Difference between revisions of "User:John/FreedomBox/Network architecture"
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| − | # | + | # ask the user to tell us thier domain name, e.g. 'example.com' |
| + | # ask user to pick a hostname at their domain, we recommend 'fbx'. | ||
#* note that what we want is one single global unambiguous well-branded hostname for this fbx and something in the form 'fbx.example.com' is ideal | #* note that what we want is one single global unambiguous well-branded hostname for this fbx and something in the form 'fbx.example.com' is ideal | ||
| − | # | + | # tell the user to add an A record for 'fbx' for their public IP address. |
#* we could offer to auto-detect public IP address | #* we could offer to auto-detect public IP address | ||
Revision as of 06:58, 3 September 2020
Some notes about fbx network architecture.
Use case
User wants to register their fbx on their existing domain name on their static home IP address
Prerequisites:
- user has a domain name registered (example.com)
- user has DNS hosting and nameservers configured
- user has access to do web based configuration of their DNS settings
- note: in future we might be able to do for them via API from DNS hosting services
Out of scope:
- no IPv6 configuration yet (we can add later)
Process:
- ask the user to tell us thier domain name, e.g. 'example.com'
- ask user to pick a hostname at their domain, we recommend 'fbx'.
- note that what we want is one single global unambiguous well-branded hostname for this fbx and something in the form 'fbx.example.com' is ideal
- tell the user to add an A record for 'fbx' for their public IP address.
- we could offer to auto-detect public IP address
User wants to register their fbx on a new domain name on their static home IP address
User wants to register their fbx on their existing domain name on their dynamic home IP address
User wants to register their fbx on a new domain name on their dynamic home IP address
We might use the default RDNS name as the hostname of our mail server and the hostname for our MX records.
