This article explains the step to set up and configure the Dynamic DNS for the Linux system. Please follow the steps
- Login to 5centsCDN console.
- Go to SimpleDNS.
- Click the Manage button of your DNS.
- Create an A/AAAA record.
- Click the double arrow symbol nearest to the record.
- Click the Activate button.
- On the redirected page, you can see Perl, Python, PHP scripts.
- You can download one of the scripts.
- Open Terminal in your Linux system and type the command $ crontab -e. It will open your user’s crontab.
- Now you can add the script to the crontab so that the script will execute instantly. For example, you can configure the crontab like this(Explained for Perl scripts)
01 * * * * Perl /home/USER/Downloads/DynamicURL/dynamicurl.pl >/dev/null 2>&1
In this setup, it will execute the script every first minute of every hour. - Save the crontab with ctrl+x, then press the y button.