Google Domains Dynamic DNS and DDClient 3.8.2
Recently switched my domain registrar over to Google Domains and wanted to take advantage of their built-in dynamic DNS capability rather than using a third-party service. This simplifies my configuration and points a subdomain configured on G Domains directly to my internal network. To get this working, I needed a client running inside the network to update the dynDNS record. I decided to go with DDClient on Debian Linux since I already have PiHole running 24/7 in a VM. DDClient documentation states that the "googledomains" protocol is supported as of revision 171, but a quick apt-get install of the daemon only gave me v3.8.2. I was able to get it up and running (after setting up a synthetic record on G Domains) by using the below in my ddclient config file: # Configuration file for ddclient generated by debconf # /etc/ddclient.conf protocol=dyndns2 use=web server=domains.google.com ssl=yes login=yourusername password='yourpassword' subdomain.yourdomain.com Once you&