IP Address Reporter

What?

Reports external IP address to specified email addresses and (optionally) updates a godaddy host to point to the specfic IP.

But Why?

Two primary reasons:

• I want to access my home server via RDP from anywhere remotely.
• COVID-19 is giving me extra time to work on some fun side projects.

How do I use this?

2 things need to be done before its ready to work.

1. Fill out the appsettings.json file.
   1. RecipientEmails - Array of string emails ex: ["[email protected]"]
      • Side note: you can send an email to a phone number and receive it as a text: https://email2sms.info/
   2. LogFileLocation - Optional, list the directory where you want to log, if not provided, it will log to the console.
   3. SendEmails - set this to true
   4. Set the email credentials, for EmailDisplayName, put a name in there, it'll show up as the sender in the email. Use app password feature in gmail.
   5. WaitTimeSeconds - The wait time between IP checks, I set it to an hour.
   6. Host - The host name you own on GoDaddy
   7. GoDaddyAPISecrets - GoDaddy API Key and Secret, and the URL you'd like to point to, testing API https://api.ote-godaddy.com or the production API https://api.godaddy.com
2. Compile and run.

I have personally set this up as a service.

Limitations/Notes

• Currently only supports gmail as the email provider and godaddy as the host provider.
• Uses http://checkip.amazonaws.com/ to find out external IP address.
• Uses a file logger/console logger.

Troubleshooting

Check the log file for output/exceptions.