update and document, now running on iron

ddclient/ddclient.conf

@@ -3,5 +3,37 @@ protocol=cloudflare
 ssl=yes
 zone=galacticpants.net
 login=niklasjo2004@gmail.com
-password='4d7ib-Z5-BLKW55UK9XILn-C8G8Vf9cP2NwzYgHm'
+password=REDACTED
 galacticpants.net
+
+# UPDATE (9-12-2026) to consolidate entire configuration
+# BEGIN updated configuration
+
+## CloudFlare (www.cloudflare.com)
+##
+
+daemon=600                      # check every 600 seconds
+syslog=yes                      # log update msgs to syslog
+mail=root                       # mail all msgs to root
+mail-failure=root               # mail failed update msgs to root
+# mail-from=root                # set the email "From:" header to "root".  If
+                                # unset (the default) or empty, the from address
+                                # depends on your system's default behavior.
+pid=/var/run/ddclient.pid  # record PID in file.
+
+ssl=yes # defaults to yes, but set it anyway to be sure
+use=web
+web='https://cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/trace' # web address to GET containing public IP address
+web-skip='ip='                             # skip through the text at the aforementioned address until after 'ip=' to find IP address
+
+protocol=cloudflare,    \
+zone=galacticpants.net, \
+ttl=1,                  \
+#login=token,
+# Only needed if you are using your global API key. If you are using an API token, set it to "token" (without double quotes).
+password='cfut_f0pdgq16IVuv8JJzkRTN19zycBVNvAvgJF0yUuPU0101e59c' \
+# This is either your global API key, or an API token. If you are using an API token, it must have the permissions "Zone - DNS - Edit" and "Zone - Zone - Read". The Zone resources must be "Include - All zones".
+galacticpants.net
+# yes, the above line is required.
+
+# END updated configuration