For school IT: allow these domains

Teachers use Boost to turn a lesson into a classroom game. Students join from a link or QR code in their browser. Here's everything your network needs to let them play.

  • Port 443 onlyPlain HTTPS. No WebSockets, no other ports, no inbound connections.
  • Nothing to installWorks in any modern browser, including managed Chromebooks.
  • No student accountsStudents don't sign up or sign in to play.
  • Five domainsOne for Boost, three for game pictures, and YouTube if you use it.

Domains to allow

Domain (HTTPS, port 443)What it's forNeeded?
boostplatform.appThe Boost website, the games, and the Boost API (boostplatform.app/api)Required
boost-platform-bucket.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.comPictures teachers upload, and stock pictures saved to BoostRequired
res.cloudinary.comPictures in older gamesRequired
images.unsplash.comStock photos from UnsplashRequired
www.youtube.comOnly for games with a YouTube video in themOptional

If your filter takes wildcards, *.boostplatform.app also covers any Boost address we add later. Older Boost emails may link to boostplatform.app:3001; students never need it.

Content category

Please file Boost under Education. In GoGuardian, that's Educational Games or K-12 Education. Boost isn't an “Online Games” site: every game is a lesson a teacher made for their class.

If your filter has boostplatform.app as “Uncategorized” or “Games,” use its “Suggest a category” option, or let us know and we'll ask the vendor.

Add Boost to your web filter

  1. Web filter (GoGuardian, Securly, Lightspeed, Linewize, iboss and others): add the required domains above to your allow list, for every student group or policy that should use Boost.
  2. Google Admin for Chromebooks: if you use URLAllowlist, add the domains to it. Set it on each student organizational unit directly instead of relying on inheritance.
  3. Firewall: allow outbound HTTPS (TCP 443) to the domains above. Boost uses ordinary short web requests, so SSL inspection is fine as long as students' devices trust your inspection certificate.
  4. Test it: open boostplatform.app/check on a student device on your network. Every line should say “Works.”

Check your network in one minute

Our test page checks every domain above from the device you open it on, then tells you what (if anything) is blocked. It needs no login and loads no trackers. Teachers can run it too and send you the results.

Run the network check

Questions?

Email us at contact@boostplatform.app. Include the results from the network check and we'll help you sort it out.