# Tips for setting up a small private Discourse behind a firewall?

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**Created:** [June 11, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tips-for-setting-up-a-small-private-discourse-behind-a-firewall/311607 "2024-06-11T16:47:08Z")\
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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:** [June 12, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tips-for-setting-up-a-small-private-discourse-behind-a-firewall/311607/6 "2024-06-12T17:29:51Z")

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> [@piffy](#):
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> I’m not a network expert

Setting up anything behind a firewall is the kind of thing that requires the skills of a network expert.

If you don’t know how to set up a reverse proxy and/or do something like

> [@Falco](#):
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> rovide your own certificate from your internal PKI

You’ll need to find someone who configured the firewall and get them to help. If you don’t have someone like that at hand,

> [@piffy](#):
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> The cert is something I can request and manage with certbot

Not unless you know how to get certbot to work behind a firewall. But if you do, then you’re in good shape.

> [@piffy](#):
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> I’ll probably have to contact the IT department to see if that is possible.

Yes. That’s what you need to do.

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