DynDNS - GoDaddy

AndrewZ · Mar 30, 2018, 2:43 PM

Updated today to 2.4.3 and configured DynDNS with GoDaddy - works great, thanks to devs.

jnewman33 · Apr 2, 2018, 9:06 PM

Andrew-

I am hoping to set up DDNS with a GoDaddy hosted domain. Is this what you did?

James

SammyWoo · Apr 2, 2018, 10:17 PM

While it's technically not required that you register your domain with whoever is handling your DDNS, I'd say it's certainly common and easier to do so.

jnewman33 · Apr 4, 2018, 1:43 PM

Sammy and Andrew-

Thanks for the replies. Since the DNS is being handled at GoDaddy I would like to use the PfSense included support for that service. I am confused by pfSense dialog that requires both a host and domain entry as well as the API information required in order to complete.

Can either of you provide some guidance? I am sure its very simple but I cant seem to figure it out!

Thanks,
James

SammyWoo · Apr 4, 2018, 6:16 PM

Dude, think like a child and don't be afraid to experiment until it works, nothing is gonna blow up promise.

host-domain, the first line of instruction tells you: myhost.dyndns.org, if you don't have a host just leave it blank.

API from GoDaddy, u will have to get this from the GoDaddy, have you inquire? this is to identify you, 'cuz GoDaddy is not going to do anything until you identify yourself properly.

AndrewZ · Apr 4, 2018, 6:50 PM

Almost everything is configured straight forward…

On godaddy web site:

navigate to your DNS control panel and create a host (A-record) like 'myserver' with dummy IP (this is how I did, not sure that was mandatory)
go to https://developer.godaddy.com and create an API key/token

On pfSense router:

add DynDNS provider of type "GoDaddy"
enter separately hostname and domain, i.e. myserver mydomain.com
enter API data, key and token (twice)
set TTL !

jnewman33 · Apr 4, 2018, 6:52 PM

Sammy and Andrew-

Thanks for both your replies. Using info from both I was able to get it working properly.

Thanks,

James

Diggy · Sep 10, 2019, 3:32 AM

I followed these instructions and it is not working. I'm running pfSense 2.4.4-p3. On the DDNS setup page in pfSense I used the API Key for the username and the Key's Secret for the password. Is this not correct? Any help is appreciated.

Diggy · Sep 10, 2019, 4:07 PM

I found the problem. I set the TTL too low. The minimum TTL that GoDaddy allows is 600 seconds.