====== Dynamic DNS Service SPDNS (spdns.de) with ddclient for Windows ======

Tested under Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation.

**Update 20160616:** New URL address for the Updateserver **''update.spdyn.de''** and **''checkip.spdyn.de''**

===== Software =====

[[http://www.randomnoun.com/wp/2013/08/19/a-dynamic-dns-client-for-windows/|ddclient, a dynamic DNS client for Windows.]]

===== Configuration =====

Create a free SPDNS account first! You need the account information during the setup procedure of ddclient.
[[https://spdns.de/profile/register/|Register a SPDNS account]]

Login into your SPDNS account and setup a new Host (5 are free).

You can choose your subdomain name (red box), a DNS Name of choice (green box), host type (IPv4 or IPv6) and set the IP to a initial value (default is the public IP of the machine you are using). This IP will be updated by the ddclient updater later.

{{ :dokumentationen:dynamicdns:spdns-host-setup.png?640 |SPDNS host setup}}


Install ddclient for Windows. You can enter some of the configuration details during the installation but **__you have to edit the config file__ after the installation!**

**Attention:** New URL address for the Updateserver **''update.spdyn.de''** and **''checkip.spdyn.de''**

{{ :dokumentationen:dynamicdns:ddclient-setup.png?513 |ddclient setup}}

{{ :dokumentationen:dynamicdns:ddclient-setup2.png?513 |ddclient setup}}

In Windows Server 2012 R2 the default installation path to the config file is ''C:\Program Files (x86)\ddclient\ddclient.conf'' (check your installation location). Open it in notepad.exe or a text editor of your choice.

You have to replace all ''<SOMETHING>'' fields with your SPDNS account information.

<code bash>
# ddclient.conf
#
daemon=5m
use=web
web=checkip.spdyn.de
server=update.spdyn.de
protocol=dyndns2  login=<YOUR-LOGINNAME-HERE>, password=<YOUR-PASSWORD-HERE> <YOUR-DNS-NAME-HERE>.spdns.de
ssl=no

</code>

After you changed the config file settings **__you have to restart the ddclient service__**.

{{ :dokumentationen:dynamicdns:ddclient-windows-service.png?640 |restart ddclient windows service}}

Check your SPDNS Host Log if everything is working ok.

{{ :dokumentationen:dynamicdns:spdns-host-log.png?640 |SPDNS Host Log}}