Dynamic DNS for Home Automation Hobbyists
Channel: diyAutomate
Date: 2017-04-21

Dynamic DNS allows you to convert your dynamic internet address (givin to you by your internet provider) into something that seems static. This video will walk you though a process to set this up.

Security in this type of setup is very important.  Please see the sister

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Install DNS Utilities:
sudo apt-get install dnsutils

Script File Text (change token and DNS name):
echo url="https://www.duckdns.org/update?domains=exampledomain&token=a7c4d0ad-114e-40ef-ba1d-d217904a50f2&ip=" | curl -k -o ~/duckdns/duck.log -K -

Crontab Text:
*/5 * * * * ~/duckdns/duck.sh [greater than sign here, YouTube does not allow in descriptioins]/dev/null 2 [greater than sign here, YouTube does not allow in descriptioins]&1

See blog post for accurate syntax.

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