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Administration

Server identity

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This server's MeshCore identity

Every repeater grants admin to this one public key. If it's lost and can't be restored, MeshTender can no longer administer any repeater on the mesh — each owner would have to physically re-run setperm with a new key.

Public key
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Back up

The backup is the identity's seed still encrypted with this deployment's master key (MESHTENDER_MASTER_KEY), wrapped with the public key so it can be identified and verified on the way back in. It's safe to store in a password manager: without the master key it can't be opened, and only someone holding the master key can produce a valid one.

Keep the master key backed up separately — this value alone cannot restore anything.

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Backup value

Copy this into your password manager alongside a note of which deployment it belongs to. It stays valid until the identity changes.

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Restore

Paste a backup to reinstall its identity. This is for rebuilding onto an empty deployment: if this server already holds a different identity and has repeaters registered, the restore is refused, because installing another key would leave all of them granting admin to a key MeshTender no longer has.

Restoring the backup this server is already using does nothing, so it's safe to try.

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