# Image upload, relative path instead of full path

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-upload-relative-path-instead-of-full-path/79533>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [February 1, 2018, 9:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-upload-relative-path-instead-of-full-path/79533 "2018-02-01T09:41:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![fefrei](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fefrei/32/119538_2.png) [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 10:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-upload-relative-path-instead-of-full-path/79533/4 "2018-02-01T10:29:49Z")

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That’s not a supported setup – Discourse needs to know the hostname it is running at. I’m pretty sure that there will be more breakage than just images if the hostname is wrong.

I you need outside access to Discourse, you’ll need to use a technique that allows you to access Discourse at the original domain name configured in `app.yml`, e.g. a VPN tunnel.

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