Part.2 - Getting a Domain Name.
Getting a personal domain name not only looks better but makes getting a SSL cert much easier. There are plenty of registrars out there, goDaddy, crazydomains, 123.reg, namecheap etc.
For the purpose of this write up i will use namecheap.
Create an account with namecheap.com and login.
Click Domains at the top and registration.
Now type in the search box what you want your personal domain to be called. i.e. embyssltest.com
once you have decided on your name and bought it you need to set it up so that your new domain name knows where your emby server is. We do that by setting up a record to tell embyssltest.com to point to embyssltest.ddns.net that we set up earlier.
On namecheap head to Advanced DNS
Under host records - click add new record
Select CNAME.
host = emby
value = embyssltest.ddns.net (change it to your DDNS)
TTL = Automatic
now we should have emby.embyssltest.com which forwards to embyssltest.ddns.net
Optional (using a Custom domain name to do the Dynamic DNS'ing)
Head over to namecheap.com
Create an account or login to your existing account.
Go to Advanced DNS
Scroll to the bottom where is says Dynamic DNS and turn it on.
Create a A+ Dynamic DNS record.
Host = a subdomain for example DNS
Value = 127.0.0.1 (this doesnt really matter as it will be dynamically updated)
TTL = Automatic
should look list dns.embyssltest.com
We also need to create (or edit the CNAME if you created it above for emby.)
Under the Host Records
Add new host record.
Host = emby
Value = DNS.embyssltest.com
TTL = automatic
We now need to find a way to update the NameCheap DDNS. Some routers will support this (follow Part.1 but substitute no-ip for the namecheap details) however if your router is like mine and doesnt support namecheap ddns then you need to download software to do this. Namecheap offer their own client.
Unzip it and enter your details for namecheap.
Once running it will update the 127.0.0.1 entry above with your external IP.
Hope your still with me. only a few more things to setup!
