# Installing Flowfuse on windows

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installing-flowfuse-on-windows/89729>\
**Category:** FlowFuse\
**Tags:** docker, flowfuse\
**Created:** [24 July 2024 16:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installing-flowfuse-on-windows/89729 "2024-07-24T16:21:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Noone47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/858c86/32.png) [@Noone47](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Noone47)\
**Post date:** [24 July 2024 16:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installing-flowfuse-on-windows/89729/1 "2024-07-24T16:21:06Z")

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Hey so i am using Docker on Windows, and i have wsl2. I am following the instructions in the flow fuse documentation to install on docker, but the problem is when i run the docker i cant access the GUI, i added "127.0.0.1 [example.com](http://example.com)" to my dns hosts file in windows and it still didnt change anything. Do i need to do anything else in the DNS to access the GUI?

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**Author:** ![gdziuba](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gdziuba/32/81398_2.png) [@gdziuba](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gdziuba)\
**Post date:** [13 August 2024 22:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installing-flowfuse-on-windows/89729/2 "2024-08-13T22:33:34Z")

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How did you set up the DNS?

In this video, I used Ubuntu on Docker, but once it is running, it shouldn't matter how you access it if everything is installed correctly. The first part of the video goes over setting up the DNS with PiHole.

If you still want to use the hosts file, follow these instructions. It needs to be a wildcard DNS. Warning , you will have to set this up an every computer that you want to access FlowFuse.

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/138162/wildcards-in-a-windows-hosts-file>

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/9/d/9d6f9b31a9b12ab57230fc2322f02ff4c35beb38.jpeg "Deploy FlowFuse with Docker on Ubuntu") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQwAPuz9bEk)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [11 November 2024 22:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installing-flowfuse-on-windows/89729/3 "2024-11-11T22:34:34Z")

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