--- search: tags: - ports - POST seo: description: >- The port is the one inside the machine. Nothing has to be listening… Reference for the POST /v1/machines/{machine_id}/ports endpoint in the Computer API API. sidebar: badge: POST label: publish a port on the machine at its own https url title: publish a port on the machine at its own https url type: openapi-operation --- The port is the one inside the machine. Nothing has to be listening on it yet: a preview for a port with no server answers `compute_unavailable` until one starts, which is the ordinary state of a dev server that is still booting. A private preview's `secret` and `access_url` are in this response and in no other.