# Ports 443/80 show as closed after installation **URL:** \ **Category:** Self-hosting\ **Created:** [April 19, 2024, 10:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ports-443-80-show-as-closed-after-installation/304600 "2024-04-19T10:06:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![Marek\_Wojtaszek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/marek_wojtaszek/32/380033_2.png) [@Marek\_Wojtaszek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Marek_Wojtaszek)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2024, 10:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ports-443-80-show-as-closed-after-installation/304600/6 "2024-04-20T10:00:24Z")
I have my local DNS server which is resolving my network name to that host, so it works just like from the external world. I just sucessfully installed Discourse on a DigitialOcean VM. I am going to use it a reference to my local configuration. One think I immedatiely noticed is the hosts file on tha VM - it has the following entry: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/0/0/a002c3e4efdc7f4b2e5f4219b18c68b5ecc5be2b.png) Hopefully this is it. I will let you know. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ports-443-80-show-as-closed-after-installation/304600)._