# Error creating identities instance in Ziti Edge Controller

**URL:** <https://openziti.discourse.group/t/error-creating-identities-instance-in-ziti-edge-controller/376>\
**Category:** Building/Development\
**Created:** [April 6, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/error-creating-identities-instance-in-ziti-edge-controller/376 "2022-04-06T05:10:28Z")\
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Which basically just boils down to setting a few env vars first (really just EXTERNAL\_DNS) - then running quickstart

```auto
export EXTERNAL_DNS="ec2-18-100-100-100.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com"
export EXTERNAL_IP="$(curl -s eth0.me)"       
export ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_IP_OVERRIDE="${EXTERNAL_IP}"
export ZITI_EDGE_ROUTER_IP_OVERRIDE="${EXTERNAL_IP}"
export ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_HOSTNAME="${EXTERNAL_DNS}"
export ZITI_EDGE_ROUTER_HOSTNAME="${EXTERNAL_DNS}"
export ZITI_EDGE_CONTROLLER_PORT=8441
export ZITI_EDGE_ROUTER_PORT=8442

# now download, source, and execute the expressInstall function
source /dev/stdin <<< "$(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openziti/ziti/release-next/quickstart/docker/image/ziti-cli-functions.sh)"; expressInstall

```

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