# openBalena

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## [Device mapping changed in Balena OS v6.3.38](https://forums.balena.io/t/device-mapping-changed-in-balena-os-v6-3-38/373602)

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**Author:** [@Perzade](https://forums.balena.io/u/Perzade)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/device-mapping-changed-in-balena-os-v6-3-38/373602 "2025-02-25T13:17:20Z")

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After updating OS on rpi4 from v6.1.21 to 6.3.38, Modbus & GPIO mappings were modified. Our service uses tty/AMA3 for RS485 Modbus, it got changed to tty/AMA5. Also, only one gpiochip is detected by the OS, so we lost th…

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## [Running an instance of open-balena](https://forums.balena.io/t/running-an-instance-of-open-balena/373637)

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**Author:** [@Toel](https://forums.balena.io/u/Toel)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/running-an-instance-of-open-balena/373637 "2025-02-21T08:02:36Z")

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Hi , i am trying to run an instance of open balena , but I an running into a few blockers,here is my terminal output:::tl@tl-HP-EliteBook-840-G3:~$ sudo su balena \[sudo\] password for toel: balena@tl-HP-EliteBook-840-G3…

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## [Device state not updating after Upgrade and New SSL Cert](https://forums.balena.io/t/device-state-not-updating-after-upgrade-and-new-ssl-cert/373657)

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**Author:** [@Stewie](https://forums.balena.io/u/Stewie)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/device-state-not-updating-after-upgrade-and-new-ssl-cert/373657 "2025-02-19T15:08:21Z")

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Hi guys! First Off: Thanks for this awesome project! Problem I have an issue where the is\_online flag is not updating. New devices can join the fleet but the state is always offline (or online if the device was online…

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## [Postgres cluster provides significant performance improvement](https://forums.balena.io/t/postgres-cluster-provides-significant-performance-improvement/373579)

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**Author:** [@drcnyc](https://forums.balena.io/u/drcnyc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/postgres-cluster-provides-significant-performance-improvement/373579 "2025-02-16T02:24:42Z")

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Just want to share an exciting development with the community - we have managed to get support for postgres clusters working in openbalena, which provides a significant performance improvement. We are running postgers a…

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## [Issue with open-balena-admin](https://forums.balena.io/t/issue-with-open-balena-admin/373508)

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**Author:** [@andrea](https://forums.balena.io/u/andrea)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/issue-with-open-balena-admin/373508 "2025-02-04T09:07:42Z")

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Hi everybody, I have this problem and i don’t know how to fix it. postgrest\_1 | \[HPM\] Proxy created: / -\> http://127.0.0.1:3000 postgrest\_1 | 03/Feb/2025:14:04:50 +0000: Failed listening for notifications on the "pg…

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## [Unable to extract image digest (content hash)](https://forums.balena.io/t/unable-to-extract-image-digest-content-hash/372401)

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**Author:** [@grzegmar96](https://forums.balena.io/u/grzegmar96)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/unable-to-extract-image-digest-content-hash/372401 "2024-11-04T19:57:42Z")

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Hello everyone, I have been an openBalena user since this week. I tried to release a new release using the command: balena deploy myFleet --build. After the container build is complete, it appears that the deployment is…

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## [Open balena internal API for login, getting a valid token internally](https://forums.balena.io/t/open-balena-internal-api-for-login-getting-a-valid-token-internally/369513)

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**Author:** [@elsevero](https://forums.balena.io/u/elsevero)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/open-balena-internal-api-for-login-getting-a-valid-token-internally/369513 "2025-01-16T15:39:54Z")

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Hi there guys, I am trying to make a login via a console application, while trying to make the API with the curl inside the openbalena-api container, and for every request I get a redirect to my public redirect API\_HOST,…

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## [Current state of balena ssh in openBalena in 2025](https://forums.balena.io/t/current-state-of-balena-ssh-in-openbalena-in-2025/372737)

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**Author:** [@mwolleben](https://forums.balena.io/u/mwolleben)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2025, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/current-state-of-balena-ssh-in-openbalena-in-2025/372737 "2025-01-16T08:13:58Z")

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Latest version of balena-cli (v20.2) being used. How do people ssh into containers running on production devices? I saw some older posts from 2021 saying that ssh had not been implemented in openBalena. Is this still the…

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## [Build Cache in Development vs. Production Mode](https://forums.balena.io/t/build-cache-in-development-vs-production-mode/372733)

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**Author:** [@mwolleben](https://forums.balena.io/u/mwolleben)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/build-cache-in-development-vs-production-mode/372733 "2025-01-14T16:59:55Z")

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I am trying to use openBalena to build and deploy a multi-container app previously used with BalenaCloud (the paid version). In BalenaCloud, I used to be able to do a “balena push AppName” to update the app in the cloud,…

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## [Accidentally removed \`config\` folder (pre-v4)](https://forums.balena.io/t/accidentally-removed-config-folder-pre-v4/372798)

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**Author:** [@ashwin](https://forums.balena.io/u/ashwin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/accidentally-removed-config-folder-pre-v4/372798 "2025-01-13T10:37:13Z")

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While trying to update to v4 I accidentally removed my config folder. I didn’t check if the backup finished before this happened, turns out it failed and so I don’t have a backup. Good lesson to learn here. When I check…

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## [Roadmap for BalenaOS Updates in OpenBalena](https://forums.balena.io/t/roadmap-for-balenaos-updates-in-openbalena/4537)

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**Author:** [@KyrosMatt](https://forums.balena.io/u/KyrosMatt)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/roadmap-for-balenaos-updates-in-openbalena/4537 "2025-01-10T00:22:40Z")

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Hi Balena team, Congrats on the rebrand and the OpenBalena release, fantastic to see this open source’d instead of the industry re-inventing this particular wheel over and over! We’re super keen to pivot our developmen…

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## [unable to push images to registry,EOF](https://forums.balena.io/t/unable-to-push-images-to-registry-eof/372649)

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**Author:** [@epiloguess](https://forums.balena.io/u/epiloguess)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/unable-to-push-images-to-registry-eof/372649 "2024-12-17T03:14:27Z")

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Hello everyone, I have recently been trying out OpenBalena. My setup consists of two x86 machines: Balena Server and the CLI are on the same machine, while Balena OS runs on the other. I am using a self-signed certifica…

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## [Kubernetes for scaling](https://forums.balena.io/t/kubernetes-for-scaling/132102)

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**Author:** [@bversluijs](https://forums.balena.io/u/bversluijs)\
**Replies:** 56\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/kubernetes-for-scaling/132102 "2022-10-27T15:51:47Z")

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Hi all, I’ve been busy with creating Kubernetes .yml files for the openBalena containers. Because openBalena uses containers by default, I thought Kubernetes wouldn’t be a problem. But I was wrong. I’ve forked the repo…

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## [API/SDK: User permissions required for getDeviceApiKeysByDevice](https://forums.balena.io/t/api-sdk-user-permissions-required-for-getdeviceapikeysbydevice/372501)

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**Author:** [@unipoin](https://forums.balena.io/u/unipoin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/api-sdk-user-permissions-required-for-getdeviceapikeysbydevice/372501 "2024-11-19T12:29:03Z")

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Hi openBalena enthusiasts! I’m wondering what user permissions are required to use the API/SDK function to get device API keys (docs linked below). Even with granting all permissions to the API user, I only get 401 err…

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## [NTP Service for Open Customers](https://forums.balena.io/t/ntp-service-for-open-customers/369949)

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**Author:** [@brownster](https://forums.balena.io/u/brownster)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/ntp-service-for-open-customers/369949 "2024-10-29T12:29:28Z")

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Recently our RPi4 devices running BalenaOS 2.105.21 stopped reporting the correct day/time. The online docs suggest that Balena hosts the service but I wonder if this is only for cloud customers. Can someone confirm wher…

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## [How to update openBalena server](https://forums.balena.io/t/how-to-update-openbalena-server/5867)

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**Author:** [@aleph.solutions](https://forums.balena.io/u/aleph.solutions)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/how-to-update-openbalena-server/5867 "2024-10-24T13:41:00Z")

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Hi, we are trying openBalena since the release 0.0.7 and we are looking for update our server to the latest version without loosing the devices already subscribed. Reading on the forum and the website there is not any …

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## [When executing the balena deploy command, an error message is returned: It is necessary that each release that should be running on a device...](https://forums.balena.io/t/when-executing-the-balena-deploy-command-an-error-message-is-returned-it-is-necessary-that-each-release-that-should-be-running-on-a-device/371304)

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**Author:** [@luisgs7](https://forums.balena.io/u/luisgs7)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/when-executing-the-balena-deploy-command-an-error-message-is-returned-it-is-necessary-that-each-release-that-should-be-running-on-a-device/371304 "2024-09-06T12:15:28Z")

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I am trying to deploy a new release to an open balena server, but when I run the following command: balena deploy \<fleet\_name\> I get the following error message: How can I solve this problem? Thank you in advance …

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## [Fixed - OpenBalena API Migration Issues (v0.209.2 --\> v14.3.6)](https://forums.balena.io/t/fixed-openbalena-api-migration-issues-v0-209-2-v14-3-6/368841)

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**Author:** [@teslov](https://forums.balena.io/u/teslov)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/fixed-openbalena-api-migration-issues-v0-209-2-v14-3-6/368841 "2024-08-26T21:41:02Z")

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Description: Hello OpenBalena Community, We are currently seeking assistance with a migration issue that has arisen after updating. OpenBalena to a new tag (v0.209.2 → v14.3.6) . Blame me, it was my fault, during inve…

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## [Getting Started docs gone?](https://forums.balena.io/t/getting-started-docs-gone/371120)

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**Author:** [@Dennis](https://forums.balena.io/u/Dennis)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/getting-started-docs-gone/371120 "2024-08-14T13:13:52Z")

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When I browse to balena.io/open \> Getting Started (https://www.balena.io/open/docs/getting-started), I’m getting a 404 error. Does anyone know where I can find these docs?

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## [Device goes offline immediately after joining the fleet](https://forums.balena.io/t/device-goes-offline-immediately-after-joining-the-fleet/371074)

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**Author:** [@yam](https://forums.balena.io/u/yam)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/device-goes-offline-immediately-after-joining-the-fleet/371074 "2024-08-07T09:25:02Z")

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Hi everyone, I am new to openBalena but would really like to use it. I’ve set up my server and have access to it via the balena CLI on another device according to the Getting Started Guide. After configuring and flashin…

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## [Tinker Board 3 support for openBalena](https://forums.balena.io/t/tinker-board-3-support-for-openbalena/371063)

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**Author:** [@djsmal](https://forums.balena.io/u/djsmal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/tinker-board-3-support-for-openbalena/371063 "2024-08-05T11:01:38Z")

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Hello everyone, I’m currently working with openBalena and I’m looking to use the Tinker Board 3. I have a few questions and would really appreciate any guidance or insights: Is the Tinker Board 3 already supported by …

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## [OpenBalena on Kubernets won't stay balanced - OpenBalena 3.7.0](https://forums.balena.io/t/openbalena-on-kubernets-wont-stay-balanced-openbalena-3-7-0/371015)

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**Author:** [@brownster](https://forums.balena.io/u/brownster)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/openbalena-on-kubernets-wont-stay-balanced-openbalena-3-7-0/371015 "2024-07-29T18:15:40Z")

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A former Balena employee helped us get up and running OpenBalena 3.7.0 on Kubernets. However, we haven’t been impressed with the performance. It seems like things are just getting worse and worse with the K8 needing to b…

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## [Sysytem x86 windows 10 home](https://forums.balena.io/t/sysytem-x86-windows-10-home/371006)

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**Author:** [@Iisus](https://forums.balena.io/u/Iisus)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/sysytem-x86-windows-10-home/371006 "2024-07-28T21:20:07Z")

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Error, no open file log. Безымянный.png This photo error. Help me.

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## [Which helm chart to use ?](https://forums.balena.io/t/which-helm-chart-to-use/370543)

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**Author:** [@ahmet](https://forums.balena.io/u/ahmet)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/which-helm-chart-to-use/370543 "2024-07-02T18:36:42Z")

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In order to deploy open-balena, as far as I understood using helm chart is a great way to make it scalable but since I have no experience on kubernetes, I’m having hard time to do it correctly. First of all, which one I…

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## [how to create image-flasher.json](https://forums.balena.io/t/how-to-create-image-flasher-json/370807)

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**Author:** [@rohitsharmar2p](https://forums.balena.io/u/rohitsharmar2p)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/how-to-create-image-flasher-json/370807 "2024-07-01T11:06:08Z")

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I want to create image-flasher.json from the image flasher. I wanted to know if there is a specific application balena team uses to create that ? here is an example of image-flasher.json { "resin.img": { "…

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## [Change default domains](https://forums.balena.io/t/change-default-domains/370750)

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**Author:** [@felirangelp](https://forums.balena.io/u/felirangelp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2024, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/change-default-domains/370750 "2024-06-20T07:34:34Z")

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We need some help with the issue of domains in the deployment of OpenBalena that we are stuck on. We are following the instructions for implementing OpenBalena, using this link as a reference: openBalena Getting Started…

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## [New Open Balena Setup.](https://forums.balena.io/t/new-open-balena-setup/370743)

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**Author:** [@ndu](https://forums.balena.io/u/ndu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2024, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/new-open-balena-setup/370743 "2024-06-18T09:19:29Z")

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Greetings, I am trying to install a new infrastructure and I have realized there are some changes, on the installation guide. I cant go pass the make up file I keep getting error: make: \*\*\* \[Makefile:56 up\] Error 125. …

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## [Removing systemd](https://forums.balena.io/t/removing-systemd/370700)

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**Author:** [@GoogleIt](https://forums.balena.io/u/GoogleIt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/removing-systemd/370700 "2024-06-11T08:38:09Z")

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Hello everyone, We’ve been using openBalena in production for the past two years and would love to contribute by removing systemd from all containers. As mentioned in the 2024 merge request (openBalena 2024 by ab77 · P…

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## [Updating OpenBalena certificates failed](https://forums.balena.io/t/updating-openbalena-certificates-failed/370542)

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**Author:** [@MaxFerretti78](https://forums.balena.io/u/MaxFerretti78)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2024, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/updating-openbalena-certificates-failed/370542 "2024-05-28T10:18:01Z")

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Hi, I have to update an OpenBalena server that is currently running versione 3.4.1 and has expired certificates. First of all I tried to update certificates using easyrsa as described in a post in this forum but failed…

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## [Issues standing up OpenBalena on Ubuntu 22.04](https://forums.balena.io/t/issues-standing-up-openbalena-on-ubuntu-22-04/370580)

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**Author:** [@flux](https://forums.balena.io/u/flux)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2024, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/issues-standing-up-openbalena-on-ubuntu-22-04/370580 "2024-05-28T08:27:12Z")

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Hi Everyone, I am trying to setup OpenBalena from the quick start guide (mashed with a few of the newer quick start guides for ubuntu 22.04 in the Github pull requests + issues) and seem to be running into issues with ev…

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