RBMTX-Viper Dynamic DNS
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The Dynamic DNS page of RBMTX-Viper router is used to manage DDNS system.
Information
Dynamic DNS version and state can be found in Information section. You can start, stop or restart DDNS system and update DDNS services list using the corresponding buttons.
Services
In Services part user can manage the DDNS services providers.
| Name | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Status of DDNS service (running or not) | |
| Name | Service name | |
| Lookup Hostname / Registered IP | Service lookup hostname and registered IP address (if there are such data) | |
| Enabled | On or Off | Enable or disable the service |
| Last Update / Next Update | Information about service state updates (last and next) |
User can start, stop, edit or delete the service using the corresponding buttons and add new service using Add new services... button.
Below is an example of creating new service window and table with parameters description.
| Name | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Name | ||
| IP address version | ||
| DDNS Service provider |
After pressing the Create service button, the system will go to the configuration of detailed service parameters (tables below)
Basic Settings
| Name | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Enabled | On/Off, default: Off | Enable DDNS service |
| Lookup Hostname | string | Hostname/FQDN to validate, if IP update happen or necessary |
| IP address version | IPv4-Address or IPv6-Address | Defines which IP address is send to the DDNS provider |
| DDNS Service provider | ||
| Domain | string | Replaces [USERNAME] in Update-URL (URL-encoded) |
| Username | string | Replaces [USERNAME] in Update-URL (URL-encoded) |
| Password | string | Replaces [PASSWORD] in Update-URL (URL-encoded) |
| Optional Encoded Parameter | string | Replaces [PARAMENC] in Update-URL (URL-encoded) |
| Optional Parameter | string | Replaces [PARAMOPT] in Update-URL (NOT URL-encoded) |
| Use HTTP Secure | On/Off, default: Off | Enable secure communication with DDNS provider |
| Path to CA-Certificate | path | directory or path/file or IGNORE to run HTTPS without verification of server certificates (insecure). Available only when Use HTTP Secure parameter is On |
Advanced Settings
| Name | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| IP address source | Network, URL, Interface or Script, default: Network | Defines the source to read systems IP-Address from, that will be send to the DDNS provider |
| Network | unspecified, dhcp, gsm or lan, default: unspecified | Defines the network to read systems IP-Address from |
| Event Network | Network on which the ddns-updater scripts will be started. This will be autoset to the selected interface. | |
| Force IP Version | On/Off, default: On | OPTIONAL: Force the usage of pure IPv4/IPv6 only communication. |
| DNS-Server | string | OPTIONAL: Use non-default DNS-Server to detect 'Registered IP'. Format: IP or FQDN |
| PROXY-Server | string in format: [user:password@]proxyhost:port IPv6 address must be given in square brackets: [2001:db8::1]:8080 | OPTIONAL: Proxy-Server for detection and updates. |
| Log to syslog | No logging, Info, Notice, Warning or Error, default: Notice | Writes log messages to syslog. Critical Errors will always be written to syslog. |
| Log to file | On/Off, default: Off | Writes detailed messages to log file. File will be truncated automatically. File: "/var/log/ddns/test.log" |
Timer Settings
| Name | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Check Interval | number, default: 5. Minimum 5 | |
| Check Unit | minutes, hours or days, default: minutes | Interval unit to check for changed IP |
| Force Interval | number, default: 5. Minimum 5, must be higher than Check Interval parameter. If 0 - force the script to only run once | Interval to force updates send to DDNS Provider. |
| Force Unit | minutes, hours or days, default: minutes | Interval unit to force updates send to DDNS Provider |
| Error Retry Counter | number, default: 0 (will retry infinite) | On Error the script will stop execution after given number of retrys |
| Error Retry Interval | number, default: 60. If set to 0 it will retry infinite. | On Error the script will stop execution after given number of retrys |
| Retry Unit | seconds or minutes, default: seconds | On Error the script will retry the failed action after given time |
Log File Viewer
In the Log File Viewer part you can check the current content of the log file in /var/log/ddns for this service.
