# ĞDev5 smiths

**URL:** https://forum.duniter.org/t/gdev5-smiths/10234
**Category:** ĞDev
**Created:** [2 January 2023 15:58 UTC](https://forum.duniter.org/t/gdev5-smiths/10234 "2023-01-02T15:58:35Z")
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### Author: ![Pini](https://forum.duniter.org/user_avatar/forum.duniter.org/pini/32/6819_2.png) [@Pini](https://forum.duniter.org/u/Pini)
#### Post date: [2 January 2023 22:37 UTC](https://forum.duniter.org/t/gdev5-smiths/10234/4 "2023-01-02T22:37:48Z")

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> [@poka](#):
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> you don’t need your smith node to be accessible via http, so don’t need nginx for smith node, only for RPC (mirror) node.

Then the smith node (validator service) only needs its P2P port exposed? Shouldn’t it use a `--public-addr` option as well?

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