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Using NoIP.com as a DNS Service

Overview​

Qarbine’s host instance is best run with a valid DNS entry rather than a self-signed certificate. The latter results in lots of web browser confirmations for example. The noip.com service is free and quite easy to use.

Prerequisites​

The public IP address of your Qarbine instance is required for this configuration. Copy it from your AWS or Azure instance property page.

Signing up for a Free Account​

Navigate to

https://noip.com

Click

  

Enter your email address and desired password.

  

Check

  

Click

  

This shows the following

  

Check your email

  

Click the button below

  

On the welcome page choose your desired service option. In the simplest example, click the highlighted “Skip” link.

  

In this case you get

  

Note that the Qarbine Deployment Wizard has an option to obtain an SSL certificate from Let’s Encrypt which is a free SSL certificate service. Let’s Encrypt will not generate a certificate for the AWS public hostname. Thus the requirement to decide on a hostname below for use here and by the actual instance as well.

Click

  

Adding a DNS entry​

Enter the base name and choose the domain suffix.

  

Enter your public IP address.

  

Click

  

The upper right should show

  

The web page then shows the entry.

  

Renewing the Registration​

Depending on the service option chosen you may be required to renew the DNS name to IP mapping. An email is sent prior to expiration from noip.com to remind you of this.

Changing the DNS Mapping​

At any time you can modify the DNS to IP address mapping within the noip.com console. Depending on the DNS time to live (TTL) setting. It may take time for the update to propagate and be set for the web clients.

References​

See https://noip.com for further details on this DNS service.