BirdNET-Pi with static IP inside a LAN

[DD4WH]

I have a BirdNET-Pi inside a large LAN network which requires a static IP adress.
I altered /etc/dhcpcd.conf and inserted the following:
auto eth0
interface eth0
static ip_adress=MY.IP.ADD.RESS:24
static routers=MY.STANDARD.GATE.WAY
static domain_name_servers=MY.DNS.SER.VERS
Because connection to the Pi was only possible by putty by that time, I altered birdnet.conf
and changed this:
BIRDNETPI_URL=https://MY.IP.ADD.RESS
BIRDNETPI_URL=https://MY.IP.ADD.RESS:8080
BIRDNETPI_URL=https://MY.IP.ADD.RESS:8888
Then I did the same in sudo nano /etc/caddy/Caddyfile
and changed/added the same IPs

After that, I can now access the Log and the Web Terminal page, but not the main page.

Do I need to change something else?

[mcguirepr89]

@DD4WH
HEAVILY Edited a few times!I was wrong about everything I said a few times after looking back through the code and doing more testing.

For a static IP address using HTTPS, do everything you have but choose different ports (above 6000) since 8080 and 8888 are used in for GoTTY.

I chose ports 9090 and 9898 because they're easy to type, but I've verified that works. Sorry for all the crappy first responses!!!

IMPORTANT NOTE
If you are using HTTPS for security purposes, you'll want to disable GoTTY's responses on port 8888 so that Caddy handles the Basic Auth and TLS. Do this by editing the templates/web_terminal.service file's ExecStart line from:

ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/gotty -w -p 8888 --title-format "BirdNET-Pi Terminal" bash

to

ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/gotty --address localhost -w -p 8888 --title-format "BirdNET-Pi Terminal" bash

and then reloading the service file

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

then restart the Web Terminal service in "Tools" > "Services" or disabled it altogether.

Yikes I need to be more thoughtful before responding.

[mcguirepr89]

Be sure to run sudo systemctl reload caddy if you're editing the Caddyfile manually.

[DD4WH]

Thank you very much, Patrick for your detailed and carefully tested reply and suggestions!
At the moment, I am still struggling with getting the Pi to have internet access inside the network (using a proxy server), so I will adress the various problems I have setp-by-step and come back to you later! Thanks again!

[mcguirepr89]

I'm sorry I didn't even notice the differences in URL protocols, but yes use https:// for all three URLs

[DD4WH]

When I change the Settings and type https://birdnet.internal.ip.adress:9898/, the following error occurs:
SSL_ERROR_RX_RECORD_TOO_LONG
I have not (yet) stopped the Gotty service as you recommended above, maybe thats the cause?

[mcguirepr89]

Hmm I've never seen nor heard of that error before.

Restart the BirdNET Log / Web Terminal service and see if that solves things. 🤔

[DD4WH]

Thanks Patrick, for your help!
I tried a few things, but the error remains.
However, that is not too relevant, I think. If I can reach the Pi via SSH, I would not need the Web Terminal.
Can I still reach the log page via port 8080, if I disable GoTTY for port 8888, as you described above ? [Sorry for these silly questions, this network stuff is not so easy for me to grasp]

[mcguirepr89]

I'm sorry I can't be of more help with this. Are you trying to reach the Log and Web terminal from the main site using the buttons (i.e., clicking "View Log" and "Tools" > "Web Terminal"), or are you typing the addresses (and ports) into the web browser address bar to reach things?

[AdamM68]

following the subject ....
my birdnetpi is runnig fine so far for couple of months but it is time to switch my rPi from DHCP adress to static one.
I used ssh connection to my rPi and edited dhcpcd.conf as follow:
`birdnetpi:~/BirdNET-Pi$ sudo nano /etc/dhcpcd.conf

A sample configuration for dhcpcd.

… all comments removed for clarity

hostname
clientid
persistent
require dhcp_server_identifier
slaac private
static routers=192.168.0.1

interface eth0
static ip_address=192.168.1.114/24
static routers=192.168.1.1
static domain_name_servers=192.168.1.1

interface wlan0
static ip_address=192.168.1.113/24
static routers=192.168.1.1
static domain_name_servers=192.168.1.1`

Now... my wifi connection (wlan0) is working fine and rPi is using static ip .113 but eth0 is still using dhcp adress (.229) - it is not using static .114

Whats wrong ?
should I change something more or the cinfiguration file dhcpcd.conf is wrong ?

[AdamM68]

found an information that only 1 interface can be declared in dhcpcd.conf ..??? is it true ?

https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=140252