# Private Status Page

In order to configure a status page to be private/restricted, you can configure it under your status page settings (Click on <mark style="background-color:green;">Status page</mark> in the sidebar) in the "Privacy" section.

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### Restrict by network IP

In the Restrict to IPs field, enter a comma-separated list to define which IPs have access to the status page. You can use:

* Individual IPs
* CIDR notation (grants access to the full IP block)

### Restrict access to members

Upon checking this checkbox (and clicking on Update), only members with permission to the status page will be able to visit it.

Unauthenticated users will be greeted by a "Sign-in" page which prevents access to the status page without authenticating.

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In StatusPal, there is a special member role called "Viewer," which grants a user viewing access to a status page or organization.

Each subscription plan comes with as many viewer members as subscription seats, which makes StatusPal <mark style="background-color:yellow;">much more affordable</mark> than competitors.

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Automatically subscribe your private status page users as they get added. Learn more at [auto-subscribe-to-private-status-page](https://docs.statuspal.io/platform/subscriptions-and-notifications/auto-subscribe-to-private-status-page "mention").
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