# \[hint\] On demand publishing of the web dashboard

**URL:** <https://forum.storj.io/t/hint-on-demand-publishing-of-the-web-dashboard/6227>\
**Category:** getting started\
**Tags:** docker, storagenode, remote-control, web-dashboard\
**Created:** [April 27, 2020, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/hint-on-demand-publishing-of-the-web-dashboard/6227 "2020-04-27T08:46:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![tylkomat](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/tylkomat/32/62_2.png) [@tylkomat](https://forum.storj.io/u/tylkomat)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/hint-on-demand-publishing-of-the-web-dashboard/6227/1 "2020-04-27T08:46:54Z")

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Maybe this is useful for others too until there is proper access control in the dashboard.

I make my dashboard accessible with the following docker command:

`docker run --rm --publish PUBLIC_IP:14002:14002 --link STORAGE_CONTAINER_NAME alpine/socat tcp-listen:14002,fork,reuseaddr tcp-connect:STORAGE_CONTAINER_NAME:14002`

Replace `PUBLIC_IP` with your server ip or omit it including the colon ‘:’ to publish on all network interfaces. When you stop the container with CTRL+c the port is closed again.

`STORAGE_CONTAINER_NAME` should be replaced with `storagenode ` if you followed the documentation, otherwise the name you chose for the container.

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**Author:** ![nerdatwork](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/nerdatwork/32/1135_2.png) [@nerdatwork](https://forum.storj.io/u/nerdatwork)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/hint-on-demand-publishing-of-the-web-dashboard/6227/2 "2020-04-27T11:33:07Z")

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> [@tylkomat](#):
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> Maybe this is useful for others too

Have you seen this ?

> **[How to remote access the web dashboard - Storj Docs](https://docs.storj.io/node/faq/how-to-remote-access-the-web-dashboard)**
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> Make the world your data center

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**Author:** ![tylkomat](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/tylkomat/32/62_2.png) [@tylkomat](https://forum.storj.io/u/tylkomat)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/hint-on-demand-publishing-of-the-web-dashboard/6227/3 "2020-04-27T15:32:43Z")

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I didn’t. Of course there are other solutions.

In my case I didn’t expose the port from web dashboard. My hint helps in this case. It can still be used together with ssl port forwarding.