hetzner-dyndns service

Service providing an API to update a specific DNS entry.

API

generate config entry:

https://YOUR_HOST/dns/generate/HETZNER_API_TOKEN/ZONE_NAME/RECORD_TYPE/RECORD_NAME

update record:

https://YOUR_HOST/dns/update/KEY/NEW_IP

update multiple records (set MAX_UPDATES_PER_GET env variable, default=2):

https://YOUR_HOST/dns/update/KEY/NEW_IP[/KEY2/VALUE2]

create config.yaml entry

• generate config entry
• append output to hetzner-dyndns/config.yaml
• set DISABLE_GENERATE=1 env variable in docker compose file
• restart service

fritzbox configuration

• go to Internet / Permit Access / DynDNS
• check Use DynDNS
• select User-defined
• set Update URL to https://YOUR_HOST/dns/update/<pass>/<ipaddr> (<ip6addr> for AAAA record)
• set Domain name to RECORD_NAME.ZONE_NAME
• set Username to ZONE_NAME
• set Password to KEY (first line of generate output without :)

opnsense ddclient configuration

• select Custom as Service
• select DynDns2 as Protocol
• set Server to YOUR_HOST
• set Username to ZONE_NAME
• set Password to KEY (first line of generate output without :)
• untick Wildcard
• set Hostname(s) to RECORD_NAME.ZONE_NAME
• tick Force SSL

additional configuration files

nginx config example (site.conf file in nginx/config folder), replace YOUR_CERTPATH and YOUR_HOST:

ssl_certificate /YOUR_CERTPATH/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /YOUR_CERTPATH/privkey.pem;

server {
    server_name YOUR_HOST;
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    listen [::]:443 ssl http2;

    location /dns/ {
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_pass http://hetzner-dyndns:8888/;
    }

    location /nic/ {
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_pass http://hetzner-dyndns:8888;
    }
}

## CATCH ALL: REDIRECT
server {
    server_name _;
    listen 80 default_server;
    listen [::]:80 default_server;
    listen 443 ssl http2 default_server;
    listen [::]:443 ssl http2 default_server;

    location / {
        return 301 https://YOUR_HOST$request_uri;
    }
}

docker compose example:

version: "3"
services:
  nginx:
    container_name: nginx
    depends_on:
      - hetzner-dyndns
    image: nginx:mainline
    networks:
      - nginx
    ports:
      - 80:80
      - 443:443
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - ./nginx/config:/etc/nginx/conf.d:ro

  hetzner-dyndns:
    build: https://github.com/jesseklm/hetzner-dyndns.git
    container_name: hetzner-dyndns
    environment:
      - DISABLE_GENERATE=1 # set after config creation
      # - MAX_UPDATES_PER_GET=3 # default=2
    networks:
      - nginx
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - ./hetzner-dyndns/config.yaml:/usr/src/app/config.yaml:ro

networks:
  nginx: