# \[SOLVED\] Setting up a custom domain for my freedombox plants
**URL:** https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/solved-setting-up-a-custom-domain-for-my-freedombox-plants/2188
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 24, 2022, 10:12am UTC](https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/solved-setting-up-a-custom-domain-for-my-freedombox-plants/2188 "2022-07-24T10:12:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@vegafjord](https://discuss.freedombox.org/u/vegafjord)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2022, 10:12am UTC](https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/solved-setting-up-a-custom-domain-for-my-freedombox-plants/2188/1 "2022-07-24T10:12:36Z")
I’m trying to set up my custom domain on my freedombox garden. However, I can’t find the ipv4 address of the garden.
My understanding is that I can access this address through the terminal, which is accessible through the cockpit plant. However, when trying log in on this plant, I receive the following error message:
> Connection failed
> There was an unexpected error while connecting to the machine.
> Messages related to the failure might be found in the journal:
> `journalctl -u cockpit`
Is there perhaps another place to access the terminal?
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### Author:  [@vegafjord](https://discuss.freedombox.org/u/vegafjord)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2022, 10:48am UTC](https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/solved-setting-up-a-custom-domain-for-my-freedombox-plants/2188/2 "2022-07-24T10:48:36Z")
I figured how to access the cockpit. Just had to access ‘/etc/hosts’ in my local computer and insert ‘freedombox.local [local ip address of the garden]’. I found the local ip address of my garden through my router.
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### Author:  [@vegafjord](https://discuss.freedombox.org/u/vegafjord)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2022, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/solved-setting-up-a-custom-domain-for-my-freedombox-plants/2188/3 "2022-07-24T11:59:05Z")
I have access to the terminal, but I don’t know how to access the ip address that I should use to point to my server from the DNS. I tried to use ‘ip addr’, but I only get addresses like 192.168.x.x. So it appears that these are not the right ip addresses.
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### Author:  [@vegafjord](https://discuss.freedombox.org/u/vegafjord)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/solved-setting-up-a-custom-domain-for-my-freedombox-plants/2188/4 "2022-07-24T12:31:16Z")
I have solved it. I assumed freedombox supported ipv4, but it appears not. I have instead used ipv6 to point to my garden.