If you’ve followed the installer, you’ve configured your gateway to connect to The Things Network. What if you want to connect your gateway to a private back-end, or to a specific router?
Alternatively you can download the private network installer and execute it like this:
export ACCOUNT_SERVER_DOMAIN=myaccount.domain
export ROUTER_MQTT_ADDRESS=mymqtt.domain:port
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/egourlao/multitech-installer/master/installer.sh | bash
Find the MQTT address of the bridge #
First, you’ll need to figure out what’s the MQTT address and port of the bridge. Here are a few examples:
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If you’ve set up the back-end yourself, using our private routing guide, the MQTT address will be, by default,
<machine IP>:1883. -
If you’re using a The Things Industries installation, your MQTT address will be
<routing services address>:1882.
Change the bridge configuration #
Open with vi the /var/config/lora/local_conf.json file:
$ vi /var/config/lora/local_conf.json
You should then edit those values:
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server_address: Change this value to the MQTT address and port of the bridge, in a<address>:<port>format. -
serv_gw_id: the ID of your gateway. -
serv_gw_key: the key of your gateway.
Apply the configuration #
Restart the packet forwarder to apply those changes:
$ /etc/init.d/ttn-packet-forwarder restart