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Dynamic DNS configuration for CUSTOM provider does not add 'server' to ddclient.conf
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After setting up a custom service for ddns updates (set service dns dynamic interface eth1 service custom etc...), logs showed that the authentication failed. After further investigation it appeared that the client was trying to update via dyndns servers and not the server name in the configuration - domains.google.com.

Inspecting the /etc/ddclient.conf file showed the configuration parameters:

DynDNS provider configuration for sub.domain.tld

protocol=dyndns2
max-interval=28d
login=login
password='password'
sub.domain.tld

ddclient.conf was missing the following line to tell it to reach out to google domains instead:
server=domains.google.com

After manually adding server=domains.google.com before the domain name in ddclient.conf, ddns updates work as expected.

I'm not much help on the coding side, but I'm happy to help however I can :-)

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Version
1.2.0-rc2
Why the issue appeared?
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Event Timeline

theCiscoGeek created this task.Oct 13 2018, 9:30 PM
syncer assigned this task to c-po.Oct 13 2018, 11:00 PM
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c-po added a comment.Oct 14 2018, 10:42 AM

Can you provide your configuration, please?

Did you specify domains.google.com somewhere in the CLI?

shaferstockton added a subscriber: shaferstockton.Oct 14 2018, 10:30 PM

I also experienced this problem with a custom ddclient config. Adding server= manually to my config fixed it.

Here is my config:

dynamic {
    interface pppoe0 {
        service custom-duckdns {
            host-name valid.hostname.tld
            login nouser
            password ****************
            protocol dyndns2
            server www.duckdns.org
        }
    }
}
theCiscoGeek added a comment.Oct 14 2018, 11:10 PM

Here's what my dynamic dns config looks like:

interface eth1 {
    service custom {
        host-name sub.domain.tld
        login login
        password password
        protocol dyndns2
        server domains.google.com
    }
}
c-po closed this task as Resolved.Oct 15 2018, 10:30 AM
syncer moved this task from Backlog to Finished on the VyOS 1.2 Crux (VyOS 1.2.0-rc4) board.Oct 24 2018, 4:40 PM
pasik added a subscriber: pasik.Oct 31 2018, 7:43 AM
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