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Do you offer a DynDNS solution?

Yes, via cPanel you have access to a feature for management of dynamic DNS records (DynDNS, DDNS).

DynDNS records can be used e.g. for pointing a subdomain towards a server or an office network where the public IP address changes from time to time.

If you want to use the feature for dynamic DNS via cPanel, your domain must use our DNS servers.

To create a dynamic DNS record, follow these steps:

  1. Begin by logging on to cPanel.
  2. Find the icon Dynamic DNS under Domains.
  3. Then, click the Create button to start adding a subdomain which you will use for the dynamic DNS feature.
  4. Now you’ll get to create the DNS record.

    Make a few choices:
    • Under Dynamic DNS Domain, in the left box, enter the subdomain you want to use. In the dropdown menu to the right, select the domain you want to create the subdomain on. In this example, we’ve set dyndns as the subdomain and selected exempel.se as the domain. The complete dynamic DNS record will therefore be dyndns.exempel.se.
    • Optional: If you want to, you can click Manually Enter An IP Address and enter an IP address which the dynamic DNS record should point at from the beginning.
    • Optional: Enter a description for the DNS record (e.g. an identifier telling where it points, such as “Office”).
    • Finally, click the Create button once you’re done.
  5. You will now be redirected back to the landing page for the dynamic DNS feature. The DNS record you just created will be visible in the table a bit down on the page.

    The URL you see in the column URL can now be used to update the dynamic DNS record. Access it somehow (via a web browser, cURL, wget, or any other way you fancy) from a device located on the network using the public IP address you want it to point at to update the record.

If the domain in the URL field does not point to one of our servers, you can replace it with the server name on which your web hosting account is located. If you don’t know the server name, you can find out according to these instructions. In the example above, “exempel.se” can be replaced with the server name.

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