Setting up Website with DDNS

Here we will use a Sky router for port forwarding and ddns service.

Noip for DDNS setup

Register an account in https://www.noip.com, confirm and log in the account.
Dynamic DNS → No-IP Hostnames → Create Hostname → Create Hostname with following settings,


Hostname: random
Domain: ddns.net
Record Type: DNS Host (A)
IPv4: auto

Install the Linux Dynamic Update Client on Ubuntu. Follow the instructions, all for default.

Router Settings

Login 192.168.0.1.
[DDNS] Advanced tab → Dynamic DNS → Settings → Apply,


Tick Use a Dynamic DNS Service
Service Provider: www.noip.com
Host Name: random.ddns.net
User Name: email
Password: no ip password

[DHCP] Advanced tab → LAN IP Setup → Address Reservation → Add → Settings → Reboot


Reserve An IP Address
IP Address: check by ifconfig
MAC Address: auto
Device: auto

[Port Forwarding] Security tab → Services → Add Service →Apply


Edit Custom Service - Port Forwarding
Name: website
Type: TCP
Start Port: 80
Finish Port: 80

[Firewall] Security tab → Firewall Rules → Inbound services → Add → Apply.


IPv4 Settings
Service: HTTP(TCP:80)
Action: ALLOW always
Destination IPv4 LAN address: server ip
Access from: Any
Source Ipv4 start finish address: 0.0.0.0
Log: Always

Laptop Firewall

Enable HTTP.


sudo ufw app list
sudo ufw allow 80
sudo ufw show added
sudo ufw enable

Laptop Apache2 page

Start apache2.


sudo systemctl stop nginx
sudo systemctl start apache2

Can edit the file /var/www/html/index.html.

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