New to ZTNET - Full selfhosted wish but...

[ViP3R76]

Hi, i am new to ZTNET and it is a wonderful gold piece of software. But, for now i can not achieve everything i want.

• VPS Server running as fully enclosed system
• every connection should be in the ZT network (excluded - ssh access to the VPS with external IP)
• every service running on the VPS should be only reachable by the ZTnet

My problems:

• i have read nearly all discussions here, and the point is to have 2 seperate instances (one for controller, one for the "client")
• for easier management i use portainer on the VPS Host-System, which exposes its ports only to the ZTNet (this works, if i only use the regular ZT connection - as it is bound to a ZT eth "device")
• i have around 5-6 external PCs that run in that ZT-Network - but only for connection inside this net - no dns (this is still done outside the ztnet with their local networks)
• i created a new planet (for selfhosting) and the connections are working as intended after replacing the planet.custom->planet within the normal windows ZT Client software and connection is done properly and registering to the controller

My main question:

• how can i achieve, that my only VPS is the controller AND can serve the needed ZT-device to itself?
• excluded options: 2nd VPS, no proxmox
• is it an option to have the controller on port 9994 (as i have a new planet and need to customize the connection to the controller in every case) and the local ZT Client on 9993 ?

[PizzaProgram]

how can i achieve, that my only VPS is the controller AND can serve the needed ZT-device to itself?

This took me a while too, to realize, how easy is to do. (Maybe that's why it is not in the docs.):

Simply join the network from inside the docker container!
docker exec zerotier zerotier-cli join **{net-id}**
I recommend adding a xxx.xxx.xxx.001 IP to it, before accepting on the admin page.

To add services to it, I think You have 2 options:

1. extend the docker stack
2. create a separate docker container and join the network of zerotier.
   

[ViP3R76]

Hm, this would be brilliant. This would be too easy. Will try it on the weekend :-) Thanks for the hint anyways!