# How to disable access to anyone not coming from a specific IP address

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [4월 13, 2019, 1:02오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-access-to-anyone-not-coming-from-a-specific-ip-address/114907 "2019-04-13T01:02:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![sat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@sat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sat)\
**Post date:** [4월 13, 2019, 1:02오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-access-to-anyone-not-coming-from-a-specific-ip-address/114907/1 "2019-04-13T01:02:16Z")

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I would like to block access to my discourse forum until it is ready but would like to have access to only few IP address so that our team can work on forum.

I do know below options can be enable but I want my team to see forum like regular user until it is ready and work on content.  
settings-\>login  
Public registration is disabled, all new users must be explicitly invited by trusted users or staff.  
Require authentication to read content on this site, disallow anonymous access.

When outside user(non approved IP address) visit my site they should see nothing there.

Thanks for your help!

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