# Localhost refused to connect **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Tags:** usage, google-cloud, server\ **Created:** [December 29, 2021, 2:02am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/localhost-refused-to-connect/5134 "2021-12-29T02:02:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Joshmantova](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/support.prodi.gy/joshmantova/32/2685_2.png) [@Joshmantova](https://support.prodi.gy/u/Joshmantova)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/localhost-refused-to-connect/5134/4 "2021-12-30T20:46:35Z")
I have a new update. I was able to expose the port and access it from my local machine. I was exposing port 80 which means the webserver needs to run on port 80 but the tricky part was getting it to not run on localhost. I think that because it's a VM, it needs to run on 0.0.0.0 rather than localhost. When I try to specify that within prodigy.json or the env var PRODIGY\_HOST, I enter "0.0.0.0" and it tries to run the server on "0.0.0.0":80 - which obviously isn't right. I need it to run on 0.0.0.0:80 - it looks like the address is including the quotes. Is there a way that I can fix this issue? I'm not sure how to specify this host without specifying it as a string but if I do that, it won't start up the server. Also, in the Jupyterlab extension, it seems to not be reflecting the host and port I specify in the settings. Regardless of the host I specify, it tells me that it can't connect to localhost. Not sure if that's just the default error it returns regardless of the specified host or if my settings aren't being applied. --- _[View the full topic](https://support.prodi.gy/t/localhost-refused-to-connect/5134)._