# Kubo container with private swarm webui not shown **URL:** \ **Category:** Kubo\ **Created:** [July 1, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/kubo-container-with-private-swarm-webui-not-shown/16644 "2023-07-01T14:52:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flashpixx](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/flashpixx/32/2335_2.png) [@flashpixx](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/flashpixx)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/kubo-container-with-private-swarm-webui-not-shown/16644/1 "2023-07-01T14:52:41Z")
Hello, i try to build a private swarm with Kubo containers (ipfs/kubo:latest), if I remove all bootstrapping peers and set the environment flag IPFS\_SWARM\_KEY\_FILE with my key file I cannot get access to the web ui on [http://localhost:5001/webui](http://localhost:5001/webui), the site is loaded but the browser hangs, so that the ui is not shown anymore. If I remove any “private” parts and let the container connect to the public peers everything works fine. I have seen there is a post [webui-not-working-in-private-network-configuration/6348](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/webui-not-working-in-private-network-configuration/6348), but in my case it should worked with the container version in a private network. How can I make this work? Make it sense, to build my own container with pack the ui with the container? ---
**Author:** ![hexcola](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/hexcola/32/7781_2.png) [@hexcola](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/hexcola)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/kubo-container-with-private-swarm-webui-not-shown/16644/2 "2023-07-03T10:26:51Z")
Hi, I met this issue before. The reason here is when you try to open `http://localhost:5001/webui`, it will redirect to the link like this `http://localhost:5001/ipfs/bafybeic4gops3d3lyrisqku37uio33nvt6fqxvkxihrwlqsuvf76yln4fm` (if you are using Kubo v0.20.0) which is trying to load data from other peers. So if you’re in a private network, it won’t work. Here is the solution: 1. Start a public ipfs node, and let it download the WebUI files to your repo; 2. Export the WebUI files as a car file by `ipfs dag export [webui root cid] > webui.car`, which may take a while. 3. After step 2 is finished, go to your private node, and import the car file by `ipfs dag import webui.car`, it will unzip and save files to the node automatically. Hope it can help you! 😀 ---
**Author:** ![flashpixx](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/flashpixx/32/2335_2.png) [@flashpixx](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/flashpixx)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/kubo-container-with-private-swarm-webui-not-shown/16644/3 "2023-07-03T16:53:55Z")
Thanks in general helps this, I create my own dockerfile and add the webui.car and initialize this with a shell script, so works for me with some little modification ---
**Author:** ![atomniketh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/atomniketh/32/8527_2.png) [@atomniketh](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/atomniketh)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 2:59am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/kubo-container-with-private-swarm-webui-not-shown/16644/4 "2024-04-18T02:59:38Z")
Any chance you could share the dockerfile and shell script? ---
**Author:** ![flashpixx](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/flashpixx/32/2335_2.png) [@flashpixx](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/flashpixx)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 6:14am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/kubo-container-with-private-swarm-webui-not-shown/16644/5 "2024-04-18T06:14:44Z")
This is the shell script ```auto 00-ipfs-bootstrap-private.sh 574 B #!/bin/sh -e ipfs bootstrap rm all #ipfs bootstrap add "/ip4/$PRIVATE_PEER_IP_ADDR/tcp/4001/ipfs/$PRIVATE_PEER_ID" ipfs dag import /webui.car ipfs config --json Experimental.FilestoreEnabled true ipfs config --json Experimental.UrlstoreEnabled true ipfs config --json Experimental.Libp2pStreamMounting true ipfs config --json API.HTTPHeaders.Access-Control-Allow-Origin '["http://0.0.0.0:5001", "http://localhost:3000", "http://127.0.0.1:5001", "https://webui.ipfs.io"]' ipfs config --json API.HTTPHeaders.Access-Control-Allow-Methods '["PUT", "POST", "GET", "DELETE"]' ``` and the Dockerfile ```auto FROM ipfs/kubo:v0.21.0 # for private networks webui must be included manually, # see https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/kubo-container-with-private-swarm-webui-not-shown/16644 COPY ./webui.car / COPY ./00-ipfs-bootstrap-private.sh /container-init.d ``` ---
**Author:** ![atomniketh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/atomniketh/32/8527_2.png) [@atomniketh](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/atomniketh)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/kubo-container-with-private-swarm-webui-not-shown/16644/6 "2024-04-18T16:35:21Z")
Thank you! That was very kind.