# Discourse-setup uses ifconfig to check the IP address for Let's Encrypt, but it's not available on Debian stretch

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-uses-ifconfig-to-check-the-ip-address-for-lets-encrypt-but-its-not-available-on-debian-stretch/61080>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [Abril 16, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-uses-ifconfig-to-check-the-ip-address-for-lets-encrypt-but-its-not-available-on-debian-stretch/61080 "2017-04-16T21:14:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![chrisc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chrisc/32/119982_2.png) [@chrisc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chrisc)\
**Post date:** [Abril 16, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-uses-ifconfig-to-check-the-ip-address-for-lets-encrypt-but-its-not-available-on-debian-stretch/61080/3 "2017-04-16T21:19:38Z")

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It is good to do this check, `hostname -i` is a lot simpler than getting the IP address from `ifconfig`.

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