How do I set up a nameserver for my DynDNS address?

Question

I am trying to set up multiple sites under my DynDNS domain. I have a dynamic-ip and the only domain name I have is a free one from dydns, e.g. username.dyndns.org.

I only have one server, but I want to be able to host multiple sites from this one server.

This is what I have set up for bind,

zone "username.dyndns.org" {
    allow-query { any; };
    type master;
    file "/etc/bind/db.username.dyndns.org";
};

/etc/bind/db.username.dyndns.org

$TTL 1d;

$ORIGIN username.dyndns.org. ;

@           IN  SOA ns.username.dyndns.org. joe.username.dyndns.org. (  
                    2011051300 ; serial number  
                    3h ; refresh  
                    10m ; retry  
                    1w ; expiry  
                    3h ; minimum  
                    )  
@       IN  NS      ns.username.dyndns.org.   
www     IN  CNAME   username.dyndns.org.  
mysite  IN CNAME    www

When I do $ nslookup mysite.username.dyndns.org username.dyndns.org, I get:

Server:     username.dyndns.org
Address:    12.23.56.78#53

mysite.username.dyndns.org  canonical name = www.username.dyndns.org.
Name:   www.username.dyndns.org
Address: 12.23.56.78

But if I do, nslookup mysite.username.dyndns.org, I get NXDOMAIN.

Here is the result of dig @username.dyndns.org mysite.username.dyndns.org:

; <<>> DiG 9.7.3 <<>> @username.dyndns.org mysite.username.dyndns.org 
; (1 server found) 
;; global options: +cmd 
;; Got answer: 
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 30676 
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 2 

;; QUESTION SECTION: 
;mysite.username.dyndns.org. IN A 

;; ANSWER SECTION: 
mysite.username.dyndns.org. 86400 IN CNAME www.username.dyndns.org. 
www.username.dyndns.org. 86400 IN   A   12.23.56.78 

;; AUTHORITY SECTION: 
username.dyndns.org. 86400  IN  NS  localhost. 

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: 
localhost.      604800  IN  A   127.0.0.1 
localhost.      604800  IN  AAAA    ::1 

;; Query time: 1 msec 
;; SERVER: 12.23.56.78#53(12.23.56.78) 
;; WHEN: Sat May 14 11:23:49 2011 
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 153

But I get no answer if I do dig mysite.username.dyndns.org even though I get an answer for dig username.dyndns.org

I'm not sure what else to try. Any ideas?

NOTE: Names and addresses have been changed to protect the innocent.

http://superuser.com/questions/154768/apache-dyndns-subdomain — AlexD, May 15 '11 at 08:08

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 15 '11 at 08:46

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Free dyndns does not support this, you need wildcard support - which is not free any more in dyndns.com.

A name server needs a fixed ip address, but wildcard support would be enough - no need for a name server on your end.

answered May 15 '11 at 08:46

Turbo J

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Yeah, that's what I ended up doing. No dns necessary. It's $15/year, which I think is fair considering I've been using their free service for 3+ years. – Joe Hillenbrand May 16 '11 at 04:04

How do I set up a nameserver for my DynDNS address?

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