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--- laptopwiki:guides:docker:meshcentral [30/07/2023 00:27] – dustojnikhummer
+++ laptopwiki:guides:docker:meshcentral [12/01/2024 21:14] (current) – [If Cloudflare Proxy] dustojnikhummer
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       * For example, TZ=Europe/Prague, TZ=America/New_York, TZ=Australia/Sydney
     * Storage mounts (I had issues with MeshCentral Volume paths, so that is why I'm using volumes)
-    * ALLOW_NEW_ACCOUNTS=false, setting true would allow users to register \\ With FALSE on first start you can create an account, that will be your admin, after that registrations get disabled
+    * ALLOW_NEW_ACCOUNTS=false, setting true would allow users to register \\ With FALSE on first start you can create an account, that will be your admin, after that registrations get disabled \\ This can also be set in config.json
 ===== Config File =====
   * You will find the config file in the container's **/opt/meshcentral/meshcentral-data** folder
-    * Since I used a Docker Volume, I can use Portainer to see where that is mounted on my server's filesystem \\ For example: /var/lib/docker/volumes/meshcentral_data/_data \\
+    * Since I used a Docker Volume, I can use Portainer to see where that is mounted on my server's filesystem \\ For example: /var/lib/docker/volumes/meshcentral_data/_data
-{{:laptopwiki:guides:docker:meshcentral_portainer1.jpg?800|}}
+    * {{:laptopwiki:guides:docker:meshcentral_portainer1.jpg?1000|}}
   * Open the config.json file with <code> sudo nano /var/lib/docker/volumes/meshcentral_data/_data/config.json </code>
   * If this is your initial installation, the config file will be pretty barebones
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+  * Note: I did not touch the letsencrypt section here at all, since we are handling our SSL certificate elsewhere
 ==== So what are we changing and why? ====
   * TLDR:
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     * Since ours is behind NPM it can't communicate directly and hashes won't match.
     * We need to tell it to instead use NPM's certificate
-  - "cert": "meshcentral.laptopwiki.eu" - to tell Mesh Central what certificate to use
+  - "cert": "meshcentral.laptopwiki.eu" - to tell Mesh Central what certificate to use - works even if you use a wildcard certificate (*.laptopwiki.eu)
   - "_sessionKey": "generate_password_here", - please use a password manager to generate a random password here
   - "TLSOffload": "nginx-proxy-manager" - set Docker hostname or IP address of your NPM installation, don't put port here
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 </code>
 ===== If Cloudflare Proxy =====
-  - This setup works fine through Cloudflare Proxy, assuming
+  * As of August 2023, MeshCentral no longer works through Cloudflare Proxy, see [[https://github.com/Ylianst/MeshCentral/issues/5302]]
-  - Cloudflare Dashboard -> yourdomain.tld -> SSL/TLS -> Overview -> FULL
+  - <del>This setup works fine through Cloudflare Proxy, assuming</del>
-  - This is necessary so that the Cloudflare Proxy and your local certificate match and Cloudflare doesn't try to redirect
+  - <del>Cloudflare Dashboard -> yourdomain.tld -> SSL/TLS -> Overview -> FULL</del>
+  - <del>This is necessary so that the Cloudflare Proxy and your local certificate match and Cloudflare doesn't try to redirect</del>
 ===== Issues =====