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# Hosting a Custom App - URL or Network Path

Application installers can be hosted on a network share or online. If computers cannot reach a network share, installers need to be hosted online on a web server, FTP location, or UNC path. 

The screenshot below shows a network path is being used to locate the package.

![Hosting a Custom App on a Network Path](https://3007061244-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MRkQfx_2cLnNNBX1muO%2F-MUOkZT23zwy9aMwm-SH%2F-MUOn8xZ-isvdbfb0I9R%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=11681ebc-747f-487f-9076-7d4e57b897e5)

1\. Enter the **network share path** or **URL** where the installer or uninstaller is hosted (network share path in this example). 

{% hint style="info" %}
If you are entering a network path, enter user credentials that have the necessary rights to access the share.
{% endhint %}

2\. Enter the **Domain\Usernam**e Sales\JohnSmith in this example.

3\. Enter a **password** for the user.