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@@ -521,7 +521,9 @@ Yes, as of [`#585`](https://git.coopcloud.tech/toolshed/abra/pulls/585), this is
 ## Running an offline coop-cloud server 
 
 You may want to run a coop-cloud directly on your device (or in a VM or machine on your LAN), whether that's for testing a recipe or to run coop-cloud apps outside of the cloud ;-)
-In that case you might simply add some names to `/etc/hosts` (e.g `127.0.0.1 myapp.localhost`), or configure them on a local DNS server - which means `traefik` won't be able to use `letsencrypt` to generate and verify SSL certificates. Here's what you can do instead:
+
+In that case you might set up your server with `abra add server --local` like you would do it [running abra server side](#running-abra-server-side) (without a specific server name).
+Then you could simply add some names to `/etc/hosts` (e.g `127.0.0.1 myapp.localhost`, `127.0.0.1 coopcloud.local`, `127.0.0.1 *.coopcloud.local`), or configure them on a local DNS server - which means `traefik` won't be able to use `letsencrypt` to generate and verify SSL certificates. Here's what you can do instead:
 1. In your traefik .env file, edit/uncomment the following lines:
 ```
 LETS_ENCRYPT_ENV=staging
@@ -530,7 +532,8 @@ SECRET_WILDCARD_CERT_VERSION=v1
 SECRET_WILDCARD_KEY_VERSION=v1
 COMPOSE_FILE="$COMPOSE_FILE:compose.wildcard.yml"
 ```
-2. Generate a self-signed certificate using the [command listed here](https://letsencrypt.org/docs/certificates-for-localhost/#making-and-trusting-your-own-certificates). Unless using `localhost` you may want to edit that where it appears in the command, and/or add multiple (sub)domains to the certificate e.g: `subjectAltName=DNS:localhost,DNS:myapp.localhost`
+2. Generate a self-signed certificate using the [command listed here](https://letsencrypt.org/docs/certificates-for-localhost/#making-and-trusting-your-own-certificates). Unless using `localhost` you may want to edit that where it appears in the command, and/or add multiple (sub)domains to the certificate e.g: `subjectAltName=DNS:localhost,DNS:myapp.localhost`. You can also use wildcard-subdomains if you want to be more flexible later one, which apps to deploy: `subjectAltName=DNS:coopcloud.local,DNS:*.coopcloud.local`. 
+
 3. Run these commands:
 ```
 abra app secret insert localhost ssl_cert v1 localhost.crt -f