# Dev install bound to 0.0.0.0?

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**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** dev-install\
**Created:** [May 14, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dev-install-bound-to-0-0-0-0/307830 "2024-05-14T00:35:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 6:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dev-install-bound-to-0-0-0-0/307830/2 "2024-05-14T06:47:24Z")

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Its risky, cause you don’t want to open this to the world…

I think this does a reasonable job at answering?

> **[Custom IP Binding for Discourse Dev Installation](https://meta.discourse.org/discourse-ai/ai-bot/shared-ai-conversations/FLDs0FJcSDSaLVF9PGvGzg)**
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> sam: Looking at discourse source code is there some way to get a dev install to bind to a custom ip or public ip?

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