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A (mostly) automated installer for OwnTracks Recorder, Frontend with MQTT and Let's Encrypt
https://owntracks.org/booklet/guide/quicksetup/
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Trying to set up Owntracks on a Raspberry Pi - how to set up the dns domain for quicksetup #64

Open Bow3ryList opened 3 days ago

Bow3ryList commented 3 days ago

I'm not that experienced in trying to set up stuff on a raspberry pi but I wanted to give this a go so apologies if the answer is really simple.

I'm trying to install the quicksetup on the ras-pi but I'm not sure what to put into the dns_domain. I have set up the pi to act as a server and opened the port 80 so that it is accessible to the internet however when I put the IP adress as the the domain I get an error about using incorrect characters. Do I need to point domain name using an A record to the ras pi to allow the installation to finish or am is my understanding of how this works incorrect?

Thanks in advance for any help

Kind regards,

Tom

jpmens commented 3 days ago

Do I need to point domain name using an A record to the ras pi to allow the installation to finish

exactly that. The domain you use will also be used to issue Let's Encrypt certificates so that you can access your Quicksetup OwnTracks site securely as the apps then also can. If you do not wish Let's Encrypt to be configured (which I cannot recommend) then omit email address, but we still need the domain name.

Bow3ryList commented 3 days ago

Thanks for the reply. Will setup the A record and try the quicksetup again once it is pointing.