Adding a subdomain pointing at a server on a dynamic IP?

May 4, 2014 3.3k views
CWinthrop
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CWinthrop
Along with the 5 droplets I have through DigitalOcean, I host a small server at home on a dynamic IP address. Is there any way to set that server up as a subdomain on my primary domain (kjsr.net), with the dynamic IP address? And if so, how would I go about setting up things so it updates the IP the subdomain automatically? I already have a DynDNS acount, but their prices are going up drastically this year, so I'd prefer moving the server under my own domain completely.
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rpaskowitz May 4, 2014
For a quick solution, I'd recommend http://freedns.afraid.org/; there you can get a free sub-domain and a simple script which will update the DNS record with them, then you can create a CNAME on your own domain pointing to the free sub-domain.

Alternatively, with a bit more work, you could use the DigitalOcean API to update an A record for your DNS.
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