# Discourse HTTPS Web Socket

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [May 1, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-https-web-socket/225805 "2022-05-01T13:58:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-https-web-socket/225805/15 "2022-05-04T19:09:14Z")

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> [@Jagster](#):
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> But is even that totally different thing than Discourse can use only ports 80/443?

Right. You can have the Discourse docker container open port 82 (or any port) if you have Varnish in front so that the URL is a normal https URL. As long as varnish manages the https certificates you should be able to proceed as you expect.

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