dmedyn

DMEDyn

DNS Made Easy - Dynamic DNS updater.

This simple script updates your DNSMadeEasy account with your current IP address.

Basic operation

• Check the current outward facing IP address by alling ipify.org (this can be changed in settings)
• If the IP has changed...
• Update each domain A record with the new IP
• If we are in --daemon mode, goto 1.

Installation and usage

Use NPM to download the script:

sudo npm install -g dmedyn

Create a ~/.dmedyn.json file containing your site configuration such as the below example:

{
	"username": "yourUsername",
	"password": "yourPassword",
	"domains": {
		"domain1.com": 11111111,
		"subdomain.somewhere.com": 22222222
	}
}

Running DMEDyn

Running in the foreground

Run dmedyn to update your IP just once:

dmedyn

Running as a Daemon with Forever

To use dmedyn within a process container like forever, run dmedyn in --daemon mode:

forever start `which dmedyn` -vd

The which dmedync bit is because forever needs to know the path of the actual JS file to monitor it.

Running as a Daemon with PM2

To use dmedyn within a process container like pm2, run dmedyn in --daemon mode:

pm2 start `which dmedyn` --name dmedyn -- -vd

The which dmedync bit is because PM2 needs to know the path of the actual JS file to monitor it.