# Disable direct access with port (nginx)
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-direct-access-with-port-nginx/31312
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [July 22, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-direct-access-with-port-nginx/31312 "2015-07-22T20:40:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@preDawnHunter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/preDawnHunter)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-direct-access-with-port-nginx/31312/1 "2015-07-22T20:40:22Z")
I am not sure if I could the problem clear but I will try my best. 😁
I set up the Discourse on port 9988 and proxy it to subdomain, [http://d.abc.com/](http://d.abc.com/), with nginx. It works. However, I can still access it from [http://abc.com:9988/](http://abc.com:9988/) and [http://d.abc.com:9988/](http://d.abc.com:9988/). How can I completely disable the access to the port?
I am using Digital Ocean droplet and both top and subdomain are on the same droplet.
Below is my conf for both sites (in one file).
```
server {
listen 80 default_server;
listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;
server_name fuguo.uk; # Replace with your domain
location / {
root /var/www/abc.com;
index index.html index.htm;
}
}
server {
listen 80;
server_name d.abc.com # Replace with your domain
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:9988;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
proxy_buffering off;
}
}
```
Many thanks.
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### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-direct-access-with-port-nginx/31312/2 "2015-07-22T21:21:39Z")
Your can use a firewall like `iptables` to block access to this port.
Alternatively, you can follow [this guide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-other-websites-on-the-same-machine-as-discourse/17247) to use a socket instead of a port, eliminating the need to block any port 🙂
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### Author:  [@preDawnHunter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/preDawnHunter)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-direct-access-with-port-nginx/31312/4 "2015-07-22T21:36:56Z")
@fefrei Thank you! You are the best! 😘