Nsupdate.info is a free Dynamic DNS service that allows you to assign a stable domain name to your dynamic IP address. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install nsupdate.info on NixOS latest version.
The first step is to install Nix package manager on your system. Run the following command on your terminal to install it:
sudo curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
After installing the Nix package manager, we need to add its channels to our system. To do this, run the following command on your terminal:
sudo nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-unstable nixos-nsupdate && sudo nix-channel --update
This will add the nsupdate channel to our system and update the existing channels. Finally, we can install the nsupdate package by running the following command:
sudo nix-env -iA nixos-nsupdate
After the installation is complete, we need to configure nsupdate.info to use our domain name. We can do this by running the following command:
sudo nsupdate setup example.com
Replace "example.com" with your domain name. Follow the on-screen instructions to enter your nsupdate.info account information.
To start the nsupdate.info service, run the following command:
sudo systemctl start nsupdate
You can also enable nsupdate to start automatically during boot by running the following command:
sudo systemctl enable nsupdate
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install nsupdate.info on NixOS latest version. Once configured, nsupdate.info will automatically update your DNS records to point to your current dynamic IP address.
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