I've got a handful of domains coming up for renewal. Do you know of a low-cost Canadian Registrar that supports scripted/API management so I can keep my dynamic DNS updated?
I know about EasyDNS, but they want an extra $20/yr/domain for dynamic DNS. All the other Canadian registars I've looked at have no API support.
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Shadow@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
Registrar none afaik, but you could use free DNS from cloudflare and automate that.
At least that way you can keep the registrar in Canada, if not the DNS.
dylanjustice@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
Yeah, will do that if necessary. I got a nice support message from Canspace suggesting that I look into Hurricane Electric's free API-managed DNS service as well.
smorks@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
not Canadian, but gandi is based in France and offers an api to update dns for free with domain registration through them. i think their prices are decent too? it's been a while since i've looked at them.i'm guessing a lot of the smaller domain registrars aren't going to offer dynamic dns.
edit: avoid gandi. bought out by private equity firm, now jacking up renewal prices. i heard that previously but had forgotten about it. sorry!
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
Avoid Gandi. They got recently purchased by private equity and have been jacking up renewal prices like mad. I had them double a dotcom domain renewal. So had a friend. They used to be great before that.
smorks@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
ooh I remember hearing about that. I'll edit my original comment.
dylanjustice@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
Tried a few gibberish .ca domains and it rejected them all. I wonder if maybe they just aren't allowed to register our TLD?
smorks@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
they're listed on their website as "available"? https://www.gandi.net/en-CA/domain/tld/ca
i thought i had a .ca with them at one point in time, but could be wrong too. i dunno.
smorks@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
i wonder if cira is having issues because searching domains on their site is returning an error, and i've tried a few different domain registrars and all .ca domains seems to be coming up as unavailable.
mp3@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
I'm currently using Namecheap and in my mind, ddclient support was something relatively basic and common. But now that I search for a Canadian registrar with the feature it does seem hard to find :(
Flatfire@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
I've been utilizing Porkbun's API for that purpose with a periodic script that checks and updates my DNS