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<article><articleinfo><title>FreedomBox/Manual/Configure</title><revhistory><revision><revnumber>8</revnumber><date>2018-10-09 09:54:01</date><authorinitials>JosephNuthalapati</authorinitials><revremark>Improve formatting</revremark></revision><revision><revnumber>7</revnumber><date>2018-07-25 08:38:53</date><authorinitials>JosephNuthalapati</authorinitials><revremark>Remove /home as an alias to /freedombox</revremark></revision><revision><revnumber>6</revnumber><date>2018-07-24 17:51:28</date><authorinitials>SunilMohanAdapa</authorinitials><revremark>Rename FreedomBox Plinth to FreedomBox Service (Plinth)</revremark></revision><revision><revnumber>5</revnumber><date>2018-07-24 16:12:49</date><authorinitials>JosephNuthalapati</authorinitials><revremark>Add tip about bookmarking FreedomBox Plinth</revremark></revision><revision><revnumber>4</revnumber><date>2018-07-24 13:52:47</date><authorinitials>JosephNuthalapati</authorinitials><revremark>Add wiki entry about Default App</revremark></revision><revision><revnumber>3</revnumber><date>2016-12-31 04:11:43</date><authorinitials>JamesValleroy</authorinitials><revremark>mention how domain name is used</revremark></revision><revision><revnumber>2</revnumber><date>2016-12-31 04:07:26</date><authorinitials>JamesValleroy</authorinitials><revremark>fix outline</revremark></revision><revision><revnumber>1</revnumber><date>2016-08-21 16:35:55</date><authorinitials>Drahtseil</authorinitials><revremark>Created Configure</revremark></revision></revhistory></articleinfo><section><title>Configure</title><para>Configure has some general configuration options: </para><section><title>Hostname</title><itemizedlist><listitem override="none"><para>Hostname is the local name by which other devices on the local network can reach your FreedomBox. Default is <emphasis>freedombox</emphasis>. </para></listitem></itemizedlist></section><section><title>Domain Name</title><itemizedlist><listitem override="none"><para>Domain name is the global name by which other devices on the Internet can reach your FreedomBox. The value set here is used by the <ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/Manual/ejabberd#">Chat Server (XMPP)</ulink>, <ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/Manual/LetsEncrypt#">Certificates (Let's Encrypt)</ulink>, and <ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/Manual/Monkeysphere#">Monkeysphere</ulink>. </para></listitem></itemizedlist></section><section><title>Default App</title><itemizedlist><listitem override="none"><para>This is an advanced option that allows you to set something other than FreedomBox Service (Plinth) as the default application to be served on the domain name of the FreedomBox. For example, if your FreedomBox's domain name is <ulink url="https://myfreedombox.rocks"/> and you set MediaWiki as the default app, visiting <ulink url="https://myfreedombox.rocks"/> will take you to <ulink url="https://myfreedombox.rocks/mediawiki/"/> instead of the usual <ulink url="https://myfreedombox.rocks/plinth/"/>. Only web applications served from FreedomBox are allowed as choices. </para></listitem></itemizedlist><caution><para><emphasis role="strong">Warning</emphasis>  </para><para>Once some other app is set as the default app, you can only navigate to the FreedomBox Service (Plinth) by typing <ulink url="https://myfreedombox.rocks/plinth/"/> into the browser. </para><para> <emphasis>/freedombox</emphasis> can also be  used as an alias to <emphasis>/plinth</emphasis> </para></caution><itemizedlist><listitem override="none"><para><emphasis>Tip:</emphasis> Bookmark the URL of FreedomBox Service (Plinth) before changing the default app to some other app. </para></listitem></itemizedlist><para>Back to <ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/Features#">Features introduction</ulink> or <ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/Manual#">manual</ulink> pages. </para><!--rule (<hr>) is not applicable to DocBook--><informaltable><tgroup cols="8"><colspec colname="col_0"/><colspec colname="col_1"/><colspec colname="col_2"/><colspec colname="col_3"/><colspec colname="col_4"/><colspec colname="col_5"/><colspec colname="col_6"/><colspec colname="col_7"/><tbody><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><emphasis role="strong">Information</emphasis></para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"/><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"/><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><emphasis role="strong">Support</emphasis></para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><emphasis role="strong">Work Space</emphasis></para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"/><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><emphasis role="strong">Reports</emphasis></para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><emphasis role="strong">Promote</emphasis></para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/Introduction#">Overview</ulink>      </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/Hardware#">Hardware</ulink>      </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><emphasis role="strong"> </emphasis></para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/Support#">Live Help</ulink>     </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/Contribute#">Where To Start</ulink>     </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/Translate#">Translate</ulink>    </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/ProgressCalls#">Calls</ulink>      </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/TalksAndPresentations#">Talks</ulink>     </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/Features#">Features</ulink>     </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/Vision#">Vision</ulink>     </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><emphasis role="strong"> </emphasis></para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/QuestionsAndAnswers#">Q&amp;A</ulink>      </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/Design#">Design</ulink>      </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/TODO#">To Do</ulink>      </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/Metrics#">Metrics</ulink>      </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/Press#">Press</ulink>     </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/Download#">Download</ulink>     </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/Manual#">Manual</ulink>      </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><emphasis role="strong"> </emphasis></para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/UserExperience#">Use cases</ulink>      </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/Contribute/Code#">Code</ulink>      </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/Contributors#">Contributors</ulink>      </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/ReleaseNotes#">Releases</ulink>      </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Configure/FreedomBox/Blog#">Blog</ulink>     </para></entry></row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable><para><!--"~-smaller-~" is not applicable to DocBook-->HELP &amp; DISCUSSIONS: <ulink url="https://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss">Mailing List</ulink> - <ulink url="irc://irc.debian.org/freedombox">#freedombox irc.debian.org</ulink> | CONTACT <ulink url="https://freedomboxfoundation.org/">Foundation</ulink> | JOIN <ulink 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