# Getting started question - config webui port

**URL:** <https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/getting-started-question-config-webui-port/1108>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [September 18, 2017, 7:47am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/getting-started-question-config-webui-port/1108 "2017-09-18T07:47:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kosirm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/kosirm/32/2575_2.png) [@kosirm](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/kosirm)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 7:47am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/getting-started-question-config-webui-port/1108/1 "2017-09-18T07:47:07Z")

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Hi,  
my name is Milan and I just started to learn IPFS, so hello to everyone here!  
I installed IPFS on Cloud 9 virtual box, which has only ports 8080 and 8081 available,  
so I think that I would need to change webui port to 8081, but I don’t know how to do it…  
Any hint much appreciated!

Anyway if someone has experience to use IPFS on [c9.io](http://c9.io) I would be glad to know,  
because it is my development environment… so I do not waste time, if it is not possible…  
Thanks for any reply!

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**Author:** ![KennethHolmSeelig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71c47a/32.png) [@KennethHolmSeelig](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/KennethHolmSeelig)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 8:57am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/getting-started-question-config-webui-port/1108/2 "2017-09-18T08:57:38Z")

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Hi Kosim,

I also use C9 and just tried out webui: [https://github.com/ipfs/webui](https://github.com/ipfs/webui)

I’ve tried getting it to work by doing the following:

**You have to config the dev server (port 8080):**

```
diff --git a/make-config.js b/make-config.js
index ce71b3f..9ed3b50 100644
--- a/make-config.js
+++ b/make-config.js
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ module.exports = (isDev) => {
         publicPath: ''
       })
     },
- clearBeforeBuild: '!(locale|img|favicon.ico)'
+ clearBeforeBuild: '!(locale|img|favicon.ico)',
+ port: 8080,
+ hostname: '0.0.0.0',
+ https: false
   })
 
   // Handle js-ipfs-api
diff --git a/quick-config.sh b/quick-config.sh
index aaa7e97..9f81490 100755

```

**You also need to change the CORS settings in quick-config:**

```
--- a/quick-config.sh
+++ b/quick-config.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-ipfs config --json API.HTTPHeaders.Access-Control-Allow-Origin '["http://localhost:3000"]'
+ipfs config --json API.HTTPHeaders.Access-Control-Allow-Origin '["http://0.0.0.0:8080"]'
 ipfs config --json API.HTTPHeaders.Access-Control-Allow-Methods '["PUT", "GET", "POST"]'
 ipfs config --json API.HTTPHeaders.Access-Control-Allow-Credentials '["true"]'
+ipfs config --json Addresses.API '"/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/8081"'
+ipfs config --json Addresses.Gateway '"/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/5000"'
 echo "daemon has been configured for local Webui"
diff --git a/src/app/js/services/api.js b/src/app/js/services/api.js
index d24e03e..0ed1744 100644

```

**and also the SPA’s API host and port:**

```
--- a/src/app/js/services/api.js
+++ b/src/app/js/services/api.js
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import {sortBy} from 'lodash-es'
 import {join} from 'path'
 import bl from 'bl'
 
-const host = (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') ? 'localhost' : window.location.hostname
-const port = (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') ? '5001' : (window.location.port || 80)
+const host = window.location.hostname
+const port = 8081

```

**In two files:**

```
--- a/src/app/js/components/ipfs.js
+++ b/src/app/js/components/ipfs.js
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import React from 'react'
 import {toastr} from 'react-redux-toastr'
 import createReactClass from 'create-react-class'
 
-const host = (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') ? 'localhost' : window.location.hostname
-const port = (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') ? '5001' : (window.location.port || 80)
+const host = window.location.hostname
+const port = 8081
 const ipfs = require('ipfs-api')(host, port)
 
 let version = ''

```

Remember to run the quick-config, then run the ipfs daemon. You should then be able to visit your workspaces preview url. NOTE it has to be http, ex: http://.c9users.io:8080

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**Author:** ![kosirm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/kosirm/32/2575_2.png) [@kosirm](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/kosirm)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/getting-started-question-config-webui-port/1108/3 "2017-09-18T09:13:46Z")

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@KennethHolmSeelig Thanks a lot for quick and comprehensive answer/help!  
I will thy to follow your guide. Best regards!