# Quickstart pomerium zero with docker refuses to connect
**URL:** https://discuss.pomerium.com/t/quickstart-pomerium-zero-with-docker-refuses-to-connect/440
**Category:** Pomerium Zero
**Created:** [January 8, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://discuss.pomerium.com/t/quickstart-pomerium-zero-with-docker-refuses-to-connect/440 "2025-01-08T23:00:57Z")
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### Author:  [@vayrynen](https://discuss.pomerium.com/u/vayrynen)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://discuss.pomerium.com/t/quickstart-pomerium-zero-with-docker-refuses-to-connect/440/1 "2025-01-08T23:00:57Z")
Hello, I tried the pomerium zero demo docker setup, but I’m getting ERR\_CONNECTION\_REFUSED for some reason when accessing the **verify.\*.pomerium.app** page. From local network I’m able to connect to the container when using the ip address.
I found something related to the issue when going thought the documentation but didn’t really find a way to fix this. Does the this need a static public ip address to work?
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### Author:  [@anon77921604](https://discuss.pomerium.com/u/anon77921604)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.pomerium.com/t/quickstart-pomerium-zero-with-docker-refuses-to-connect/440/2 "2025-01-10T14:12:41Z")
Hi there,
Can you share more about how Pomerium is deployed? Are you running locally via docker compose? What operating system are you using? Is it on a residential network?
A static ip address is not a requirement, but access to pomerium on port 443 from the public internet is required. See [https://www.pomerium.com/docs/troubleshooting#configure-port-443-to-allow-inbound-access](https://www.pomerium.com/docs/troubleshooting#configure-port-443-to-allow-inbound-access).
If you have any router in use, there may need to configure traffic on port 443 to forward to the correct machine running Pomerium.