How to install nsupdate.info on Clear Linux Latest

nsupdate.info is a dynamic DNS client which allows you to update your DNS record by sending a DNS update request to your DNS provider. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install nsupdate.info on Clear Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

• Clear Linux Latest installed on your system
• Terminal access with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install dependencies

First, we need to ensure that our system has all the dependencies required to install nsupdate.info. To do so, open the terminal and run the following command:

sudo swupd bundle-add sysadmin-basic

This command will install the necessary packages required to install nsupdate.info.

Step 2: Download nsupdate.info

Next, we need to download the nsupdate.info source code. To do so, run the following command in your terminal:

wget https://nsupdate.info/nsupdate.info-2.2.tar.gz

This will download the nsupdate.info source code in a compressed tarball file.

Step 3: Extract nsupdate.info

Once the download is complete, we need to extract the nsupdate.info source code from the tarball file. To do so, run the following command:

tar -zxvf nsupdate.info-2.2.tar.gz

This will extract the nsupdate.info source code to a new directory named nsupdate.info-2.2.

Step 4: Install nsupdate.info

Now that we have extracted the nsupdate.info source code, we can proceed with the installation process. To install nsupdate.info, we need to run the following commands:

cd nsupdate.info-2.2
sudo make install

This will install nsupdate.info on your system.

Step 5: Configure nsupdate.info

Once nsupdate.info is installed, we need to configure it to update our DNS record. To do so, we need to create a configuration file called nsupdate.info.conf in the /etc directory. You can create this file by running the following command:

sudo touch /etc/nsupdate.info.conf

Then, open the file with your preferred text editor and add the following lines:

server https://update.nsupdate.info/
domain example.com
key mysecretkey

Here, replace example.com with your domain name and mysecretkey with your nsupdate.info API key.

Step 6: Start nsupdate.info

Now that we have configured nsupdate.info, we can start it using the following command:

sudo nsupdate.info

This will start nsupdate.info and update your DNS record according to the configuration specified in the nsupdate.info.conf file.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured nsupdate.info on Clear Linux Latest.

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