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## Create a certificate for our deployments
While you are at it you might as well create two DNS `A` fields to point at OpenWRT (which will forward it to nginx).
While you are at it you might as well create a DNS `A` fields to point at OpenWRT (which will forward it to nginx).
We need to use a certificate to secure HTTPS communication, both the Mastodon and Matrix protocols require it. This can be done manually for the moment and automated later, as it is not super straightforward. I refer you to the [documentation on certbot + nginx](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-nginx-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-20-04) I would recommend that you create a `mastodon.<yourdomain>` and a `matrix.<yourdomain>` certificate, then back them up somewhere safe as Letsencrypt has pretty aggressive rate limiting with regard to certificate creations.
We need to use a certificate to secure HTTPS communication, the Matrix protocols require it. This can be done manually for the moment and automated later, as it is not super straightforward. I refer you to the [documentation on certbot + nginx](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-nginx-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-20-04) I would recommend that you create a `matrix.<yourdomain>` certificate, then back them up somewhere safe as Letsencrypt has pretty aggressive rate limiting with regard to certificate creations.
