# BalenaDash Tohora Localhost URL connection refused

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/balenadash-tohora-localhost-url-connection-refused/111230>\
**Category:** Product support\
**Created:** [May 12, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balenadash-tohora-localhost-url-connection-refused/111230 "2020-05-12T14:26:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![rquant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@rquant](https://forums.balena.io/u/rquant)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balenadash-tohora-localhost-url-connection-refused/111230/1 "2020-05-12T14:26:03Z")

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Hi,  
I am running a rpi3 b 32bit with BalenaDash. I want to display my Flask server page I run on a service on port 5000. Now when using [http://localhost:5000](http://localhost:5000) or [http://127.0.0.1:5000](http://127.0.0.1:5000) I get an error called connection refused. If I use [http://mylanip:5000](http://mylanip:5000) it shows me the page. How can I fix this? Thanks

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**Author:** ![jviotti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/jviotti/32/220_2.png) [@jviotti](https://forums.balena.io/u/jviotti)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balenadash-tohora-localhost-url-connection-refused/111230/2 "2020-05-12T14:28:11Z")

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Hey there! Can you show us what your docker-compose.yml looks like?

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**Author:** ![rquant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@rquant](https://forums.balena.io/u/rquant)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balenadash-tohora-localhost-url-connection-refused/111230/3 "2020-05-12T14:41:54Z")

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![compose_yml](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/balena/original/2X/d/de183fc4b6430f6121b7bc549b30b3000e988cbe.png)

 ![refused_conn](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/balena/original/2X/f/f2d291898d2379b510d7e65b4a208ce2efab9b30.png)

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**Author:** ![jviotti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/jviotti/32/220_2.png) [@jviotti](https://forums.balena.io/u/jviotti)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balenadash-tohora-localhost-url-connection-refused/111230/8 "2020-05-12T14:55:39Z")

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Thanks for the response. From what device or container are you referring to localhost or 127.0.0.1? If you are from inside another container, you can internally reference the flask server as [http://counter](http://counter), or externally with your local IP, as the device is exposing port 5000 as instructed in the docker compose manifest.

Something like 127.0.0.1 or localhost would only work from inside the `counter` container.

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**Author:** ![rquant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@rquant](https://forums.balena.io/u/rquant)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balenadash-tohora-localhost-url-connection-refused/111230/10 "2020-05-12T15:07:50Z")

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Hi,

I want tohora from WPE to show counter. Counter is running a flask server on port 5000.

I tried [http://counter](http://counter) and I get refused connection.

I tried [http://counter:5000](http://counter:5000) and it works!

Thanks