edwinek / dns-update-client

A ddclient-like tools for keeping a remote record of a computer's public IP.

dns-update-client

A ddclient-like tools for keeping a remote record of a computer's public IP, as an alternative to a DNS service. Uses ipify. Currently checks and updates every 5 minutes.

Usage

1. Update application.properties to point at an instance of dns-update-service (it's currently configured to point at an instance of the container deployed by dns-update-service-deploy )
2. Update the desired hostname in application.properties.
3. Build with mvn -U clean package
4. Copy the target/dns-update-client-<version>.jar file to a machine with a non-fixed ip.
5. Run with java -jar <jar file>
6. The application will log to a file, next to the jar dns-update-client.log.

Future improvements

• Security
• Further error handling
• Further unit tests