# Problems connecting to Ratel

**URL:** <https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/problems-connecting-to-ratel/15546>\
**Category:** Ratel\
**Created:** [September 13, 2021, 8:40am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/problems-connecting-to-ratel/15546 "2021-09-13T08:40:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Makisuo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/discuss.dgraph.io/makisuo/32/8847_2.png) [@Makisuo](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/Makisuo)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 8:40am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/problems-connecting-to-ratel/15546/1 "2021-09-13T08:40:36Z")

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Hi, I have setup a really basic cluster on DigitalOcean and have successfully setup a dgraph cluster with helm and exposed the endpoints via a load balancer.  
And it is working I’m getting as expected the message “Dgraph browser is available for running separately using the dgraph-ratel binary” on port 8080.  
Though it has not been possible for me connecting to ratel, I always just get an Connection Error.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

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**Author:** ![iluminae](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/discuss.dgraph.io/iluminae/32/7367_2.png) [@iluminae](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/iluminae)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/problems-connecting-to-ratel/15546/2 "2021-09-13T13:33:35Z")

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Hi, that is the API, not the web page that is ratel.

Visit [play.dgraph.io](http://play.dgraph.io) and connect to your local dgraph IP:8080. Running ratel yourself in completely unnecessary if you access to the internet and that site.