HowTo: Install Inadyn in CentOS 5.1

15Mar08

Drop to the tmp directory and download the Inadyn zip file.

cd /tmp

wget http://cdn.dyndns.com/inadyn.zip

Unzip the file and copy the linux version of the inadyn file located in /bin/linux to the /usr/bin directory.

unzip inadyn.zip

cp inadyn/bin/linux/inadyn /usr/bin/inadyn

We must change the file permission

chmod 755 /usr/bin/inadyn

Create or edit the configuration file for inadyn

nano /etc/inadyn.conf

In the inadyn.conf file must look something like this.

--username          yourdyndnsusername

--password          yourdyndnspassword

--alias                yoursite1.dyndns.com

--alias                yoursite2.dyndns.com

--update_period   6000

--background

Save the configuration file and change the file permission.

chmod 640 /etc/inadyn.conf

Now, we want inadyn to start every time the system rebooted.

export EDITOR=nano

crontab -e

In the crontab, add this at the very first line.

@reboot inadyn

Done! We can run Inadyn instantly by entering inadyn command in the terminal window.


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  1. 1 magischevogel on May 16, 2008 said:

    Thank you for the HwoTo.

    I follow all the steps in the howto, when i reboot the system inadyn update my ip with sucess. But it does’t the update when i restart my router and get a new ipaddress.
    Here is my /etc/inadyn.conf file :

    ## inadyn configuration file
    update_period_sec 300 # Check for a new IP every 600 seconds

    # DynDNS username and password here
    username myusername
    password mypassword

    dyndns_system dyndns@dyndns.org

    ## Dynamic DNS hosts
    alias myhost.homelinux.com

    any help to get my ip checked and updated when changed is appreciated.
    Thanks in adavance.

    BOUDRAA Cheikh

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  2. 2 magischevogel on May 16, 2008 said:

    Problem solved.
    I does some mistakes in the conf file
    Thank you again for the HowTo

    BOUDRAA Cheikh

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  3. 3 Jamestrix on June 1, 2008 said:

    This is very handy to have a step by step guide but do you reboot your linux box once a month so it can update your dyndns record ? Or did you pay for the upgrade so it does not expire each month ?

    I have created before a service in webmin that ran once a week to run the inadyn but on a box that does not have webmin I am a little stuck it would be nice for a quick guide how to setup a cron job to finish this guide

    PS before you add –background to the config you should save your conf and test it by
    running inadyn just to make sure it all works :-)

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  4. 4 port23 on August 22, 2008 said:

    Jamestix:

    Yes, I will always reboot my router once a month. I will post about cron job later. Thanks for visiting my blog.

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  5. 5 Name on March 30, 2009 said:

    The stupid box told me to type here so I did.

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