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IPv6 Dynamic DNS shell script for nsupdate.info derived from https://www.krausmueller.de/en/2017/07/04/dynamic-dns-client-for-ipv6/
#!/bin/bash
#Source: https://www.krausmueller.de/en/2017/07/04/dynamic-dns-client-for-ipv6/
HOSTNAME=""
PASSWORD="token"
USER=HOSTNAME
CACHE_FILE="/tmp/update_ipv6_cache"
while getopts ":d" opt; do
case $opt in
d) DEBUG=1;;
esac
done
IPV6=$(ip addr show eth0 | grep 'scope global dynamic' | grep -Po 'inet6 \K[0-9a-fA-F:]+' | grep -v fd00 | tail -n 1)
URL="https://ipv6.nsupdate.info/nic/update?myip=$IPV6"
if [ -f $CACHE_FILE ]; then
IPV6_CACHE=$(cat $CACHE_FILE)
else
IPV6_CACHE=""
fi
if [[ $IPV6 == "$IPV6_CACHE" ]]; then
if [[ $DEBUG -eq 1 ]]; then
echo "IP not changed"
fi
exit
else
echo "$IPV6" > $CACHE_FILE
if [[ $DEBUG -eq 1 ]]; then
echo wget -q -O - "$URL" --http-user=$USER --http-password=$PASSWORD
wget -q -O - "$URL" --http-user=$USER --http-password=$PASSWORD
else
wget -q -O - "$URL" --http-user=$USER --http-password=$PASSWORD >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
fi
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xnumad commented Jul 18, 2022

Rather use dyndnsc or something else.

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