Free DDNS with Cloudflare and a cronjob
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Free DDNS with Cloudflare and a cronjob
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Re: Free DDNS with Cloudflare and a cronjob
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Re: Free DDNS with Cloudflare and a cronjob
#3If you too are tired of relying on outdated software from paid services like NoIP and DynDNS, and are in need for a reliable way to manage your home server with your own domain name, try this simple script with a free Cloudflare account. It just gets the job done...
Re: Free DDNS with Cloudflare and a cronjob
#4This is a pretty nice option for Cloudflare domains. An alternative I use is DomainConnect, which provides free DDNS but the main backer of it is GoDaddy so I had to leave the domain I use it with registered there.
Re: Free DDNS with Cloudflare and a cronjob
#5I would have thought that most people who need this today (e.g. those who were using Google Domains DDNS) already have ddclient installed.
ddclient already works with Cloudflare: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how...
Re: Free DDNS with Cloudflare and a cronjob
#6I built the exact same thing 5 years ago and I'm using it daily since then. I never have any problems with it. You don't need a config file for it, just a couple of CLI options and you are good to go. You can install it with pip, docker or downloading a binary:
Re: Free DDNS with Cloudflare and a cronjob
#7I built the exact same thing 5 years ago and I'm using it daily since then. I never have any problems with it. You don't need a config file for it, just a couple of CLI options and you are good to go. You can install it with pip, docker or downloading a binary: https://github.com/kissgyorgy/cloudflare-dyndns
You’re the redbean-docker guy!
Re: Free DDNS with Cloudflare and a cronjob
#8Seems to rely on https://api.ipify.org/ to determine public IP.
Is there any Cloudflare service one can use to determine the IP instead? That way there’s not an extra company in addition to Cloudflare itself that you need to continue existing.
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#9Nice idea, to note Cloudflare supports tunneling.
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#10Instead of using DDNS, I have been using Cloudflare tunnels to expose my home services to the internet. The setup is much simpler and it seems like it's more secure too
You specify a port and point it to a subdomain and it just immediately works, no maintenance necessary. The daemon only needs to be installed once with a simple terminal command