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Hi, over five months

ago my brother
stevethepirateuk and I
created a service
called DuckDNS.
It all came about as
we needed a Dynamic
Domain Name Service
for another project we
were working on at the
time (we are both
software engineers). A
DDNS service allows
a computer
somewhere with a
changing IP to have a
domain name entry
which will point to it,
for us these can be
any sub domain of the
duckdns.org domain.
On investigation we
found almost all the
services out there
either had a monthly
subscription fee or
had other quirks which
made them not
desirable as a
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After a bit of deliberation we decided instead

to make our own, the development,
configuration and performance tuning took
about two weeks of evenings and weekends
development.
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We have made a few improvements since

then mostly around the web interface and
further performance/efficiency tuning, our
latest release included a caching layer
between the Data Store and DNS servers.
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We now have a stable solution, it uses

Googles OAuth V2 for authentication and is
hosted on Amazons EC2 platform and we
believe we are now ready to take on more
load without affecting the
service/performance.
We provide an outo update mechanism for:
- linux
- linux via a cron
- windows
- osx
- pi
- raspbmc
- ec2
- openwrt
Each with detailed instructions and
generated config files (where applicable).
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ProxyGambit, a more advanced

ProxyHam (built with an RPi)
We also Store no personal data other than

your OAuth Id, we also have no logging on
the platform, the only analytics is anonymous
Google Analytics on the web interface.
EDIT: just realized it's my cake day w00t!
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[] kappamr 9 points 1 year ago
I've been using since it launched for my

pi project. It's reliable and fast...highly
recommended! Thank you for your work!
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[] stevethepirateuk 6 points 1 year ago
Great for the endorsement. I have

really enjoyed writing running and
improving the service. Best of all was
getting to make a product where we
didn't have to compromise the
engineering because of time or 3rd
party pressure. It was a really fun way
to learn about Amazon ec2.
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[] CyberconIII [S] 4 points 1 year ago
Yes thank you for your comments,

we've actually managed to run a
solution that's used by hundreds of
users for the cost of 1 subscription to
a big DDNS provider. Also almost all
of the running costs have been
covered by paypal donations too!
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[] longboarder543 3 points 1 year ago
cool! I use freedns currently -- it seems to

be the only decent free option out there
anymore, but I'll definitely sign up and
give it a shot. Any thoughts on allowing
users to use their own domain names? It
would make it great for users that want to
host websites on their Pi or other devices.
I think that'd be a real differentiator for a
free service. Also, do you plan on running
this service for the long haul?
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[] stevethepirateuk 8 points 1 year ago*
You can use your own domain name.

Just register is as a cname record
against your chosen duckdns name.
E.g. www.mydomain.com cname
xyz.duckdns.org
Edit: yes we are in it until it is no
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longer used.
The costs are tiny. The effort to keep it
running is minimal. I am interested in
exactly much traffic we can deal with, it
appears to be scaling really well.
To give you an idea we have had a month
with over 16 million transactions without
any drama.
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[] 6079-Smith-W 1 point 1 year ago
That's an awesome tip! Thanks

for the great service!
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[] 7ewis 1 point 1 year ago
I don't really understand what this

does.
I have used No-IP for a while, but
my IP isn't static, and I had to use
an updater on my Pi. But I
wanted to use my own domain
anyway somehow.
Can you explain what your
service actually does, how could I
make pi.mysite.com point to my
Pi? (I use CloudFlare, does that
change anything?)
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[] stevethepirateuk 1 point 1
year ago
OK. When configured your pi

will every 5 minutes ping our
server. We will then store
your current gateway IP.
You will tell your router to
forward port 80 and 22 to
your pi.
Then you can Install a
webserver on your pi.
Now from anywhere in the
world you can reach your pi
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using your xxx.duckdns.org name.

Finally you donate all your worldly
possessions to the nearest donkey
sanctuary.
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[] stevethepirateuk 1 point
1 year ago
I missed a step.
You then register your
own domain as a cname.
So you make
pi.yourdomain.com a
cname to
xxx.duckdns.org
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[] DimeShake 4 points 1 year ago
afraid.org is pretty good for DDNS and yeah, the free ones are dwindling
fast.
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[] palish 2 points 1 year ago
I've been using afraid.org for

years. It's... ok. It unfortunately
now takes ~5seconds to resolve
a DNS lookup though.
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[] stevethepirateuk 6 points 1
year ago
Try us. You might just like it.

You can always pull out if you
like it too much.
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As stevethepirateuk pointed out we

intend to run it indefinitely, this started
off as creating something useful we
needed and quickly evolved in a
technical exercise to create the most
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efficient well engineered solution we could

design/build at the minimal cost.
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[] aacid 2 points 1 year ago
you said no free services were

suitable for your project.
I'm using afraid.org for long time,
never had any problems and they
have huge selection of public
domains to choose from.
honest question, why should I
switch to your service? what are
the quirks you mentioned that
forced you to create own ddns?
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[] CyberconIII [S] 1 point 1 year

ago
They only offer one free

domain per account, they
offer a wider range of
services supported buy their
premium customers whom
pay a subscription. There
service looks great.
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[] reckter 4 points 1 year ago
This is so awesome! Needed 2 minutes

of setting it up :D Now I can use my Pi
from everywhere :D Thanks for the great
service!
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[] CyberconIII [S] 1 point 1 year ago
This is the purpose of the service, its

supposed to be simple and quick to
set up. How were the instructions?
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[] reckter 2 points 1 year ago
Straight forward and very clear :D
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(I have to say that I'm not a guy

)
who needs baby-instructions (I
still have to figure out why me
router isn't opening the ssh port :/
But well that's another story!
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year ago
Double check your iptables. If

your using raspbmc. Then
you need to allow 22 from
external IPs. See our install
page. The dropbear ssh
server is locked down hard to
prevent the default ssh
password being a liability.
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[] reel_big_ad 2 points 1
year ago
Could you link me to the

guide? I'm not sure where
to find the iptables on
raspbmc..
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[] CyberconIII [S] 1
point 1 year ago
http://www.duckdns.or
g/install.jsp#raspbmc
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[] reel_big_ad 2
points 1 year ago
Thanks guys
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[] stevethepirateuk 1
point 1 year ago
https://www.duckdns.
org/install.jsp
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[] reckter 1 point 1 year

ago
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hmm I'm using raspbian

though :/ Will have a look
on it!
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point 1 year ago
Then ssh is open by

default - it must be a
router issue.
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[] reckter 1 point
1 year ago
It is an ISP issue
D: I have an IPv6
DS light tunnel,
and apparently
that kills all port
forwarding
whatsoever. :'(
But thanks for the
help! :)
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[] stevethepirateuk
1 point 1 year
ago
Nasty. Which
ISP?
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[] reckter
1 point 1
year ago
Unitymedi
a,
Germany
:/
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[] stevethepirateuk
1 point 1 year
ago
Nasty. Which
ISP?
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[] Aero_ 3 points 1 year ago
I use duckdns to route users to my

raspberry pi based mumble server hosted
behind my home (dynamic IP) internet
connection
Works great and I've never had an issue
with it. Thank you for creating such a
great service.
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My pleasure. I enjoyed /enjoy

making/running it.
We started it because we both
purchased pi's and were aghast at
the cost of ddns, and wanted a
service to use.
We also wanted to learn how ec2
Amazon works. Best watt to learn is
to dive right in.
Ddns was a free service. Pepperidge
Farm Remembers.
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[] 7U5K3N_at_work
- OpenElec - Ubuntu Mate 3 points 1 year
ago
How about a way to donate to you with

out using paypal? maybe gmail as a
funds transfer? Sorry to be difficult.. im
very anti paypal.
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I don't know of a mechanism to do

this over gmail, we could make an
android app that's free and have a
donate version. Suggestions are
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welcome.
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[] 7U5K3N_at_work
- OpenElec - Ubuntu Mate 3 points
1 year ago
gmail does a money transfer now

based around google wallet.
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parent
year ago
USA only. We are UK

dwellers. But any other
suggestive are good.
We do have a "donated"
account type, which gives you
10 entries.
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[] CyberconIII [S] 1 point 1

year ago
And a Gold duck logo in

the GUI!
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[] handmadeby 2 points 1 year ago
Bitcoins?
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parent
year ago
We now take Bitcoins - well I

think we do - nothing has
happened yet.
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[] stevethepirateuk 1 point 1 year ago
We have added Bitcoin Donate. - if

that tickles your fancy.
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[] Anon_Logic 3 points 1 year ago
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When I last heard about it on here, I set it

up right away. 0 regrets.
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Thank you, O sacred user.

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[] sirhc6 2 points 1 year ago
I'm currently using freedns.afraid.org

because im hosting locally on a pi and my
registraar (.dj) does not provide a
dns/ddns. I dont know what a cname is..
is that something id set up on duckdns or
on my registraar?
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[] sirhc6 1 point 1 year ago
also assuming you've already done

the research.. what are the main
benefits of duck vs afraid? Its free for
me... does yours somehow
automatically update when my ip
changes? that would be amazing!
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[] stevethepirateuk 3 points 1 year

ago
I believe that afraid offer only 1

domain per account. We do 4.
The DNS entry updates when you
request it. The only way to make
that seamless is by using a router
that detects an IP change and
immediately posts to us and
updates the record. Open wrt
routers do this. However or
Scripts make your pi ping us
every 5 minutes so we update
your record. Which is about as
fresh as you can expect from
ddns.
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[] CyberconIII [S] 2 points 1 year

ago
Yes, there are instructions for

most Operating systems on our
site on how to setup auto IP
updating. I'll be honest I haven't
looked at the afraid service yet
but I will right now and get back
to you.
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[] techsnapp 2 points 1 year ago
Can you share the google analytics data?

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Which bit. There is tons. Maybe a

page on our site might be a cool idea.
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[] techsnapp 2 points 1 year ago
Well how many total domains are

in use and how often are they
updated?
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ago
That sound feasible. I like the

number of domains bit.
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parent
There's some on the Google+

community page. Links is in the footer
on the site.
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[] paragon21186 2 points 1 year ago
It's great you give domains

@duckdns.org, some of the other free
DDNS providers have the craziest
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domains that are hard to remember.

I'll try you guys out!
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Please let us know how you get on

with the setup as feedback is always
welcome.
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[] paragon21186 2 points 1 year

ago
Once you've logged in, if you go

to another page, like installation
instructions, is there no way to
get back to my domain listing
page without going to the main
page and logging in again? Or
am I missing something?
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year ago
Click on the 'Duck DNS' text

in the top left (link before the
about link)
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[] paragon21186 2 points 1
year ago
Oh wow, I thought that

kept taking me back to
the homepage, but it is
working now thanks.
Set-up was easy on my
Raspberry Pi running
Raspian, once I read the
directions and realized
that I shouldn't be using
the "Linux" section.
The "Pi" directions could
probably use a
proof-read, just to make
them a little clearer, in
particular at the end it
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goes back to mentioning

RaspBMC like you are in the
wrong section.
Also, I found that running that
"cat duck.log" command
actually didn't return anything
when ran as "sudo", but when
ran normally it worked fine.
That might be self-evident to a
Linux/RasPi veteran, but as a
n00b that was strange to me
and might be worth pointing out
since most of the other
commands need root to work.
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[] fondor1 2 points 1 year ago
Very useful, thanks for providing this!

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[] fondor1 5 points 1 year ago
Realized the instructions don't have a

systemd unit file suggestion, so I
wrote one up for myself and wanted
to post it here. I make no promises...
I'm rather new to systemd so use this
at your own risk! I placed the below
unit content into the file /etc/systemd
/system/duckdns.service (had to
create it):
[Unit]
Description=duckdns updater
After=network.target
[Service]
ExecStart=/home/*usernameHere*/bin/duck.sh
Restart=always
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
The ExecStart line is the duck.sh

script referenced in the linux link of
your install instructions. Then to
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enable the service:

systemctl --system daemon-reload
systemctl enable duckdns
systemctl start duckdns
You can verify it's running by typing:

systemctl status duckdns
or viewing the log file location you specified

in duck.sh
[edit: spelling]
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ago*
Thank you for this, we will check

it out and add it to the sites
instructions, pm me your Google
gmail address and I'll mark you
as a donated account. You will
then get 10 domains instead of
the 4 and a visual treat in the
GUI.
Done! enjoy the gold account, our
is for life.
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If you have any feedback or issues at

any time we have a Google+
community.
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[] [deleted] 2 points 1 year ago
Lol, I just paid for a year at dyndns.org

earlier today. I have the worst luck.
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Unlucky. I bet your yearly payments

are more than: our domain name
purchase + our 12 monthly ec2 bills.
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The whole exercise was seeing how

small/few hardware we can get away with
without compromising redundancy and
capacity.
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Isn't there a cool off period, have a

look on their site.
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[] [deleted] 1 point 1 year ago
Unfortunately, under some

research, I think my router/isp
only works with dyndns.org.
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parent
year ago
I bet it would be cheaper to

buy a raspberry pi and plug it
into your router.
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[] g2n 2 points 1 year ago
I use freedns since my router supports

automatic updating within its firmware. I
really see no difference between both
services other than that..
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Correct. If your router firmware is

partnered up with another ddns then
using it is the most efficient was to
run ddns. We are not a big company
and router manufacturers will not
hard code us into their router code.
What's in it for them? However we do
support open source routers running
openwrt which as you would expect
are configurable.
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[] securityhigh - <" 2 points 1 year

ago*
Gotta say that was a fantastic

way to handle that comment as
opposed to putting down his
current dynamic DNS service and
telling him to use you instead like
some others might do.
Sweet service you provide, I have
a bunch of domains myself (and
my registrar supports updating
via wget/cURL) so I don't
currently have a use but I'll
remember the name for friends.
It'll be a lot easier to just point
them to you instead of giving
them a subdomain and trying to
explain wget or curl when they
really don't care.
Great job guys.
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Openwrt is an open source OS for

some routers, we have install
instructions for it on the site.
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[] g2n 1 point 1 year ago
I already have ddwrt.

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[] ahhyes 2 points 1 year ago
It's a great service - thank you. Converted

a few of my friends to it too.
Out of interest, would you care to explain
how it works - .e.g what software you use
etc.?
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OK:
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DNS Server - Custom Java UDP

server running on port 53 Cacheing Memory Cache - receives serialised
Java messages on port 10025 (delete
from cache) Dynamo DB - To lookup
the IP for a subdomain - cached in
memory
App Server Jetty 9 - Java 1.7 running
on port 8080 Dyanmo DB to store
data Session shared in Dyanmo DB
so that servlet container is stateless
Update - checks token, pushed new
data into Dynamo - sends 2
messages (1 to each DNS server) to
inform it to clear the cache for that
domain
Web server Nginx on port 80
Load Balancer EC2 on 80 and 443
(ssl terminates here)
Hardware 2 EC2 micro instances
Running Ubuntu 12.04 1 * Webserver
1 * App server 1 * Dns server
1 Loadbalancer 3 Dyanmo Tables
We did try using the Elasticache - but
the costs got high - fast
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[] Amphrael 2 points 1 year ago
I'll try this out when I have some time. I'll

write up any instructions and feedback on
my blog.
Now if only there was a way to SSH to
my Pi from the office...
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[] hairylarry 2 points 1 year ago
Thanks for the service. I set up a domain

for my ubuntu desktop. When I access
the domain I get my linksys router. Is
there a router setting I'm missing? Hairy
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Larry
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[] hairylarry 1 point 1 year ago
Ok, after reading above on my

WRT54GL linksys router I go into
Applications and Gaming in the
Setup. Set up a row for web with 80
in the start and end fields and enter
the ip of the box with the server.
Works fine. Guess I'm going to static
ip for connecting this box to the
router.
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[] [deleted] 1 year ago
[deleted]
You need to tell your router to forward

port 80 and 22 to your pi.
Then you can Install a webserver on
your pi.
Now from anywhere in the world you
can reach your pi using your
xxx.duckdns.org name.
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[] CyberconIII [S] 2 points 1
year ago
Ok you have to login to your

routers admin interface and
add a Port Forwarding / Port
Triggering entry, note: the
Server IP Address is the local
ip of the pi
Service Name = SSH
Start Port = 22
End Port = 22
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Server IP Address =
192.168.0.6
OR
Service Name = HTTP
Start Port = 80
End Port = 80
Server IP Address =
192.168.0.6
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[] CyberconIII [S] 2
points 1 year ago
You need to visit the

site http://duckdns.org
sign in with a google
id, type a domain you
want into the form, if
its available you have
it. There are then
detailed instructions
on the site for each
operating system.
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[] sakodak 2 points 1 year ago
Awesome. I scored "reddit.duckdns.com."

So, suck it, everybody else. :)
I wish you guys luck. I suspect that at
some point you'll be rolling in the dough,
much like dyndns (this is very, very
similar to the dyndns launch years and
years ago) but I beg you to grandfather in
and, make it rock solid, your supporters
now. I've been incredibly disappointed by
dyndns as they've slowly pushed out us
old timers.
Anyway, thank you for providing a
needed service.
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We are not in it for the money it was

fun to build, the functionality you have
now will be free whatever.
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This post is about us getting it to that

'grandfathered' stable state. We are
so improving stuff.
It will be forever free. No account
timeout (so you must login each
month) no DNS expiry (so you must
update ). If you register, update an IP,
then do a DNS lookup in a year it will
still be there.
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[] solarbang 1 point 1 year ago
This is awesome. I might have to get with

you for help on a project I am doing for
plex users.
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Sent me a pm if you need help.

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Me too
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[] she_did_what 1 point 1 year ago
Awesome work, I'm still using dyndns but

they're increasingly hasslesome.
What are your abuse contacts?
I work in security and deal with
compromised sites a lot; lately I've had to
get in contact with a lot of DNS providers,
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some of whom were small operations where

the NS servers themselves have been
compromised so the 'legit' domains go to the
right place but there was wildcarding for
anything as a subdomain of the legit domains
goes to malicious sites, which also pretend to
not exist depending on geo-ip data.
In short: provide abuse contacts; failing to do
so has caused in ordinate grief for many such
services; mostly because sooner or later you
will get one or another type of abuse
happening, and if you don't respond you tend
to end up being treated as the problem.
[ if you did provide abuse contacts somewhere,
sorry, I didn't see it from running 'whois -b' and
trawling your site].
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We only respond to our own domain

so we can only give ip's for our own
subdomains. However contact info is
still a good idea.
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[] she_did_what 1 point 1 year ago
Yeah thats halfway there. To be

clear, the problrm half the time
will be dodgey people using your
service to register
phishing/malware sites. Then
once in a while it'll be something
of the type we've seen where
your nameserver is compromised
to give dns services to things you
dont expect - this was the case i
didnt very clearly explain; lately
ive struggled to deal with cases
where domains were point to IPs
the domain owners hadnt hears
of, on the other side of the world,
but im going off topic.
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The name server is a custom

java application which is
behind an nginx web server.
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[] Joneseh 1 point 1 year ago
Awesome! Thank you very much!

Also, Bootstrap is awesome isnt it ;)
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Yes we need to move it up to v3

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[] Joneseh 2 points 1 year ago
Personally! I would only upgrade

it to 3 if you are doing a site
redesign. But even if you do,
there really isn't much to change
in the html I think.
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I've just had a read up and

apparently the biggest
change in bootstrap 3 in the
flat styling. I think I will try
swapping it over on our test
platform and see if we prefer
it.
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[] Joneseh 1 point 1 year

ago
I look forward to what you

come up with for your site
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[] ainttalkingboutlove 1 point 1 year ago
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Why Google login? I know it's easier to

store OAuth, but I don't really like Google
:/
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We could implement other oauth

services. Any suggestions?
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[] ainttalkingboutlove 2 points 1
year ago
Well, OAuth is also implemented

in Twitter, Facebook (meh),
Steam, and even reddit! Last
option is the best IMO ;)
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ago
We will discuss this and let

you know the outcome.
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points 1 year ago
We discussed it - we did
it.
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FYI : reddit has login has been added

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[] ainttalkingboutlove 1 point 1
year ago
Yes, I saw it. Thanks! :D

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[] f1123581321 1 point 1 year ago
Nice, good job. I personally do not want

my pi to be accesible at the same
address. I prefer to be the only one to
know where it is. I just built a py script
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that posts the current ip on a server using

CURL. And also the temperature. The script is
verry simple.
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[] hairylarry 1 point 1 year ago
Ok now. I've got it working and I want to

temporarily turn it off. Is there a
recommended way to do this?
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If you did it in cron just comment a

line out with a #
What instruction install did you use?
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[] SeeingGreenDevils 1 point 1 year ago
Hi, I'm thinking of using your service and

just have two questions: 1. i want to
register for a subdomain but can't seem
to find the info to do that. can you pint me
in the right direction please. 2. I will be
using the DDNS feature set on my
Internet firewall at home (Cisco ASA). will
that work with your service?
thanks
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Ok you need to log into the web

admin GUI here
https://www.duckdns.org/ you will
need a google account.
Then select a domain using the web
form. Once youve done this read the
linux cron install page for an example
url to use.
https://www.duckdns.org
/update?domains=xxxxx&
token=yyyyy
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This it the url your router needs to hit to

update your record.
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[] SeeingGreenDevils 1 point 1
year ago
thank you very much. i assume

"x" and "y" are placeholders
though. which is the IP address
and which is the FQDN.
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[] [deleted] 1 year ago*
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[] bumbeh 2 points 1 year ago
I had to change the lines where it

used the username of pi since i
deleted that folder and user.
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Correct, please let us know how you get

on.
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[] Amphrael 1 point 1 year ago
Will there be an option to log in with an

account not linked to Google, Facebook,
or Reddit? I am not comfortable with
those guys knowing what I am doing on
the interwebs.
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Who would you prefer to use as

oAuth?
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[] Amphrael 1 point 1 year ago
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Perhaps I am speaking while

underneath my tinfoil hat, but I
would like no one to have links to
what I am doing. I feel more
comfortable when I have a
username/password for each
website.
But maybe I just need to get with
the times. It seems like pretty
much all websites these days are
using Facebook and Google
authentication. Maybe its better to
have one site manage most/all
authentication with very strong
security, than to have multiple
sites each managing
authentication/user accounts with
different levels of security.
I guess what I don't like most is
Google and Facebook mining my
data for their marketing purposes.
"Oh, I see Amphrael likes DNS
and Raspberry Pis. Let's send
him marketing about network
books and Pi peripherals!"
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ago
Whilst I can see your point of

view, we could never provide
as secure Authentication as
the oAuth providers as these
solutions are full products
themselves which are
constantly being improved
and maintained. We do
however only ask for the bare
minimum access via oAuth
and manage Authority
ourselves.
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[] Amphrael 1 point 1 year
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ago
Thx for the reply. I'm

looking forward to using
your service. I understand
the reasons you went with
oAuth. Personally, I would
rather see you guys
spend your time
improving the core
product rather than rolling
your own authentication
method. But I appreciate
the honest and courteous
response!
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[] cpm25 1 point 1 year ago
I am pretty late to the party, but can I

handle imap, ftp, etc through the service?
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Yes as we just resolve our DDNS to

an IP. You just need to forward the
ports for the services at your end.
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[] cpm25 1 point 1 year ago
Wow that was fast. Thanks!

So I am kind of a noob at the
redirection thing. I have godaddy
as my domain registar and I can
change this info:
A (Host)
CNAME (Alias)
MX (Mail Exchanger)
For the A (host) it has to be an IP
address. Do I need to change the
MX to anything? I know CNAME
for www and ftp needs to be the
duckdns.
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Is there anything else I need to do ?

Thanks!
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[] kevinvinv 1 point 1 year ago
New Ducker here- Love it... oh- and love

the logo too!
One question for the community here- I
am not sure my updates are happening...
the logfile says OK (not KO!) but when I
log into the duck page- it says "updated
two days ago" -- basically the last time I
did a manual update. Does this "updated"
statement supposed to include all the
updates or maybe not? Thanks for a
sweet service. Simple and Great!!! After I
find that things are working- I intend to
donate! Thanks!!!
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All updates are ignored if your IP

hasn't changed. We do still give the
ok response though to show your
update attempt was successful.
Hence the last changed date
reflecting when the ip last changed
thus causing it to be updated.
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[] darethehair 1 point 1 year ago
Eeek! Just went to look at my pages

linked from Duck DNS, and getting an
'unknown host' at 'www.duckdns.org'.
Comments?
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