soapbox/docs/development/live-backend.md

# Developing against a live backend

You can also run Soapbox FE locally with a live production server as the backend.

> **Note:** Whether or not this works depends on your production server. It does not seem to work with Cloudflare or VanwaNet.

To do so, just copy the env file:

```
cp .env.example .env
```

And edit `.env`, setting the configuration like this:

```
BACKEND_URL="https://pleroma.example.com"
PROXY_HTTPS_INSECURE=true
```

You will need to restart the local development server for the changes to take effect.