# Alternative run
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-run/263333
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [April 30, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-run/263333 "2023-04-30T18:16:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Justman10000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Justman10000)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-run/263333/1 "2023-04-30T18:16:13Z")
Currently discourse is hosted in Docker by nginx! but you could add an option in the discourse-setup where instead of nginx just discourse itself runs (so that discourse reaches via :3000\>)… Furthermore, another option in the installer could make discourse run on a port other than 3000! The EXPOSE will be automatically adjusted accordingly! Discourse could then be reached via a reverse proxy over a domain
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-run/263333/2 "2023-04-30T18:27:03Z")
> [@Justman10000](#):
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> Discourse could then be reached via a reverse proxy over a domain
Again: that can be done already. It is really trivial task.
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### Author:  [@Justman10000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Justman10000)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-run/263333/3 "2023-04-30T19:32:03Z")
Yes, but it should be possible to do it without major configurations
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-run/263333/4 "2023-04-30T19:40:12Z")
It is not a major configuration. It is just another typical virtual host configuration what you have to do everytime no matter what is listening at backend; WordPress, Moodle or Discourse under Docker. Plus one really minor change on app.yml: what port discourse will listen.
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### Author:  [@Justman10000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Justman10000)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-run/263333/5 "2023-04-30T19:55:22Z")
Which variable in de app.yml would this be?
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-run/263333/6 "2023-04-30T20:09:04Z")
As you said here [Content Security Policy: The settings of the page have blocked the loading of a resource ("script-src") - #19 by Justman10000](https://meta.discourse.org/t/content-security-policy-the-settings-of-the-page-have-blocked-the-loading-of-a-resource-script-src/262608/19) you should expose only `90:80`.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-run/263333/7 "2023-05-01T14:52:40Z")
> [@Justman10000](#):
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> you could add an option in the discourse-setup
`discourse-setup` is intended to support only the most basic installations. If you’re doing something like using a reverse proxy then it’s assumed that you know enough about how things work that it’s easier to use a text editor than run a script that asks a whole bunch of questions.