dynhost-ovh

A simple (cron) script to update DynHost on OVH hosting

Prerequisites

This script works with two linux commands : curl and dig. If you do not have the dig you must install it from the package "dnsutils" :

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install curl dnsutils

How to use

1. Download the dynhost.sh script and put it in the folder /etc/cron.hourly (to check every hour)
2. Add execution permissions to file : chmod +x dynhost.sh
3. Modify the script with variables : HOST, LOGIN, PASSWORD
   • HOST='YOUR_DOMAINE_NAME'
   • LOGIN='YOUR_LOGIN'
   • PASSWORD='YOUR_PASSWORD'

How it works

1. The command dig is used to retrieve the IP address of your domain name.
2. The command curl (with the website ifconfig.me/ip) is used to retrieve the current public IP address of your machine.
3. The two IPs are compared and if necessary a curl command to OVH is used to update your DynHost with your current public IP address.

Project

project forked and modified from https://github.com/yjajkiew/dynhost-ovh (Yann Jajkiewicz)