Introducing DDNS

Introducing DDNS

[Michael Tremer]

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Hello,

this is a post to update you all about the recent developments regarding
the support for the various upcoming dynamic DNS providers.


Rationale

Some of the major dynamic DNS providers stopped their free services or
made them unusable so that people started searching for alternatives. In
IPFire 2, a script called setddns.pl [1] is responsible for updating the
dynamic DNS records. This script has grown over the last couple of
months and if you have looked into it you will have noticed that it has
become from ugly to almost un-maintainable. The decision that we don't
want to take this mess with us into the next generation of IPFire was
already made many years ago.


DDNS

A project called ddns was started which is a pure Python client that is
much more flexible, cleanly rewritten and easily extensible. It is
cross-platform, cross-distribution and does not need any third-party
python modules.

The basics already written years ago, Stefan Schantl and I worked on
making this ready for IPFire 2 and added all the providers that are
currently supported by setddns.pl and ez-ipupdate.

The source for the new DDNS tool can be found over here:

  http://git.ipfire.org/?p=ddns.git;a=summary

or on GitHub

  https://github.com/ipfire/ddns

were you can send us pull requests for supporting new providers and so
on.

Bug reports go to the usual place:

  https://bugzilla.ipfire.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=DDNS%20Updater

There is no fixed release schedule for this, but we are pretty sure that
this won't take long until DDNS arrives in IPFire 2. That means that we
won't take any patches for the setddns.pl script that add support for
new providers any more.

We appreciate any contribution and as always hope to get some feedback
back from the community!

Best,
-Michael

[1] http://git.ipfire.org/?p=ipfire-2.x.git;a=blob;f=src/scripts/setddns.pl;h=5e77fce5c024a3f17ba4c892a94abfe95845e8c6;hb=HEAD

Re: Introducing DDNS

[R. W. Rodolico]

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Because of this same issue, I created a ddns system a few years ago. I
also didn't like the possibility of DNS tracking the commercial dyndns
companies would be capable of. I simply got a new domain and set it up.

It is a combination of bash and perl. I have never written an article on
it or anything but I have some documentation. I'll be happy to write
some better documentation and comment the code a little so it can be
used when creating this new one.

Can't say much about it as it is fairly simple once I got the concepts
down. I chose to set it up more securely by using ssh keys for the
connection between the client and the dns server. Currently it is
implemented on all my IPFire routers as a simple cron job that runs
every hour.

Let me know if it might be helpful and/or if you need any help with
writing the new one.

Rod

On 06/25/2014 05:21 AM, Michael Tremer wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> this is a post to update you all about the recent developments regarding
> the support for the various upcoming dynamic DNS providers.
> 
> 
> Rationale
> 
> Some of the major dynamic DNS providers stopped their free services or
> made them unusable so that people started searching for alternatives. In
> IPFire 2, a script called setddns.pl [1] is responsible for updating the
> dynamic DNS records. This script has grown over the last couple of
> months and if you have looked into it you will have noticed that it has
> become from ugly to almost un-maintainable. The decision that we don't
> want to take this mess with us into the next generation of IPFire was
> already made many years ago.
> 
> 
> DDNS
> 
> A project called ddns was started which is a pure Python client that is
> much more flexible, cleanly rewritten and easily extensible. It is
> cross-platform, cross-distribution and does not need any third-party
> python modules.
> 
> The basics already written years ago, Stefan Schantl and I worked on
> making this ready for IPFire 2 and added all the providers that are
> currently supported by setddns.pl and ez-ipupdate.
> 
> The source for the new DDNS tool can be found over here:
> 
>   http://git.ipfire.org/?p=ddns.git;a=summary
> 
> or on GitHub
> 
>   https://github.com/ipfire/ddns
> 
> were you can send us pull requests for supporting new providers and so
> on.
> 
> Bug reports go to the usual place:
> 
>   https://bugzilla.ipfire.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=DDNS%20Updater
> 
> There is no fixed release schedule for this, but we are pretty sure that
> this won't take long until DDNS arrives in IPFire 2. That means that we
> won't take any patches for the setddns.pl script that add support for
> new providers any more.
> 
> We appreciate any contribution and as always hope to get some feedback
> back from the community!
> 
> Best,
> -Michael
> 
> [1] http://git.ipfire.org/?p=ipfire-2.x.git;a=blob;f=src/scripts/setddns.pl;h=5e77fce5c024a3f17ba4c892a94abfe95845e8c6;hb=HEAD
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Development mailing list
> Development(a)lists.ipfire.org
> http://lists.ipfire.org/mailman/listinfo/development
> 

-- 
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214.827.2170
http://www.dailydata.net

Re: Introducing DDNS

[5p9]

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Hi Michael & Stefan,

thanks for your Work! Looking forward to the first test with the new
feature :)

Best,
Thomas

Am 25.06.2014 12:21, schrieb Michael Tremer:
> Hello,
> 
> this is a post to update you all about the recent developments regarding
> the support for the various upcoming dynamic DNS providers.
> 
> 
> Rationale
> 
> Some of the major dynamic DNS providers stopped their free services or
> made them unusable so that people started searching for alternatives. In
> IPFire 2, a script called setddns.pl [1] is responsible for updating the
> dynamic DNS records. This script has grown over the last couple of
> months and if you have looked into it you will have noticed that it has
> become from ugly to almost un-maintainable. The decision that we don't
> want to take this mess with us into the next generation of IPFire was
> already made many years ago.
> 
> 
> DDNS
> 
> A project called ddns was started which is a pure Python client that is
> much more flexible, cleanly rewritten and easily extensible. It is
> cross-platform, cross-distribution and does not need any third-party
> python modules.
> 
> The basics already written years ago, Stefan Schantl and I worked on
> making this ready for IPFire 2 and added all the providers that are
> currently supported by setddns.pl and ez-ipupdate.
> 
> The source for the new DDNS tool can be found over here:
> 
>   http://git.ipfire.org/?p=ddns.git;a=summary
> 
> or on GitHub
> 
>   https://github.com/ipfire/ddns
> 
> were you can send us pull requests for supporting new providers and so
> on.
> 
> Bug reports go to the usual place:
> 
>   https://bugzilla.ipfire.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=DDNS%20Updater
> 
> There is no fixed release schedule for this, but we are pretty sure that
> this won't take long until DDNS arrives in IPFire 2. That means that we
> won't take any patches for the setddns.pl script that add support for
> new providers any more.
> 
> We appreciate any contribution and as always hope to get some feedback
> back from the community!
> 
> Best,
> -Michael
> 
> [1] http://git.ipfire.org/?p=ipfire-2.x.git;a=blob;f=src/scripts/setddns.pl;h=5e77fce5c024a3f17ba4c892a94abfe95845e8c6;hb=HEAD
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Development mailing list
> Development(a)lists.ipfire.org
> http://lists.ipfire.org/mailman/listinfo/development
> 

SPDNS DDNS Update

[5p9]

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Hi @ all,

please change spdns url in line 1456
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ddns/providers.py script.

https://github.com/ipfire/ddns/blob/master/src/ddns/providers.py



from old update setting:

        url = "https://update.spdns.de/nic/update"

        @property
        def username(self):
                return self.get("username") or self.hostname

        @property
        def password(self):
                return self.get("password") or self.token

to the new update setting:

        url = "https://update.spdyn.de/nic/update"

        @property
        def username(self):
                return self.get("username") or self.hostname

        @property
        def password(self):
                return self.get("password") or self.token

big thx, 5p9

Re: SPDNS DDNS Update

[Michael Tremer]

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Would you want to send a patch for this?

On Tue, 2016-06-07 at 15:22 +0200, 5p9 wrote:
> Hi @ all,
> 
> please change spdns url in line 1456
> /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ddns/providers.py script.
> 
> https://github.com/ipfire/ddns/blob/master/src/ddns/providers.py
> 
> 
> 
> from old update setting:
> 
>         url = "https://update.spdns.de/nic/update"
> 
>         @property
>         def username(self):
>                 return self.get("username") or self.hostname
> 
>         @property
>         def password(self):
>                 return self.get("password") or self.token
> 
> to the new update setting:
> 
>         url = "https://update.spdyn.de/nic/update"
> 
>         @property
>         def username(self):
>                 return self.get("username") or self.hostname
> 
>         @property
>         def password(self):
>                 return self.get("password") or self.token
> 
> big thx, 5p9

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Re: SPDNS DDNS Update

[5p9]

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Hi,

sorry, i dont have a git-system in the moment to send a patch for this
modification :(

BR, Thomas

Am 07.06.2016 um 16:24 schrieb Michael Tremer:
> Would you want to send a patch for this?
> 
> On Tue, 2016-06-07 at 15:22 +0200, 5p9 wrote:
>> Hi @ all,
>>
>> please change spdns url in line 1456
>> /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ddns/providers.py script.
>>
>> https://github.com/ipfire/ddns/blob/master/src/ddns/providers.py
>>
>>
>>
>> from old update setting:
>>
>>         url = "https://update.spdns.de/nic/update"
>>
>>         @property
>>         def username(self):
>>                 return self.get("username") or self.hostname
>>
>>         @property
>>         def password(self):
>>                 return self.get("password") or self.token
>>
>> to the new update setting:
>>
>>         url = "https://update.spdyn.de/nic/update"
>>
>>         @property
>>         def username(self):
>>                 return self.get("username") or self.hostname
>>
>>         @property
>>         def password(self):
>>                 return self.get("password") or self.token
>>
>> big thx, 5p9

Re: SPDNS DDNS Update

[Michael Tremer]

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Please test this:

http://lists.ipfire.org/pipermail/ddns/2016-June/000024.html

On Tue, 2016-06-07 at 16:28 +0200, 5p9 wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> sorry, i dont have a git-system in the moment to send a patch for this
> modification :(
> 
> BR, Thomas
> 
> Am 07.06.2016 um 16:24 schrieb Michael Tremer:
> > 
> > Would you want to send a patch for this?
> > 
> > On Tue, 2016-06-07 at 15:22 +0200, 5p9 wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hi @ all,
> > > 
> > > please change spdns url in line 1456
> > > /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ddns/providers.py script.
> > > 
> > > https://github.com/ipfire/ddns/blob/master/src/ddns/providers.py
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > from old update setting:
> > > 
> > >         url = "https://update.spdns.de/nic/update"
> > > 
> > >         @property
> > >         def username(self):
> > >                 return self.get("username") or self.hostname
> > > 
> > >         @property
> > >         def password(self):
> > >                 return self.get("password") or self.token
> > > 
> > > to the new update setting:
> > > 
> > >         url = "https://update.spdyn.de/nic/update"
> > > 
> > >         @property
> > >         def username(self):
> > >                 return self.get("username") or self.hostname
> > > 
> > >         @property
> > >         def password(self):
> > >                 return self.get("password") or self.token
> > > 
> > > big thx, 5p9

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Re: SPDNS DDNS Update

[5p9]

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Hi,

i change it manually in the py and run perfect, thx for your update ;)

Thomas

Am 07.06.2016 um 16:35 schrieb Michael Tremer:
> Please test this:
> 
> http://lists.ipfire.org/pipermail/ddns/2016-June/000024.html
> 
> On Tue, 2016-06-07 at 16:28 +0200, 5p9 wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> sorry, i dont have a git-system in the moment to send a patch for this
>> modification :(
>>
>> BR, Thomas
>>
>> Am 07.06.2016 um 16:24 schrieb Michael Tremer:
>>>
>>> Would you want to send a patch for this?
>>>
>>> On Tue, 2016-06-07 at 15:22 +0200, 5p9 wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi @ all,
>>>>
>>>> please change spdns url in line 1456
>>>> /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ddns/providers.py script.
>>>>
>>>> https://github.com/ipfire/ddns/blob/master/src/ddns/providers.py
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> from old update setting:
>>>>
>>>>         url = "https://update.spdns.de/nic/update"
>>>>
>>>>         @property
>>>>         def username(self):
>>>>                 return self.get("username") or self.hostname
>>>>
>>>>         @property
>>>>         def password(self):
>>>>                 return self.get("password") or self.token
>>>>
>>>> to the new update setting:
>>>>
>>>>         url = "https://update.spdyn.de/nic/update"
>>>>
>>>>         @property
>>>>         def username(self):
>>>>                 return self.get("username") or self.hostname
>>>>
>>>>         @property
>>>>         def password(self):
>>>>                 return self.get("password") or self.token
>>>>
>>>> big thx, 5p9

Re: SPDNS DDNS Update

[Michael Tremer]

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Stefan, please review this too and merge if ok.

Tested-by: Thomas Berthel <5p9(a)ipfire.org>

-Michael

On Tue, 2016-06-07 at 16:38 +0200, 5p9 wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i change it manually in the py and run perfect, thx for your update ;)
> 
> Thomas
> 
> Am 07.06.2016 um 16:35 schrieb Michael Tremer:
> > 
> > Please test this:
> > 
> > http://lists.ipfire.org/pipermail/ddns/2016-June/000024.html
> > 
> > On Tue, 2016-06-07 at 16:28 +0200, 5p9 wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > sorry, i dont have a git-system in the moment to send a patch for this
> > > modification :(
> > > 
> > > BR, Thomas
> > > 
> > > Am 07.06.2016 um 16:24 schrieb Michael Tremer:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Would you want to send a patch for this?
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, 2016-06-07 at 15:22 +0200, 5p9 wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hi @ all,
> > > > > 
> > > > > please change spdns url in line 1456
> > > > > /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ddns/providers.py script.
> > > > > 
> > > > > https://github.com/ipfire/ddns/blob/master/src/ddns/providers.py
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > from old update setting:
> > > > > 
> > > > >         url = "https://update.spdns.de/nic/update"
> > > > > 
> > > > >         @property
> > > > >         def username(self):
> > > > >                 return self.get("username") or self.hostname
> > > > > 
> > > > >         @property
> > > > >         def password(self):
> > > > >                 return self.get("password") or self.token
> > > > > 
> > > > > to the new update setting:
> > > > > 
> > > > >         url = "https://update.spdyn.de/nic/update"
> > > > > 
> > > > >         @property
> > > > >         def username(self):
> > > > >                 return self.get("username") or self.hostname
> > > > > 
> > > > >         @property
> > > > >         def password(self):
> > > > >                 return self.get("password") or self.token
> > > > > 
> > > > > big thx, 5p9

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Re: SPDNS DDNS Update

[Michael Tremer]

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@Stefan: Please merge this and any remaining patches and tag a release.

This did not make it to go into Core Update 103 now and I do not think that it
is necessary to delay those changes any longer.

-Michael

On Tue, 2016-06-07 at 15:39 +0100, Michael Tremer wrote:
> Stefan, please review this too and merge if ok.
> 
> Tested-by: Thomas Berthel <5p9(a)ipfire.org>
> 
> -Michael
> 
> On Tue, 2016-06-07 at 16:38 +0200, 5p9 wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > i change it manually in the py and run perfect, thx for your update ;)
> > 
> > Thomas
> > 
> > Am 07.06.2016 um 16:35 schrieb Michael Tremer:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Please test this:
> > > 
> > > http://lists.ipfire.org/pipermail/ddns/2016-June/000024.html
> > > 
> > > On Tue, 2016-06-07 at 16:28 +0200, 5p9 wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > sorry, i dont have a git-system in the moment to send a patch for this
> > > > modification :(
> > > > 
> > > > BR, Thomas
> > > > 
> > > > Am 07.06.2016 um 16:24 schrieb Michael Tremer:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Would you want to send a patch for this?
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Tue, 2016-06-07 at 15:22 +0200, 5p9 wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Hi @ all,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > please change spdns url in line 1456
> > > > > > /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ddns/providers.py script.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > https://github.com/ipfire/ddns/blob/master/src/ddns/providers.py
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > from old update setting:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >         url = "https://update.spdns.de/nic/update"
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >         @property
> > > > > >         def username(self):
> > > > > >                 return self.get("username") or self.hostname
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >         @property
> > > > > >         def password(self):
> > > > > >                 return self.get("password") or self.token
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > to the new update setting:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >         url = "https://update.spdyn.de/nic/update"
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >         @property
> > > > > >         def username(self):
> > > > > >                 return self.get("username") or self.hostname
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >         @property
> > > > > >         def password(self):
> > > > > >                 return self.get("password") or self.token
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > big thx, 5p9
> _______________________________________________
> ddns mailing list
> ddns(a)lists.ipfire.org
> http://lists.ipfire.org/mailman/listinfo/ddns

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Re: SPDNS DDNS Update

[Stefan Schantl]

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Hello Michael,

patch has been merged and I also tagged a new release (ddns-010).

I also updated the dynDNS client in IPFire 2 to the new release and
added it to core update 104 so it will be shipped.

Best regards,

-Stefan
> @Stefan: Please merge this and any remaining patches and tag a
> release.
> 
> This did not make it to go into Core Update 103 now and I do not
> think that it
> is necessary to delay those changes any longer.
> 
> -Michael
> 
> On Tue, 2016-06-07 at 15:39 +0100, Michael Tremer wrote:
> > 
> > Stefan, please review this too and merge if ok.
> > 
> > Tested-by: Thomas Berthel <5p9(a)ipfire.org>
> > 
> > -Michael
> > 
> > On Tue, 2016-06-07 at 16:38 +0200, 5p9 wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > i change it manually in the py and run perfect, thx for your
> > > update ;)
> > > 
> > > Thomas
> > > 
> > > Am 07.06.2016 um 16:35 schrieb Michael Tremer:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Please test this:
> > > > 
> > > > http://lists.ipfire.org/pipermail/ddns/2016-June/000024.html
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, 2016-06-07 at 16:28 +0200, 5p9 wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > 
> > > > > sorry, i dont have a git-system in the moment to send a patch
> > > > > for this
> > > > > modification :(
> > > > > 
> > > > > BR, Thomas
> > > > > 
> > > > > Am 07.06.2016 um 16:24 schrieb Michael Tremer:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Would you want to send a patch for this?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On Tue, 2016-06-07 at 15:22 +0200, 5p9 wrote:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Hi @ all,
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > please change spdns url in line 1456
> > > > > > > /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ddns/providers.py
> > > > > > > script.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > https://github.com/ipfire/ddns/blob/master/src/ddns/provi
> > > > > > > ders.py
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > from old update setting:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >         url = "https://update.spdns.de/nic/update"
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >         @property
> > > > > > >         def username(self):
> > > > > > >                 return self.get("username") or
> > > > > > > self.hostname
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >         @property
> > > > > > >         def password(self):
> > > > > > >                 return self.get("password") or self.token
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > to the new update setting:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >         url = "https://update.spdyn.de/nic/update"
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >         @property
> > > > > > >         def username(self):
> > > > > > >                 return self.get("username") or
> > > > > > > self.hostname
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >         @property
> > > > > > >         def password(self):
> > > > > > >                 return self.get("password") or self.token
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > big thx, 5p9
> > _______________________________________________
> > ddns mailing list
> > ddns(a)lists.ipfire.org
> > http://lists.ipfire.org/mailman/listinfo/ddns

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