Marcs Updater - Request - April 14, 2014

There have been some reports about issues with the Updater not updating anymore. Please try the latest beta version and switch to another IP Check provider instead of the previous default dnsomatic.com. For some reason they are rate-limiting the number of requests to their service. The new IP Check provider selection allows you to choose another provider in such cases. You can test the functionality with the new "Test" panel.

If you want to add a custom provider to the unstable testing version, store a JSON file like the following under %PROGRAMDATA%\Marcs Updater\ServiceProviders\dyndns.json:

{
    "name": "DynDNS.org (Test)",
    "endpoint": "https://members.dyndns.org/nic/update",
    "method": "GET",
    "queryString": "hostname={HOSTNAME}&myip={MYIP}",
    "dataPayload": "",
    "defaults": {
        "username": "test",
        "password": "test",
        "hostname": "test1.customtest.dyndns.org"
    }
}

Supported query and payload tags are {USERNAME}, {PASSWORD}, {HOSTNAME} and {MYIP}. Restart the background service and foreground application to apply any changes.

Request created on April 14, 2014

Posted on April 14, 2014 6 a.m.

Oli wrote:

Hey Marc, could you please add the option for us to add additional DDNS Services using a conf file.

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Posted on April 14, 2014 2:08 p.m.

RotBlitz wrote:

Isn't this what you would cover by using DNS-O-Matic (https://www.dnsomatic.com/) with Marc's Updater?

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Posted on May 2, 2014 10:28 a.m.

idc wrote:

Actually, no. DNS-O-Matic only supports some of the DDNS services and I've been begging them to add additional DDNS which they haven't done so.

This also eliminates the need to rely on a middleman to update my DDNS hostnames as I would be able to specify my custom DDNS and update them directly from Marcs Updater.

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