Dynamic DNS Updater

Update the IP address of a given domain using the cPanel API 2.

Basic Usage

updater.py -u <username> -p <password> <domain> <sub-domain list> <cpanel url>

Example:

updater.py -u username -p password mydomain.com sub1 sub2 https://my.cpanel.org:2083

TODO: convert to pipenv instead

sudo pip install requests

Create a bin folder in root user's home directory:

sudo mkdir /root/bin

Copy code to the bin directory:

sudo cp updater.py /root/bin

Make the file executable for the root user:

sudo chmod u+x /root/bin/updater.py

Create a parameters file:

sudo touch /root/bin/params

Only root user can read parameters file:

sudo chmod go-r /root/bin/params

Edit the parameters file to contain the account details for your cPanel account:

 -u username -p password example.com sub1 sub2 https://my.cpanel.org:2083

Append the following 2 lines to your /etc/crontab file:

0,15,30,45 * * * * root cd /root/bin && cat params | xargs ./updater.py
@reboot            root cd /root/bin && cat params | xargs ./updater.py