# Using ionCube locally

**URL:** <https://community.kinsta.com/t/using-ioncube-locally/1348>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [March 14, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/using-ioncube-locally/1348 "2022-03-14T20:08:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Codama](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/codama/32/977_2.png) [@Codama](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Codama)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/using-ioncube-locally/1348/1 "2022-03-14T20:08:41Z")

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Hey,

I am trying to run a site that needs ionCube in order to work.  
How can I activate it via the devKinsta? Is it as easy as in the hosting?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Kevin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/kevin/32/808_2.png) [@Kevin](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Kevin)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/using-ioncube-locally/1348/2 "2022-03-14T21:19:52Z")

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Hi @Codama, welcome to DevKinsta!  
Unfortunately, it isn’t as easy within DevKinsta. This came up before and [these steps](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-to-install-ioncube-for-devkinsta/947/4) may be useful.

Thank you for submitting this in Feature Requests; we’ll hopefully get this added to a future version of DevKinsta.