# Getting Started - GUI - Connecting To Other Servers
**URL:** https://kopia.discourse.group/t/getting-started-gui-connecting-to-other-servers/2404
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 8, 2023, 6:33am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/getting-started-gui-connecting-to-other-servers/2404 "2023-11-08T06:33:39Z")
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### Author:  [@ThisUser888](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/ThisUser888)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2023, 6:33am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/getting-started-gui-connecting-to-other-servers/2404/1 "2023-11-08T06:33:39Z")
Ok, Really having issues with the Kopia Docs in general but here is what I’m trying to do.
Install Kopia on Backup server , Connect to other Network Servers , on Same VLAN and On Other VLANS, Take Sceduled daily Backups , Send Backups to s3 Storage. Use GUI If Possible.
First, I do not use Gnome, if I use GUI It’s connects through server HostName or Ip with specified port. Is this possible with Kopia as I have found no documentation about using it ( Or Rather Accessing It ) after install. I disd See You havea video but this part was skipped.
So far, I have Kopia installed on the Backup Server.
I have connected and validated connection with iDrive S3 Storage.
What I can’t find is if I can connect through the network to my other server, take sceduled snaps and send the to S3 and if so how?
I did read somewhere about Mounting a drive from Kopia to other servers to take the snapshots but I do not consider that a solution and will not be connecting like that, also I think that was on a random blog somewhere.
Also, If kopia was installed say on a server that was not dedicated for backups, how do you take the snapshots and sent them to s3?
Thanks In Advance
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### Author:  [@dimejo](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/dimejo)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2023, 8:30am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/getting-started-gui-connecting-to-other-servers/2404/2 "2023-11-09T08:30:49Z")
> [@ThisUser888](#):
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> So far, I have Kopia installed on the Backup Server.
> I have connected and validated connection with iDrive S3 Storage.
>
> What I can’t find is if I can connect through the network to my other server, take sceduled snaps and send the to S3 and if so how?
If I understand correctly you are trying to do pull-based backups where the Kopia server connects to the clients (or other servers) and does all the work. This is not directly supported.
> [@ThisUser888](#):
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> I did read somewhere about Mounting a drive from Kopia to other servers to take the snapshots but I do not consider that a solution and will not be connecting like that, also I think that was on a random blog somewhere.
Mounting the clients data on your Kopia server with e.g. SSHFS and doing the backups directly on the Kopia server is a good workaround.
> [@ThisUser888](#):
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> Also, If kopia was installed say on a server that was not dedicated for backups, how do you take the snapshots and sent them to s3?
You can either connect directly to a S3 repository or connect to a Kopia Repository Server which is using a S3 repository.