Technical Tip: How to configure a third party DDNS service
Description
This article describes how to configure a third party DDNS service.
This scenario assumes that a DDNS service contract is already active and all the parameters from the third party DDNS service are available.
Solution
Execute the following commands from CLI.
Add the below vendors DDNS on the FortiGate.
'ddnsservice.com' is the name of the DDNS server from the DDNS service provider.
'hostname' is the name assigned to the FortiGate.
'username' is the user account for the DDNS service provided by the DDNS service provider.
'password'is the password of the account for the DDNS service provided by the DDNS service provider.
This article describes how to configure a third party DDNS service.
This scenario assumes that a DDNS service contract is already active and all the parameters from the third party DDNS service are available.
Solution
Execute the following commands from CLI.
# config system ddnswhere:
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set monitor-interface "wan1"
set ddns-server ddnsservice.example
set ddns-domain "hostname"
set ddns-username "username"
set ddns-password password
Add the below vendors DDNS on the FortiGate.
dyndns.org <----- Members.dyndns.org and dnsalias.com.'wan1' is the WAN interface bound to the DDNS service.
dyns.net <----- www.dyns.net.
tzo.com <----- rh.tzo.com.
vavic.com <----- Peanut Hull.
dipdns.net <----- dipdnsserver.dipdns.com.
now.net.cn <----- ip.todayisp.com.
dhs.org <----- Members.dhs.org.
easydns.com <----- Members.easydns.com.
genericDDNS <----- Generic DDNS based on RFC2136.
FortiGuardDDNS <----- FortiGuard DDNS service.
noip.com <----- dynupdate.no-ip.com.
'ddnsservice.com' is the name of the DDNS server from the DDNS service provider.
'hostname' is the name assigned to the FortiGate.
'username' is the user account for the DDNS service provided by the DDNS service provider.
'password'is the password of the account for the DDNS service provided by the DDNS service provider.
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