namecheap.md

Namecheap

Configuration

Example

{
  "settings": [
    {
      "provider": "namecheap",
      "domain": "domain.com",
      "host": "@",
      "password": "password",
      "provider_ip": true
    }
  ]
}

Compulsory parameters

• "domain"
• "host" is your host and can be a subdomain, "@" or "*" generally
• "password"

Optional parameters

• "provider_ip" can be set to true to let your DNS provider determine your IPv4 address (and/or IPv6 address) automatically when you send an update request, without sending the new IP address detected by the program in the request.

Note that Namecheap only supports ipv4 addresses for now.

Domain setup

1. Create a Namecheap account and buy a domain name - example.com as an example
2. Login to Namecheap at https://www.namecheap.com/myaccount/login/

For each domain name you want to add, replace example.com in the following link with your domain name and go to https://ap.www.namecheap.com/Domains/DomainControlPanel/example.com/advancedns

1. For each host you want to add (if you don't know, create one record with the host set to *):

   1. In the HOST RECORDS section, click on ADD NEW RECORD

      

   2. Select the following settings and create the A + Dynamic DNS Record:

      

2. Scroll down and turn on the switch for DYNAMIC DNS

   

3. The Dynamic DNS Password will appear, which is 0e4512a9c45a4fe88313bcc2234bf547 in this example.