cloudflare server default not set as documented in help

[dkerr64]

Help text states that cloudflare server is set to api.cloudflare.com/client/v4 by default. It is not... it is set to whatever the last server=xxx statement in the .conf file is... even if for a different service. Only if there is no server= statement will it default to the correct cloudflare URL.

This is caused by ddclient loading some settings into its global config rather than by-service config.

David

[abelbeck]

So the best solution is to document to not set server= for Cloudflare ?

[dkerr64]

I think the best solution is not to document that it defaults to anything, and to document explicitly setting server=api.cloudflare.com/client/v4 in the help text. I ran into this in the past and fixing it is if I remember right is non-trivial. Bottom line is that it appears ddclient was created initially with just handling one service in the .conf file and then whether by accident or design evolved to allow multiple services to be updated... and unless you explicitly set variable=value for a service, it inherits whatever value was set last... not always desirable but that is what it does. David

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[abelbeck]

I think the best solution is not to document that it defaults to anything,

Agreed, since the Cloudflare code requires api.cloudflare.com/client/v4 to work.