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title: "SSL Certification for VIP Appliance"
slug: "clone-reset-vip-beacon-container"
updated: 2025-09-30T21:46:24Z
published: 2025-12-31T14:43:31Z
canonical: "docs.telosalliance.com/clone-reset-vip-beacon-container"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# SSL Certification for VIP Appliance

## Scope

The Beacon container is used extensively to send email invitations during the connection process. This document details recovering the Beacon credentials if they are lost. Using this method will lose all TURN, STUN, and SMTP settings. Be aware, that these settings are needed outside of the Beacon before starting.

1. In Portainer, locate the current beacon container

![](https://cdn.document360.io/57e3cd80-d493-453c-9672-ad1b043dadc3/Images/Documentation/0ee9b3d7-0e95-43dd-961f-91b25cef4fd4-image.png)
2. Select the container and choose STOP, this will allow you to access the settings of the container

![](https://cdn.document360.io/57e3cd80-d493-453c-9672-ad1b043dadc3/Images/Documentation/6d3a1e98-e51e-4a9e-a276-52eda175afc4-image.png)
3. Next, Choose Duplicate/Edit to access the container settings, Scroll Down to the Volumes Tab. Add the number 1 to the host volume, so it will look like below

![](https://cdn.document360.io/57e3cd80-d493-453c-9672-ad1b043dadc3/Images/Documentation/f584b088-8b3a-410a-abeb-508897ad2b7d-image.png)

| container | /config | Bind |
| --- | --- | --- |
| host | /opt/telos/beacon1 | Writable |
| container | /etc/telos | Bind |
| host | /etc/telos | Read-only |

1. Scroll back up to the middle of the page, choose Deploy container

![](https://cdn.document360.io/57e3cd80-d493-453c-9672-ad1b043dadc3/Images/Documentation/1f8ae8d2-d017-4c34-8797-ccea65deb06a-image.png)
2. You will be asked to Replace the existing container Choose Replace

![](https://cdn.document360.io/57e3cd80-d493-453c-9672-ad1b043dadc3/Images/Documentation/faa8748c-375d-49a2-81c7-1b33fe5d66af-image.png)

To configure the Beacon server, it is recommended that you follow the instructions on the VIP Beacon and Invitation Server page in the VIP manual. The VIP manual can be found from the Infinity Web Portal, found here: [https://success.telosalliance.com/telos-infinity-web-portal](https://success.telosalliance.com/telos-infinity-web-portal)

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