# Ulysses cannot connect to Ghost/DO install - SSL?

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/ulysses-cannot-connect-to-ghost-do-install-ssl/18328>\
**Category:** Installation\
**Created:** [November 17, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ulysses-cannot-connect-to-ghost-do-install-ssl/18328 "2020-11-17T16:33:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jonathanhung](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/jonathanhung/32/10390_2.png) [@jonathanhung](https://forum.ghost.org/u/jonathanhung)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ulysses-cannot-connect-to-ghost-do-install-ssl/18328/1 "2020-11-17T16:33:31Z")

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Hi all!

Noob question here; servers and terminal confuse me to all heck.

Trying to write to my newly installed ghost instance ([jonathanhung.me](http://jonathanhung.me)) using Ulysses but it fails to connect.

Does Ulysses require httpS versus http?  
Is there a server step I need to take on the digital ocean side to be able to connect successfully to my ghost blog with an app like Ulysses?

Thanks a bunch

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**Author:** ![martinverbic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/martinverbic/32/24543_2.png) [@martinverbic](https://forum.ghost.org/u/martinverbic)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ulysses-cannot-connect-to-ghost-do-install-ssl/18328/2 "2020-11-18T13:10:25Z")

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I’m not the right person to comment on the DO side, but my DO+Ulysses setup works perfectly fine. This is how the account in Ulysses looks like:

 ![Screenshot 2020-11-18 at 14.07.01](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/2X/b/b2931851948afb0079dbdbbf0c45eac50f31c1a6.jpeg)