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blocks:server:nginx [2025-09-17 06:40] – [Obtaining a Certificate] mattiasblocks:server:nginx [2025-09-17 06:41] (current) – [Using Local Wifi] mattias
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   - You must provide internet access to your visitors through your local wifi. This is required both to expedite the wifi connection (many phones will hesitate to connect to a wifi that doesn't have internet access) and to access the DNS.   - You must provide internet access to your visitors through your local wifi. This is required both to expedite the wifi connection (many phones will hesitate to connect to a wifi that doesn't have internet access) and to access the DNS.
   - Your DNS entry must point to the IP address of your intranet Blocks server, now (hopefully) accessible through your wifi. That means that any attempts to access it from the internet will fail (since it's only available while on the in-house wifi). An "official" DNS entry is required since many smartphones and browsers use some form of "secure DNS", such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_over_HTTPS|DNS over HTTPS]], and will ignore any in-house DNS.   - Your DNS entry must point to the IP address of your intranet Blocks server, now (hopefully) accessible through your wifi. That means that any attempts to access it from the internet will fail (since it's only available while on the in-house wifi). An "official" DNS entry is required since many smartphones and browsers use some form of "secure DNS", such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_over_HTTPS|DNS over HTTPS]], and will ignore any in-house DNS.
-  - You can't use the automatic "certbot" method mentioned above to obtain a certificate. You must instead use a more complicated DNS-based method. +  - You can't use the automatic "certbot" method mentioned above to obtain a certificate. [[blocks:server:nginx:dns01_challenge|You must instead use a more complicated DNS-based method]].