# Port already in use, what to do?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/port-already-in-use-what-to-do/27954>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [25 Abril, 2015 17:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/port-already-in-use-what-to-do/27954 "2015-04-25T17:56:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Post date:** [26 Abril, 2015 23:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/port-already-in-use-what-to-do/27954/16 "2015-04-26T23:05:06Z")

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You’ll want to go to your DNS provider and Cloudflare (which might be the same thing) and set up `forum.` to point to the same IP address. Make sure to disable content optimizations in CloudFlare - they mess up the Discourse JS.

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