You can also set a subdomain by replacing the <code>@</code> with the subdomain: <code>mail</code> for <code>mail.archivis.me</code>, or <code>mail,bibanon</code> for <code>bibanon.archivis.me</code> in addition.

Then, edit <code>/etc/default/ddclient</code>, and set these options in the config file :

<pre># cannot be enabled at the same time as the daemon
run_ipup=&quot;false&quot;

# enable daemon at boot
run_daemon=&quot;true&quot;</pre>
<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;">
<li><p>Ensure that the configuration is working:</p>
<pre>sudo ddclient -daemon=0 -debug -verbose -noquiet</pre></li>
<li><p>Start the <code>ddclient</code> service.</p>
<pre>sudo systemctl restart ddclient</pre></li>
<li><p>Check whether the <code>ddclient</code> service worked. If not, edit ddclient.</p>
<pre>sudo systemctl status ddclient</pre></li>
<li><p>Enable the <code>ddclient</code> service at boot:</p>
<pre>sudo systemctl enable ddclient</pre></li></ol>

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