Home Assistant

Namecheap FreeDNS

With the namecheapdns integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] you can automatically update your dynamic DNS entry hosted by Namecheap’s FreeDNS service.

Namecheap only supports updating IPv4 addresses.

Configuration

To use the integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] in your installation, add the following to your configuration.yamlThe configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI.[Learn more] file. After changing the configuration.yamlThe configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI.[Learn more] file, restart Home Assistant to apply the changes.

# Example configuration.yaml entry
namecheapdns:
  domain: example.com
  password: YOUR_PASSWORD

Configuration Variables

Looking for your configuration file?
host string (Optional)

The host part or “subdomain” part you want to update.

domain string Required

Your root domain (example.com).

password string Required

The Namecheap “Dynamic DNS Password” you can find under the “Advanced DNS” tab.

See Namecheap’s How do I set up a Host for Dynamic DNS? guide for further instructions.

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