How to install No-IP on Ubuntu

Table of contents

• How to compile the No-IP Client
• How to configure the No-IP Client

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How to compile the No-IP Client

• Install build-essential

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get -y install build-essential
  

• Download and install the No-IP Client

    cd /usr/local/src/
    sudo wget http://www.noip.com/client/linux/noip-duc-linux.tar.gz
    sudo tar xvfz noip-duc-linux.tar.gz
    cd noip-{xxxx}
    sudo make install
  

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How to configure the No-IP Client

• Create the No-IP daemon

    sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/noip2.service
  

    [Unit]
    Description=No-Ip Dynamic DNS Update Service
    After=network.target
  
    [Service]
    Type=forking
    ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/noip2
  
    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target
  

• Start the No-IP service

    sudo systemctl daemon-reload
    sudo systemctl enable noip2
    sudo systemctl start noip2