nsd-dyndns

Introduction

nsd-dyndns is a simple script that adds dynamic DNS dunctionality to NSD (authoritative DNS name server).

Requirements

The following is required or suggested:

OpenBSD (or another BSD or some Linux distro) with HTTPD and NSD installed (pkg_add nsd), configured and running
(sub-)domain for your webserver. Needed for updating the NS record of your actual DynDNS domain.
- In this example: update.example.com
(sub-)domain that is updated dynamically.
- In this example: dyn.example.com
A router capable of sending custom GET-requests to your DynDNS server.
- In this example: A FritzBox

Installation

Configure your HTTPD

Add the following new virtual host to your /etc/httpd.conf:

 server "update.example.com" {
        listen on $ext_addr port 80
        root "/htdocs/dyndns"
        log access dyndns.log
}

Create an empty index.html:

# mkdir /var/www/htdocs/dyndns/
# touch /var/www/htdocs/dyndns/update.html

After reloading HTTPD, try to access http://update.example.com/update.html The request should show up in /var/www/logs/dyndns.log

Create a zone file for dyn.example.com

Create a new zone file (e.g. at /var/nsd/zones/dyn.example.com.zone) with the following content

$ORIGIN example.com.
$TTL 300
@       IN      SOA     ns1.example.com.      admin.example.com. (
1524952218
                        300                     ; refresh
                        900                     ; retry
                        1209600                 ; expire
                        1800                    ; ttl
                        )
; Name servers
                    IN      NS      ns1.example.com.
                    IN      NS      ns1.example.com.

; A records
@ IN A 123.123.123.123
update IN A 123.123.123.123
dyn IN A 123.123.123.13

Don't forget to set your own domain names, name servers and ip addresses Furthermore, add this zone file to your /var/nsd/etc/nsd.conf

Configure and Install nsd-dyndns

Copy dyndns.conf-dist to /etc/dyndns.conf
Edit /etc/dyndns.conf to your needs
Copy dyndns.sh to /usr/local/bin/dyndns.sh
Make the script executable:
- # chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/dyndns.sh
Add /usr/local/bin/dyndns.sh to your crontab

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