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Local SSL certificate

Requried Tipi version: >= 1.5.0

Introduction

With Tipi you can access your dashboard and apps locally using a secure connection. When installing Tipi, a self-signed SSL certificate is generated for you.

The default domain for the certificate is tipi.lan. You can change this domain in the settings page of the dashboard. Or by giving the localDomain value in your settings.json file. See the custom-settings section for more information.

Trusting the certificate

To be able to use the certificate, you need to trust it. This is done by adding the certificate to your operating system's trust store. First you need to export the certificate from the Tipi dashboard. You can do this by clicking the Download certificate button in the settings page of the dashboard. (below the Local domain input field)

Windows

  1. Open the Start menu and type certmgr.msc and press Enter.
  2. In the left pane, click Trusted Root Certification Authorities.
  3. In the right pane, click Certificates.
  4. On the Action menu, point to All Tasks, and then click Import.
  5. Follow the instructions in the Certificate Import Wizard to import the certificate.

macOS

  1. Open the Keychain Access app.
  2. Click File > Import Items.
  3. Select the certificate file and click Open.
  4. Double-click the certificate file.
  5. Expand the Trust section.
  6. Change the When using this certificate option to Always Trust.

Linux

  1. Copy the certificate file to /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/.
  2. Run sudo update-ca-certificates.

DNS resolution

To be able to access your dashboard and apps using the local domain, you need to make sure that the domain resolves to the IP address of your Tipi server.

The easiest way to do this is by running a DNS server on your network and adding the domain to it. You can use Pi-hole or AdGuard Home for this. Both are available as apps in the Tipi App store.

For example using AdGuard Home you can add the domain to the DNS rewrites section of the app.

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Don't forget to add the wildcard domain *.tipi.lan to the DNS rewrites section in order to be able to access your apps as well.


If you don't have a DNS server running on your network, you can add the domain to the hosts file on your computer.

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By using this method you need to do this on every device you want to access your dashboard and apps from and for every domain you want to use. (e.g. tipi.lan, app1.tipi.lan, app2.tipi.lan)

Windows

  1. Open the Start menu and type Notepad and press Enter.
  2. Click File > Open.
  3. Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc.
  4. Change the file filter to All Files (*.*).
  5. Select hosts and click Open.
  6. Add the following line to the end of the file: <ip-address> <domain>.
  7. Save the file.

macOS / Linux

  1. Open the Terminal app.
  2. Run sudo nano /etc/hosts.
  3. Add the following line to the end of the file: <ip-address> <domain>.
  4. Press Ctrl + X to exit.
  5. Press Y to save the file.
  6. Press Enter to confirm the file name.
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