DDCLIENT setup help needed

[temp]

Hello,

i installed ddclient on my dietpi

here is my config

# Configuration file for ddclient generated by debconf
#
# /etc/ddclient.conf
protocol=dyndns2
#usev6=ifv6, if=eth1
#if-skip=Scope:Link
use=cmd, cmd=the command
ssl=yes
server=update6.dedyn.io
login=michaelloercher.dedyn.io
password=mypassword
myurl

but I also need to run crontab to get valid connection established what is wrong in my configuration?

0 */2 * * * ddclient -force >/dev/null 2>&1

[Jappe]

What is the problem, it does not start?
In their docs they show a command to start as daemon, which you could add.
On their GitHub I also saw a example config for a systems service.

Home page

Also, it’s recommended to use full absolute paths in crontab, see the example in link above.

[temp]

It’s running but the IP get sometimes not updated

[Jappe]

You can try to start it with -debug flag to get more info, but the best woud be to ask the devs of ddclient:
https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/issues