# How to get into visualize webpage

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-into-visualize-webpage/9598
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [May 10, 2022, 6:55am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-into-visualize-webpage/9598 "2022-05-10T06:55:15Z")
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### Author: ![THUClifford](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/9dc877/32.png) [@THUClifford](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/THUClifford)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2022, 6:55am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-into-visualize-webpage/9598/1 "2022-05-10T06:55:15Z")

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Hello:  
I installed paraview in my ubuntu server for running visualizer, I can access the page in ubuntu by

“[http://localhost:9090](http://localhost:9090)”(the port is 9090)

however, it comes with

ERR\_CONNECTION\_TIMED\_OUT

when I tried to access the URL by browser in windows

How to deal with this ☹

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### Author: ![jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/jourdain/32/11_2.png) [@jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jourdain)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-into-visualize-webpage/9598/2 "2022-05-10T14:07:53Z")

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When running the process, add that extra argument `--host 0.0.0.0` to allow external connection.

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### Author: ![THUClifford](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/9dc877/32.png) [@THUClifford](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/THUClifford)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 11:37am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-into-visualize-webpage/9598/3 "2022-05-12T11:37:07Z")

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Hello, I tried but did not work;  
my 8080 port is occupied, and I tried:

```auto
--pvpython -m paraview.apps.visualizer --data /mydata --host 0.0.0.0 --port 9090

```

Then I access through browser (on windows) by host:9090, and it comes with

> ERR\_CONNECTION\_TIMED\_OUT

How to solve this?Thanks

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### Author: ![jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/jourdain/32/11_2.png) [@jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jourdain)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-into-visualize-webpage/9598/4 "2022-05-12T13:55:12Z")

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Without more information, it is hard to say. I don’t know your network setup, your firewall rules and so on. I don’t even know if your Windows can ping your Linux. Or even what URL you are truly using in your windows browser. Do you use `localhost`, `host` or the actual IP of your linux box?

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### Author: ![THUClifford](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/9dc877/32.png) [@THUClifford](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/THUClifford)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-into-visualize-webpage/9598/5 "2022-05-12T14:52:16Z")

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I used IP of my linux box

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### Author: ![THUClifford](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/9dc877/32.png) [@THUClifford](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/THUClifford)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-into-visualize-webpage/9598/6 "2022-05-12T14:52:37Z")

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with in same net work

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### Author: ![THUClifford](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/9dc877/32.png) [@THUClifford](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/THUClifford)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-into-visualize-webpage/9598/7 "2022-05-12T14:53:35Z")

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I can access the port 8080 on web(windows) however can not access any port which is provided by paraview visualizer, weriod

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### Author: ![jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/jourdain/32/11_2.png) [@jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jourdain)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-into-visualize-webpage/9598/8 "2022-05-12T15:54:51Z")

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What does your browser debug view tells you (console and network)?

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### Author: ![jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/jourdain/32/11_2.png) [@jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jourdain)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-into-visualize-webpage/9598/9 "2022-05-12T15:55:44Z")

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When your other 8080 service is not running does visualizer on 8080 works?

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### Author: ![THUClifford](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/9dc877/32.png) [@THUClifford](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/THUClifford)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-into-visualize-webpage/9598/10 "2022-05-12T16:32:31Z")

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luckly, when I turned paraviews’ port to 8080, it worked, however, with nothing on the webpage:

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/9/95a9b41277bc6ea7b893e5a90b4ea6535ca372f9.png)

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### Author: ![THUClifford](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/9dc877/32.png) [@THUClifford](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/THUClifford)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-into-visualize-webpage/9598/11 "2022-05-12T16:38:32Z")

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I solved~ thanks so much!

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### Author: ![jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/jourdain/32/11_2.png) [@jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jourdain)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-into-visualize-webpage/9598/12 "2022-05-12T16:51:12Z")

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Can you provide some hints on what was the issue so other can learn from your experience?

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### Author: ![THUClifford](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/9dc877/32.png) [@THUClifford](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/THUClifford)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2022, 7:10am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-into-visualize-webpage/9598/13 "2022-05-13T07:10:59Z")

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of course, the main part is to add --host 0.0.0.0, besides, release the port which paraview visualizer will occupy  
it was my mistake of not realizing the 9090 port was not allowed to access

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### Author: ![jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/jourdain/32/11_2.png) [@jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jourdain)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-into-visualize-webpage/9598/14 "2022-05-13T14:53:17Z")

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Thanks for the feedback.
