Updating IP Address In No-IP.com With Raspberry Pi

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October 26, 2020

I previously wrote how to use ddclient on a Raspberry Pi to updating an IP address In OpenDNS. Shortly afterward I added updating the IP of my noip.com domain into my configuration but never documented it… until now.

If you don’t yet have ddclient installed, follow steps 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 & 10 in the previous post to install it. Once done, come back here and do the following:

  1. At the command line type the following and hit enter:
    sudo nano /etc/ddclient.conf
  2. Enter the following in the ddclient.conf:
    #noip
    protocol=noip
    use=web
    ssl=yes
    login=USERNAME
    password=PASSWORD
    HOSTNAME

    USERNAME should be your noip.com username.
    PASSWORD should be your password.
    HOSTNAME should be the no-ip hostname you want to update.

  3. Hit CTRL-X to exit nano. When prompted to save be sure to say yes and hit enter to confirm the file name.
  4. From the command line type the following and hit enter:
    sudo nano /etc/default/ddclient
  5. Restart ddclient by typing the following at the command line and hitting enter:
    sudo /etc/init.d/ddclient restart
    If all went well you’ll see the following line and then be back at the command line:
    [ ok ] Restarting ddclient (via systemctl): ddclient.service.
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