# In what scenario do you use the --discover-local node option?

**URL:** <https://forum.autonomys.xyz/t/in-what-scenario-do-you-use-the-discover-local-node-option/296>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** nodes\
**Created:** [June 10, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/t/in-what-scenario-do-you-use-the-discover-local-node-option/296 "2022-06-10T16:10:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![xorinox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e68b1a/32.png) [@xorinox](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/u/xorinox)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/t/in-what-scenario-do-you-use-the-discover-local-node-option/296/1 "2022-06-10T16:10:40Z")

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In what scenario do you use the --discover-local node option?

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**Author:** ![ImmaZoni](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.autonomys.xyz/immazoni/32/7_2.png) [@ImmaZoni](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/u/ImmaZoni)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 5:41am UTC](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/t/in-what-scenario-do-you-use-the-discover-local-node-option/296/2 "2022-06-11T05:41:15Z")

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Most wont use it, but one example would be if you wanted to run 2 nodes but only really connect 1 to the outside world.

1st node would be connected to port 30333, doing full connection etc.  
2nd node would just connect to node 1.

mostly something developers need to do.