Can you ping the devices from the central server using their local addresses? Or do you need a management VPN between the server and the network devices?
Federico On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 at 13:01, 'Joe Gullo (surfrock66)' via OpenWISP < [email protected]> wrote: > I'm testing a small install of OpenWisp, deployed via Docker, for a series > of 3 dumb AP's (Zyxel NWA50AX Pro) with OpenWRT on them. These are just > PoE AP's, offering no DHCP, DNS, etc, and this POC will be used as a pitch > for further OpenWISP deployment. > > OpenWisp is installed as a docker container in its own VM, and that is on > my server VLAN. The AP's are on our network device VLAN, and they can all > ping each other just fine, as well as bidirectional ping to and from the > OpenWisp VM. > > OpenWisp is up, and I've installed the OpenWisp packages on the AP's. I > did auto-provisioning, and they all show up under devices. I deployed a > demo config, and that shows as "applied". The one hiccup is that each > device is showing as critical, and that's because they're failing their > ping check. > > I noticed each device wasn't getting the "Management IP" populated, so I > set the "OPENWISP_CONTROLLER_MANAGEMENT_IP_ONLY" setting to "False" in > .env, but I'm not getting any feedback that the setting took, so I set the > IP manually to match the "Last IP" value. > > I figured I should perform a ping test from the actual docker container, > and not the VM, but there are 13 containers and I'm not sure which one the > ping check would be coming from. > > Any guidance would be appreciated! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "OpenWISP" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/openwisp/a47c4b42-84f7-4397-99d0-25964bacbef0n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/openwisp/a47c4b42-84f7-4397-99d0-25964bacbef0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenWISP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/openwisp/CAAGgX6K8TqC%2BRTbetwXNYyyb-y4Cn2Acq7Ejs%3DE97TQskxDuQA%40mail.gmail.com.
