Dynamic DNS Updater for Digital Ocean using API version 2.

Purpose

Bash script which dynamically updates an 'A' record on Digital Oceans domain server. This script is useful in case of a sticky IP. This script uses Digital Ocean's version 2 API.

Usage

Before we proceed, make sure python is installed.

1. Download and Open the updater.sh and set the following parameters:

   TOKEN=""
   RECORD_ID=""
   DOMAIN_NAME=""
   

2. In the terminal set the following permissions chmod 700 updater.sh to be able to execute the script.
3. Add this script to cron, if you want to run periodically. See the section on Cron.

Cron

To have this script running periodically you must add this script to your crontab. To list all the current crontab jobs do crontab -l and to edit the crontab jobs write crontab -e in your terminal.

For example, the command for running this script every 2 hours:

* */2 * * * path_to_updater/updater.sh

See also

• Digital Ocean API v2 - Update a domain record
• Ben Squire's repository for a similar script written in Python.