[HOW-TO] Xbian and dynamic DNS

[dentaku65]

Hi,
here is a small guide in order to install a dynamic dns service on Xbian.
This is a revision of my old gude about it posted on ubuntu forums

The service is free, let's start.

First of all register your account on Freedns:
http://freedns.afraid.org/menu/
Freedns offer a bunch of domain names I choose ignorelist.com:
Assume that you register: <your_host>.ignorelist.com

Install inadyn:

Code:

sudo apt-get install inadyn curl

Once logged on open the url:
http://freedns.afraid.org/dynamic/
Select the link Direct URL beside <your_host>.ignorelist.com
Copy everything from the right of the ? in the browser address bar (alphanumeric string) something like 30ExSWg5MTRoMnB6XXZBUXZQ9999BTkxODQxNI==

Create configuration file of inadyn:

Code:

sudo nano /etc/inadyn.conf

And save this content:

Code:

--username <your_username>
--password <your_password>
--update_period 60000
--forced_update_period 320000
--alias <your_host>.ignorelist.com,alphanumeric string
--background
--dyndns_system default@freedns.afraid.org
--syslog

Add inadyn to crontab:

Code:

export EDITOR=nano && sudo crontab -e

Edit the file to add the following line and save:

Code:

@reboot /usr/sbin/inadyn

Reboot your PI
ping <your_host>.ignorelist.com
Done!