diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 02fd73a..20abfd2 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ ddclient_daemon: 300
 ddclient_install_from_source: false
 ddclient_ssl: 'yes'
 
+ddclient_backup: 'no'
+
 ddclient_configs:
   - protocol: dnspark
     use: null
@@ -20,3 +22,14 @@ ddclient_configs:
     password: password
     hosts:
       - host
+
+ddclient_owner: root
+ddclient_group: root
+ddclient_specify_cache: false
+__ddclient_configuration_directory_mode: 0750
+
+
+newsyslog_config_dir:        /usr/local/etc/newsyslog.conf.d
+ddclient_newsyslog_template: ddclient_newsyslog
+ddclient_newsyslog_file:     ddclient
+ddclient_newsyslog_count:    50
diff --git a/tasks/configure.yml b/tasks/configure.yml
index 294e659..1d79c6e 100644
--- a/tasks/configure.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure.yml
@@ -3,33 +3,43 @@
   ansible.builtin.file:
     path: "{{ __ddclient_configuration_directory }}"
     state: directory
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: 0750
+    owner: "{{ ddclient_owner }}"
+    group: "{{ ddclient_group }}"
+    mode: "{{ __ddclient_configuration_directory_mode }}"
 
 - name: Create configuration file
   ansible.builtin.template:
     src: "{{ ddclient_configuration_template }}"
     dest: "{{ __ddclient_configuration_location }}"
-    owner: root
-    group: root
+    owner: "{{ ddclient_owner }}"
+    group: "{{ ddclient_group }}"
+    backup: "{{ ddclient_backup }}"
     mode: 0600
 
 - name: Create the cache directory
   ansible.builtin.file:
     path: "{{ __ddclient_cache_directory }}"
     state: directory
-    owner: root
-    group: root
+    owner: "{{ ddclient_owner }}"
+    group: "{{ ddclient_group }}"
     mode: '0750'
 
 - name: Create the systemd file
   ansible.builtin.template:
     src: "{{ ddclient_service_template }}"
     dest: "{{ __ddclient_service_file }}"
-    owner: root
-    group: root
+    owner: "{{ ddclient_owner }}"
+    group: "{{ ddclient_group }}"
     mode: 0644
+  when: ansible_os_family != 'FreeBSD' and not ddclient_install_from_source
   notify:
     - Disable_Service_DDClient
     - Enable_Service_DDClient
+
+- name: List some items
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg:
+    - "__ddclient_configuration_directory: {{ __ddclient_configuration_directory }}"
+    - "__ddclient_configuration_location:  {{ __ddclient_configuration_location }}"
+    - "__ddclient_cache_director:          {{ __ddclient_cache_directory }}"
+  tags: debug
diff --git a/tasks/setup-FreeBSD.yml b/tasks/setup-FreeBSD.yml
index aa932e4..7cad990 100644
--- a/tasks/setup-FreeBSD.yml
+++ b/tasks/setup-FreeBSD.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,21 @@
   community.general.pkgng:
     name: ddclient
     state: present
+
+- ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    ddclient_owner: "root" 
+    ddclient_group: "wheel" 
+    __ddclient_configuration_directory: /usr/local/etc/ddclient
+    __ddclient_configuration_directory_mode: 0755
+
+- name: enable ddclient
+  sysrc:
+    name:  ddclient_enable
+    state: present
+    value: "YES"
+    dest:  /etc/rc.conf.d/ddclient
+  tags: ddclient
+
+- name: install newsyslog.conf file
+  template: src={{ ddclient_newsyslog_template }}.j2 dest={{ newsyslog_config_dir }}/{{ ddclient_newsyslog_file }}.conf owner=root group=wheel mode=0644 backup=yes
+  tags: ddclient,newsyslog
diff --git a/templates/ddclient.conf.j2 b/templates/ddclient.conf.j2
index 2ef6664..6c76f48 100644
--- a/templates/ddclient.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/ddclient.conf.j2
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
 #jinja2: trim_blocks: True
-# {{ ansible_managed  }}
+# {{ ansible_managed }}. Template: {{ template_fullpath }}
 
 daemon={{ ddclient_daemon }}
 ssl={{ ddclient_ssl }}
 syslog=yes
+verbose
+facility=local3
+pid=/var/run/ddclient.pid
+{% if ddclient_specify_cache %}
+cache={{ __ddclient_cache_directory }}/ddclient.cache
+{% endif %}
+
 {% for config in ddclient_configs %}
-{% if config.use is defined and config.use %}
-use={{ config.use }}
+{% if config.usev4 is defined and config.usev4 %}
+usev4={{ config.usev4 }}
+{% endif %}
+{% if config.ifv4 is defined and config.ifv4 %}
+ifv4={{ config.ifv4 }}
 {% endif %}
 protocol={{ config.protocol }}
 {% if config.server is defined and config.server %}
@@ -24,6 +34,9 @@ mxpri={{ config.mxpri }},
 {% if config.zone is defined and config.zone %}
 zone={{ config.zone }}
 {% endif %}
+{% if config.ttl is defined and config.ttl %}
+ttl={{ config.ttl }}
+{% endif %}
 login={{ config.login }}
 password={{ config.password }}
 {{ config.hosts|join(', ')}}
diff --git a/templates/ddclient.service.j2 b/templates/ddclient.service.j2
index 7469de3..bc8f475 100644
--- a/templates/ddclient.service.j2
+++ b/templates/ddclient.service.j2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# {{ ansible_managed }}
+# {{ ansible_managed }}. Template: {{ template_fullpath }}
 
 [Unit]
 Description=Dynamic DNS Update Client
diff --git a/templates/ddclient_newsyslog.j2 b/templates/ddclient_newsyslog.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f3a7a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/ddclient_newsyslog.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Only .conf files /usr/local/etc/newsyslog.conf.d/ are pulled in by newsyslog
+#
+
+# logfilename                       [owner:group]   mode count size when   flags [/pid_file] [sig_num]
+/var/log/ddclient.log               root:logcheck   640  {{ ddclient_newsyslog_count }}    *    $D0    B