# Giving Claude Code read-only access to my self-hosted install? **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/giving-claude-code-read-only-access-to-my-self-hosted-install/404698 **Category:** Self-hosting **Created:** [June 7, 2026, 9:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/giving-claude-code-read-only-access-to-my-self-hosted-install/404698 "2026-06-07T09:28:27Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 1
### Author: ![stephtara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephtara/32/517827_2.png) [@stephtara](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stephtara) #### Post date: [June 7, 2026, 9:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/giving-claude-code-read-only-access-to-my-self-hosted-install/404698/1 "2026-06-07T09:28:27Z")
I have Claude Code and I’d like to make the best use possible of it to assist me in setting up and managing my install. I do not want to give it any kind of write access. Is there a way to give it SSH access to my Discourse install with only read permissions? Same with the database? And to forbid access to anything “security/confidential” on the server? Seems to me it would be much more efficient if I can give it this kind of access, rather than have it read web pages, dig through SQL dumps (btw, come to think of it: do those contain anything sensitive security-wise? I imagine they do), give it screenshots or copy-paste settings and error messages… Is anybody doing this kind of thing? --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/giving-claude-code-read-only-access-to-my-self-hosted-install/404698)._