# Creating a web server and share URL with other annotators

**URL:** <https://support.prodi.gy/t/creating-a-web-server-and-share-url-with-other-annotators/4703>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Tags:** usage, solved, server\
**Created:** [September 20, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/creating-a-web-server-and-share-url-with-other-annotators/4703 "2021-09-20T20:17:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![cheyanneb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/support.prodi.gy/cheyanneb/32/2409_2.png) [@cheyanneb](https://support.prodi.gy/u/cheyanneb)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/creating-a-web-server-and-share-url-with-other-annotators/4703/1 "2021-09-20T20:17:39Z")

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What is the simplest way to create and share a web server with internal colleagues who will be annotating the data? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![ines](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/support.prodi.gy/ines/32/3_2.png) [@ines](https://support.prodi.gy/u/ines)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 9:52am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/creating-a-web-server-and-share-url-with-other-annotators/4703/2 "2021-09-21T09:52:15Z")

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Hi! There are lots of ways to do this and it kinda depends on what you need. The simplest "elegant" solution is to run Prodigy on a remote machine/server on a given port and open up that port. You can then send your annotators the URL of your remote machine. If you want this to be nicer, you can add a domain to it.

The simplest "quick and dirty" solution would be to use a service like [ngrok](https://ngrok.com/) or [localtunnel](https://theboroer.github.io/localtunnel-www/) to expose your localhost via a public URL. This means you can run Prodigy on your local machine and make it accessible via a private link, and as long as it's running, others can annotate on your machine.