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've saved the config file, run the below to restart the ddclient daemon and then be sure an update is forced.

service ddclient restart

ddclient -force

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