# Question about port forwarding
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-port-forwarding/400059
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [April 6, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-port-forwarding/400059 "2026-04-06T20:27:07Z")
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### Author:  [@raadtotheraad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/raadtotheraad)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-port-forwarding/400059/1 "2026-04-06T20:27:08Z")
When port forwarding my domain to my device (as my router doesnt allow port forwarding) using something like cloudflare tunnels, should it be something like localhost:80, or the IP address of the machine, or something else?
Thanks for the help
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### Author:  [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-port-forwarding/400059/2 "2026-04-06T23:16:13Z")
Check the guide here:
> [@Install Discourse on a residential internet with Cloudflare Tunnel](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-a-residential-internet-with-cloudflare-tunnel/211297):
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> Since [Discourse now has support for running on a Raspberry Pi](https://blog.discourse.org/2021/12/2021-12-07-discourse-on-a-raspberry-pi/), running a small instance in your home lab will become a common use case. However, many residential ISPs block incoming traffic to the ports 80/443 that Discourse need. For our demo site at [https://discourse-on-a-pi.falco.dev/](https://discourse-on-a-pi.falco.dev/) we used [Cloudflare Tunnel](https://blog.cloudflare.com/tunnel-for-everyone/) to work around this, and you can do it too! Setup your tunnel First, follow the following guide: The only change you need is changing the URL from url: http://localhost:8000 to url…
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### Author:  [@raadtotheraad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/raadtotheraad)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2026, 9:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-port-forwarding/400059/3 "2026-04-07T09:49:21Z")
Thank you so much! Will be using this.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2026, 9:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-port-forwarding/400059/4 "2026-05-07T09:50:19Z")
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