{{define "title"}}Server identity · Admin · MeshTender{{end}} {{define "header"}}
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.
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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.
{{if .Backup}}Copy this into your password manager alongside a note of which deployment it belongs to. It stays valid until the identity changes.
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.