# Access Node-RED with IPC support
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/access-node-red-with-ipc-support/64382
**Category:** General
**Created:** [26 June 2022 06:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/access-node-red-with-ipc-support/64382 "2022-06-26T06:32:31Z")
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### Author:  [@augjoh](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/augjoh)
#### Post date: [26 June 2022 06:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/access-node-red-with-ipc-support/64382/1 "2022-06-26T06:32:31Z")
Hi all,
I would like to access Node-RED over a Unix Domain Socket, but the current implementation does not allow for this. Node.js' http(s) module has support for IPC ([Net | Node.js v18.4.0 Documentation](https://nodejs.org/api/net.html#ipc-support)). I've played around with this a litte bit, and the following somewhat crude change did enable it, when placing a socket (like `/var/run/node-red.sock`) in `uiHost` configuration option of `settings.js`
```auto
> diff node_modules/.bin/node-red node-red.bck
440c440,445
< server.listen(settings.uiPort,settings.uiHost,function() {
---
> let args;
> if (settings.uiHost.startsWith('/'))
> args = [settings.uiHost];
> else
> args = [settings.uiPort, settings.uiHost];
> server.listen(...args,function() {
```
Has anyone tried something like this before? Is this possible out-of-the-box without any code changes?
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### Author:  [@augjoh](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/augjoh)
#### Post date: [21 July 2022 14:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/access-node-red-with-ipc-support/64382/2 "2022-07-21T14:26:26Z")
The following configuration is working with Apache httpd (2.4.54):
```auto
ProxyPass unix:/var/run/node-red/sock|http://127.0.0.1/
ProxyPassReverse unix:/tmp/nodejs.sock|http://127.0.0.1/
RequestHeader set "X-Forwarded-Proto" "https"
ProxyPass unix:/var/run/node-red/sock|ws://localhost/admin/comms
ProxyPassReverse unix:/tmp/nodejs.sock|ws://localhost/admin/comms
RequestHeader set "X-Forwarded-Proto" "https"
```
Perhaps someone can make use of it. How can I create a feature request for IPC support in Node-RED?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [19 September 2022 14:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/access-node-red-with-ipc-support/64382/3 "2022-09-19T14:27:08Z")
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