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The Beacon container is used extensively to send email invitations and during the connection process. This document will cover recovering the Beacon if credentials are lost. Using this method will lose all TURN, STUN, SMTP settings. Be aware, that these settings are needed outside of the Beacon before starting.
In Portainer, locate the current beacon container
Select the container and choose STOP, this will allow you to access the settings of the container
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
container | /config | Bind |
host | /opt/telos/beacon1 | Writable |
container | /etc/telos | Bind |
host | /etc/telos | Read-only |
Scroll back up to the middle of the page, choose Deploy container
You will be asked to Replace the existing container Choose Replace
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
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