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title: Configuring Your Server
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Open your project in your IDE. The root of your project should be the same folder in which you started your server. 

Our web server has configuration settings ( many of them! ) but that can all be managed by using a special file in the root of the site called `server.json`. This is a feature of CommandBox although other CLI and web servers probably have their own version. 

Since 127.0.0.1:#### can be difficult to remember, let's adapt the server configuration to use an easier to remember address. To do that we will need to run CommandBox as an administrator.

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:::step "Open CommandBox as an Administrator"
Close CommandBox by either typing `exit` from the prompt or clicking the `X` on the window. Re-open CommandBox but this time, do it running as the Administrator. On Windows, right click on the box.exe file and choose `Run As Administrator`. On a Mac, this might mean opening terminal, navigating to where you unzipped the box application and then typing `sudo box` . You might need to install your Admin password after doing that.
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:::step "Install the CommandBox-HostUpdater"
We need to install another package that is actually for CommandBox itself, not our app specifically. Type `install commandbox-hostupdater`. Once that installs we are going to make some settings changes.
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:::step "Give your site a name"
Think of a domain name that you'll remember like `webclass.local` or something like that. It can literally be anything. I just use the `.local` to remind myself that it is on my computer and not on the web. Type `server set web.host=webclass.local`. Then type `server restart`. If you get an error, try `server restart` again. Sometimes the hostupdater needs to navigate some permissions and it errors.

Once the server restarts, type `server open` to open the browser to the new address. It should say `webclass.local:######`.  We've changed the address in the nav bar, but not the port.
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:::step "Give Your Site a Port"
Go back to CommandBox and type `server set web.http.port=80` and type `server restart` then `server open` after the server restarts. You should see webclass.local in the address bar.
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That’s it. You can read more about CommandBox in the online documentation at [https://commandbox.ortusbooks.com/](https://commandbox.ortusbooks.com/)