DynDNS

[marcel]

I know amahi comes with it's own dynamic dns service but is it possible to integrate a service like dyndns? It would be nice if you can choose your own domain. I know ebox have a similar setup. What are you thoughts?

[bsk]

I think amahi comes with openDNS.org.

[marcel]

what i mean is to use your own registered domain or sub-domain. You can do that with for example with dynDNS. They support dynamic ip addresses. Most home users have dynamic ip address (it changes all the time). You install a program on your server (ddclient) what reports ip address changes to DynDNS. So your domain stays accessible. So i request a feature which cooperates with a service such as DynDNS. I think its not so difficult because Amahi use the same technics i think.

[cpg]

yes, we do it on one domain (yourhda.com).

doing it on your own domain is a different deal. certainly this could not be done free.

let me ask directly: are you interested in paying a yearly subscription for this?

our bills are mounting as amahi grows, so we're looking for ways to generate some form of income.

if a number of people show interest, perhaps we can start working on it. it's a fair bit of work.

[marcel]

certainly i'am interested in such a service but under the terms that i can move the domain to a other server. i'am still floating between Windows, Amahi, Windows home server, Clarkconnect, Ebox, Ubuntu, Linux mint, Fedora and go on... I like Amahi a lot but all distro i've test are missing some things. I now a home sever is a whole new concept and it needs time to mature. Anyway that was a bit offtoppic. Yes i'am interested so long the price is reasonable and i can move the domain.


PS i forgot to mention mac OS X nice... expensive hardware

Edit: I think for a SOHO version of Amahi its essential to support own domains.

[cpg]

you own your domain. noone can prevent you from moving it.

if we can get 15 people committed to this feature, i think we could get started.

the "extra features" needed, like setting up mx, a records, etc. etc. is something that is needed while hosting DNS, so it's just not dynamic DNS. that takes more work than the dyndns.

[marcel]

I have never had a own domain before but can you explain what is needed? i always curious how something works. I know i have a dynamic ip adres and most home users have. That you have to install a program on your comuter to keep track of your ip address. Ddclient in case of Dyndns.

[cpg]

in amahi, the there is nothing to install update. comes up automatically.

explaining the whole thing would take too long (sorry).
search for dyndns or dns tutorials.

maybe we could have a feature bounty or some such thing.

actually it'd be more than 15 people that we'd need. i can tell you that it would be at least $90/month to maintain that feature (not factoring in the cost to develop), which means we'd need about 45 people signing up at an assumed $25/domain/year paid for the custom+dynamic dns. i wonder if we can do a poll or something.

[marcel]

Hmmm, 45 users that a lot for a small community. To find 45 people is difficult i think. How many server are running? I must say $25/year is a fair price. Clarkconnect also uses a price $25 dollar a year. I can make a post how many users are interested in this feature and than we can make a choice. Certainly for $25/year i'am in.

[marcel]

http://forums.amahi.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=550