godaddy-dyndns

DynDNS-like public IP auto-updater script for GoDaddy.

The script uses ipify.org to figure out the machine's public IP. It only accesses GoDaddy when if the IP has changed since the last (successful) script invocation. It logs all its activities to the file godaddy-dyndns.log (and automatically rotates the log).

Based on Sascha's script with the same name.

Setup

Automatic

WARNING! setup.sh has ZERO error checking. All this script does is automate the steps in Manual.

Run the setup script:

./setup.sh

Edit godaddy-dyndns.conf with your account info. You must add at least one domain and record for the script to do anything.

Manual

After cloning this repo be sure to initialize the submodule pygodaddy-src

git submodule init
git submodule update

Ensure the symbolic link to ./pygodaddy-src/pygodaddy is correct

Setup a Python venv:

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
deactivate

Copy the file godaddy-dyndns.conf.template to godaddy-dyndns.conf and add your information to the new file.

cp godaddy-dyndns.conf.template godaddy-dyndns.conf

And lastly add godaddy-dyndns.sh to your crontab file, e.g.:

*/5 * * * * /path/to/script/godaddy-dyndns.sh
@reboot sleep 30 && /path/to/script/godaddy-dyndns.sh

The above makes sure that the script runs when your machine boots, and then every hour after that. sleep is used to increase the chance that the network has started before the script is run.