Configure Flask dev server to be visible across the network

Question

I\'m not sure if this is Flask specific, but when I run an app in dev mode (http://localhost:5000), I cannot access it from other machines on the network (with

Answer 1

Check whether the particular port is open on the server to serve the client or not?

in Ubuntu or Linux distro

sudo ufw enable
sudo ufw allow 5000/tcp //allow the server to handle the request on port 5000

Configure the application to handle remote requests

app.run(host='0.0.0.0' , port=5000)


python3 app.py & #run application in background