# Port 80/443 not accessible while installing Discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/port-80-443-not-accessible-while-installing-discourse/280363
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [September 27, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/port-80-443-not-accessible-while-installing-discourse/280363 "2023-09-27T22:48:58Z")
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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: [September 29, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/port-80-443-not-accessible-while-installing-discourse/280363/4 "2023-09-29T15:44:56Z")

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> [@nottoobright](#):
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> Hi, I’m new to Discourse, trying to run discourse-setup and I get the dreaded “Port 443 of computer does not appear to be accessible” and the “Connection to port 80 also fails” messages.

Sounds like you’re doing the right stuff. You’re sure that your DNS resolves to your server IP and only there?

> [@nottoobright](#):
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> I’m running Ubuntu 22.04 on an IPv6 VPS (no IPv4 address, but I’ve read that’s fine).

Oh. I can’t tell at quick glance whether `discourse-setup` look only at IPv4.

You might try running `./discourse-setup --skip-connection-test` to skip the test.

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