# External BTCPay server + umbrel for lightning? **URL:** \ **Category:** Bitcoin and Lightning\ **Created:** [May 3, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/external-btcpay-server-umbrel-for-lightning/467 "2021-05-03T15:41:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![The\_Lorax](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/the_lorax/32/847_2.png) [@The\_Lorax](https://community.umbrel.com/u/The_Lorax)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/external-btcpay-server-umbrel-for-lightning/467/4 "2021-05-24T16:58:28Z")
It most certainly does not. Unfortunately it only accepts HTTP or HTTPS, which, since we’re behind TOR, won’t work: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/1X/dcf888c827abc69b9548014920ed9bb6d1591f0a.png) I even tried setting it in the format they want. No go. The only way to do this is going to be with a reverse proxy. I’m trying to adapt this tutorial, but not having any luck b/c I don’t know what to do with nginx. Last time I tried to install it, it screwed everything up. > [@How to configure Umbrel LNbits app without Tor](http://community.umbrel.com/t/guide-lnbits-without-tor/604/3): > > I’m changing the order of your questions as it’ll make more sense to respond to them this way: can have both LNbits and BTCpay on the same port? From the perspective of the reverse-proxy, yes! The cool thing about a reverse-proxy is that the proxy will be listening on port 443, and then redirect the request to the correct [PrivateIP:Port], based on the domain requested. So you can have 443 listening for requests to [lightning.domain.com](http://lightning.domain.com) & [btcpay.domain.com](http://btcpay.domain.com). End-users shouldn’t need to care… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.umbrel.com/t/external-btcpay-server-umbrel-for-lightning/467)._