Dynamic DNS update from cron
We can use crontab to update our Dynamic DNS. It’s a nice feature and super easy. Who wants a whole application dedicated to telling a remote server your IP? Create a script, not necessary, can do it right in crontab, but why? make a script. If you don’t have a scripts folder in your home directory make one. mkdir scripts I’m not here to teach you basic bash commands. nano /home/username/scripts/update-dns.sh Put the following in the script. #!/bin/bash curl https://your-registrar-will-give-you-this.com/update?host=@&domain=xxxxxx.com&password=xxxx OR, I use this one now, but same concept (the q tells it to be quiet and […]