# Separate/multiple API/GUI ports and authentication

**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/separate-multiple-api-gui-ports-and-authentication/5800
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [September 30, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/separate-multiple-api-gui-ports-and-authentication/5800 "2015-09-30T15:05:28Z")
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### Author: ![canton7](https://forum.syncthing.net/user_avatar/forum.syncthing.net/canton7/32/9528_2.png) [@canton7](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/canton7)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2015, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/separate-multiple-api-gui-ports-and-authentication/5800/16 "2015-09-30T13:26:10Z")

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> [@Syncthing Management Platform](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-management-platform/5792/28):
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> ok… maybe you misunderstood… my plan is to build up a little platform to manage all my (not emilys) devices remote from one place. for that purpose I need the api - and only the api. I would not like to setup a GUI password only to use the api for remote access via forwarded port…

I understand all of that. Now please read what I said.

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