# Kan ik geen top-level domeinnamen gebruiken voor installatie?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-not-use-top-level-domain-names-for-installation/299309
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [14 maart 2024 om 08:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-not-use-top-level-domain-names-for-installation/299309 "2024-03-14T08:47:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@yunge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yunge)
#### Post date: [14 maart 2024 om 08:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-not-use-top-level-domain-names-for-installation/299309/1 "2024-03-14T08:47:21Z")
After I installed it using a top-level domain name, I cannot open the URL. Can this program only use second-level or third-level domain names?
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### Author:  [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)
#### Post date: [14 maart 2024 om 10:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-not-use-top-level-domain-names-for-installation/299309/2 "2024-03-14T10:40:19Z")
It can work on a top-level domain, I have a discourse on a .com domain.
But this doesn’t help explain what is happening with your installation.
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### Author:  [@yunge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yunge)
#### Post date: [14 maart 2024 om 14:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-not-use-top-level-domain-names-for-installation/299309/3 "2024-03-14T14:07:43Z")
Thank you, the problem has been solved.
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [14 maart 2024 om 14:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-not-use-top-level-domain-names-for-installation/299309/4 "2024-03-14T14:29:20Z")
What was the issue then?