# Proxmox setup

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/proxmox-setup/322311
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [August 19, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proxmox-setup/322311 "2024-08-19T17:31:28Z")
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### Author: ![IsThisHorizon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@IsThisHorizon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IsThisHorizon)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proxmox-setup/322311/1 "2024-08-19T17:31:28Z")

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So I have proxmox setup with a Nginx container already running port 80:443. I have made a container for discourse. I have made a reverse proxy for the port 80:443 to go to the containers IP address. I have tested this using a domain:port tool. Everytime I run Discourse setup it says can not connect to either or of the ports. I am curious and questioning if the issue is seemingly Discourses automatic setup and failure to recognize the potential possibilities of host container vs what should be the actual IP address.

Is there a way to manually setup Discourse?

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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: [August 19, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proxmox-setup/322311/2 "2024-08-19T18:00:49Z")

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> [@IsThisHorizon](#):
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> Everytime I run Discourse setup it says can not connect to either or of the ports

You can’t run `discourse-setup` if you have a reverse proxy. You’ll have to either turn off your reverse proxy long enough to run discourse-setup or copy `samples/standalone.yml` to `containers/app.yml` and edit it yourself.