Important for Dyn Updater v5 for Ubuntu Linux users: If you experience certificate errors or failed updates after April 2026, see our SSL Certificate Workaround for Dyn Updater v5.
For Ubuntu and Debian based distributions
Name: Dyn Updater Version: v5.5.0 Operating System: Linux Last Modified: April 29, 2019 Author: Dyn
Documentation
Update Client FAQs Dyn Updater Install Guide Dyn Updater Release Notes Other Linux Clients: ddclient, inadyn
Features
- Updates your Dyn hostnames to resolve to your remote IP address, local interface, or a static IP address
- Full-featured, easy to use interface
- IPv6 support
- Works on recent versions of Ubuntu Linux (12.04+), and other Debian-based distributions
- Client software upgrading via APT
- Logs activity to file, displays visual indicators of the Updater status
- Automatically determines which network interface to use
- IP detection every 10 minutes
- Ability to bypass proxy servers for IP detection
- Support for DynECT Managed DNS DDNS service
- Native language support for Spanish, German, and Brazilian Portuguese
Ubuntu 18.04+ Issues and Workarounds
If you are using Ubuntu 18.04 or newer and encounter issues such as the client not starting or the tray icon missing,
see our Ubuntu 18.04+ workaround page for solutions to common problems like missing libffi6 and GNOME tray support.