# Discourse Connect on Local instance is not working

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-connect-on-local-instance-is-not-working/192653
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 4, 2021, 7:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-connect-on-local-instance-is-not-working/192653 "2021-06-04T07:36:21Z")
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### Author: ![hawm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f07891/32.png) [@hawm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hawm)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2021, 7:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-connect-on-local-instance-is-not-working/192653/2 "2021-06-04T07:48:20Z")

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You may take a look:

> [@Fake authentication provider for development/testing purposes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fake-authentication-provider-for-development-testing-purposes/183700/1):
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> :philosoraptor: Note that this is the most insecure authentication plugin ever invented. Therefore, it will refuse to boot in a production environment, and you must set the `DISCOURSE_DEV_ALLOW_ANON_TO_IMPERSONATE` environment variable to `1` for it to work

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