godaddy.md

GoDaddy

Configuration

Example

{
  "settings": [
    {
      "provider": "godaddy",
      "domain": "domain.com",
      "host": "@",
      "key": "key",
      "secret": "secret",
      "ip_version": "ipv4",
      "ipv6_suffix": ""
    }
  ]
}

Compulsory parameters

• "domain"
• "host" is your host and can be a subdomain, "@" or "*" generally
• "key"
• "secret"

Optional parameters

• "ip_version" can be ipv4 (A records), or ipv6 (AAAA records) or ipv4 or ipv6 (update one of the two, depending on the public ip found). It defaults to ipv4 or ipv6.
• "ipv6_suffix" is the IPv6 interface identifiersuffix to use. It can be for example 0:0:0:0:72ad:8fbb:a54e:bedd/64. If left empty, it defaults to no suffix and the raw public IPv6 address obtained is used in the record updating.

Domain setup

1. Login to https://developer.godaddy.com/keys with your account credentials.

1. Generate a Test key and secret.

1. Generate a Production key and secret.

Obtain the key and secret of that production key.

In this example, the key is dLP4WKz5PdkS_GuUDNigHcLQFpw4CWNwAQ5 and the secret is GuUFdVFj8nJ1M79RtdwmkZ.

Testing

1. Go to https://dcc.godaddy.com/manage/yourdomain.com/dns (replace yourdomain.com)

   

2. Change the IP address to 127.0.0.1

3. Run the ddns-updater

4. Refresh the Godaddy webpage to check the update occurred.