namecheap and dns o matic
is it possible to update multiple host / subdomain A records in "all hosts" using dnsomatic
i have A records for the following
when i go to add another host i get "You already have a service with that info." so is it possible to update multiple host / subdomains news, www, @
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You should be able to define different services for each different hostname. If not, then this is a glitch with DNS-O-Matic. You better open a support ticket then.
Alternatively, as a workaround, you can create CNAME records at NameCheap to point to the one hostname you're updating.
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I'm having the same problem as the OP. At Namecheap.com I have A records set for www.example.com, server1.example.com and server2.example.com. At dns-o-matic I create a service to update the www host (hostname=www, domain=example.com) but when I try to create another service to update server1 (hostname=server1, domain=example.com) I get "You already have a service with that info."
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namecheaps instructions where to create a wildcard entry in your records have dnsomatic update this record and all records will update
so set a subdomain as * with ip address 127.0.0.1 as an A address point dnsomatic to this address and all A address's will be updated
what i did was to install DDClient on my webserver and have it update all my A records with Namecheap directly
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Added one last night - https://support.opendns.com/requests/148128
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heres an example of my ddclient.cfg file this should give you an idea of how it should look
## update time in 300 seconds
daemon=300
cache=/tmp/ddclient.cache
pid=/var/run/ddclient.pid
use=web, web=checkip.dyndns.com/, web-skip='IP Address'
protocol=namecheap
server=dynamicdns.park-your-domain.com
login=hinchcliffephotography.co.uk
password=***************************************
@.hinchcliffephotography.co.uk, news.hinchcliffephotography.co.uk, www.hinchcliffephotography.co.uk, chvps.hinchcliffephotography.co.uk, mail.hinchcliffephotography.co.uk
protocol=namecheap
server=dynamicdns.park-your-domain.com
login=hopevalleyphotosociety.co.uk
password=****************************************
@.hopevalleyphotosociety.co.uk, www.hopevalleyphotosociety.co.uk -
@sdf
Is there an instruction for a comma separated hostname list? I didn't find one. I believe that the approach is to configure a separate service for each hostname. Did you try this? Does the old original issue still exist that this is not possible?@alanhinchcliffe
You got the wrong thread. This here is about DNS-O-Matic, not about ddclient. -
thanks rotblitz
i have tried "," and "-a" and i have also tried to set up another dnsomatic with the same credentials but changing "@" with "www" but dnsomatic said that account already exited
i am using Namecheap ddns on windows for the time being untill i can get dnsomatic to update subdomains
cheers
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Namecheap supports wildcard subdomains. Create a cname record under your domain using * for the hostname and pointing to a dummy IP. Configure a dnsomatic entry for your domain with * as the hostname and configure your DDNS client using all.dnsomatic.com for the hostname. dnsomatic will update your cname record IP with the IP of your DDNS client and anysubdomain.example.com will be redirected there.
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@sdf
if there's still the message that the Namecheap account already exists and the comma separated list of hostnames doesn't work, then this is still a bug at DNS-O-Matic, and you should raise a support ticket with OpenDNS. DNS-O-Matic should allow to update multiple Namecheap hostnames, the one way or the other. -
I am using the configuration I described in my previous comment to connect to my Synology Diskstation server. To avoid having to use port numbers, log into your DSM as admin and go to control panel > application portal. Select an application (e.g. file station) > edit. Select 'enable customized alias' and give it a name (e.g. files) and check the box next to 'redirect from xxx'. Now you may access file statiion by the url server.mydomain.com/files without the port number.
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I also have this problem. I can't use a CNAME record as a workaround because I need 2 A records. One is prioritized behind a URL record which hijacks the IP, and I need the second A record to point directly to the IP of my server. I had to do some serious hackery to get around port 80 without having the ports displayed in the web address bar. I opened a bug report.
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So I stumbled upon this same error and had started a different thread. Yes it's an error on OpenDNS's side. When using NameCheap there is no way to update more than one A-record coming from DNS-o-matic. DNS-o-matic admits it is unsupported, and further admits there are no plans to fix it. See my thread here: https://support.opendns.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115000587527
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