# Install discourse with internet access only via proxy

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-with-internet-access-only-via-proxy/66396>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [July 18, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-with-internet-access-only-via-proxy/66396 "2017-07-18T15:56:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![jimbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/13edae/32.png) [@jimbob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jimbob)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 10:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-with-internet-access-only-via-proxy/66396/18 "2017-07-20T10:11:58Z")

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For the interim I disabled external avatars.  
I noticed you guys kindly provide a docker image for discourse/letter-avatars, so I might go with that at some point, but I’m thinking to keep it simple (stupid) for now :D.  
But thanks for the help!

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