# Changing the invite URL?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-invite-url/63268>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [May 24, 2017, 9:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-invite-url/63268 "2017-05-24T09:18:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 9:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-invite-url/63268/2 "2017-05-24T09:24:21Z")

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You should rebuild with a proper domain name. Discourse is not designed to work from an IP address. Rebuilding just affects global settings controlled by the global config in `app.yml`, it does not harm any data.

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