# Cannot connect to weaviate in v4 using only url

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**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** python\
**Created:** [January 10, 2025, 8:41am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/cannot-connect-to-weaviate-in-v4-using-only-url/9661 "2025-01-10T08:41:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/cannot-connect-to-weaviate-in-v4-using-only-url/9661/5 "2025-01-23T14:47:20Z")

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hi @AnnTade !!

Sorry for the late response here. I was out on 🏖 vacations 🙂

Here I have written some examples on how to check the availability for both endpoints using `curl` and `grpcurl` and also when behind a reverse proxy serving TLS/SSL like traefik:

> [@Weaviate with Traefik and gRPC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviate-with-traefik-and-grpc/1238/3):
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> Hi @qnlbnsl ! Sorry for the delay here. Looks like I was finally able to tame this Here is what I got: NOTE: [Check this updated gist on how to correctly expose Weaviate under SSL/TLS using Traefik and running everything with a docker compose](https://gist.github.com/dudanogueira/0dd925cbf63397e256e84e991245aab3/edit) --- version: '3.4' services: weaviate: command: - --host - 0.0.0.0 - --port - '8080' - --scheme - http image: semitechnologies/weaviate:1.23.5 #ports: # - 8081:8080 # unsafe http # - 50052:50051 # unsafe grpc…

Maybe that doc can help you on this.

Let me know if that helps!

Happy coding/deploying!

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