namesilo.md

NameSilo

Configuration

Example

{
  "settings": [
    {
      "provider": "namesilo",
      "domain": "sub.example.com",
      "key": "71dZaE8c2Aa926Ca2E8c1",
      "ttl": 7207,
      "ip_version": "ipv4"
    }
  ]
}

Compulsory parameters

• "domain" is the domain to update. It can be example.com (root domain), sub.example.com (subdomain of example.com) or *.example.com for the wildcard.
• "key" is the NameSilo API Key obtained using the domain setup instructions below. For example: 71dZaE8c2Aa926Ca2E8c1.

Optional parameters

• "ip_version" can be ipv4 (A records), or ipv6 (AAAA records) or ipv4 or ipv6 (update one of the two, depending on the public ip found). It defaults to ipv4 or ipv6.
• "ipv6_suffix" is the IPv6 interface identifier suffix to use. It can be for example 0:0:0:0:72ad:8fbb:a54e:bedd/64. If left empty, it defaults to no suffix and the raw public IPv6 address obtained is used in the record updating.
• "ttl" is the record's Time to Live (TTL), which defaults to 7207 seconds. It must be numeric, less than 2592001, and greater than or equal to 3600. TTL values of 3603 or 7207 may be subject to NameSilo's Automatic TTL Adjustments.

Domain setup

1. Login to the Namesilo API Manager with your account credentials.

2. Generate an API key. The generated API key will look similar to 71dZaE8c2Aa926Ca2E8c1.

   • (do not check the "Generate key for read-only access" box)

   

Testing

1. Go to the NameSilo Domain Manager.

2. Choose "Manage DNS for this domain" (the globe icon) for the domain you wish to test.

3. Change the IP address of the host to 127.0.0.1.

4. Run the ddns-updater.

5. Refresh the Namesilo webpage to check the update occurred.