# Is it possible to start a server from a remote workstation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [August 26, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/is-it-possible-to-start-a-server-from-a-remote-workstation/3220 "2024-08-26T15:39:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cricri13009](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@cricri13009](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/cricri13009)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/is-it-possible-to-start-a-server-from-a-remote-workstation/3220/1 "2024-08-26T15:39:34Z")
Hello, On the server workstation, I can start my server with > kopia server start > –tls-cert-file ~/my.cert --tls-key-file ~/my.key > –address [https://0.0.0.0:51515](https://0.0.0.0:51515) > –server-control-username control --server-control-password my-password After shutdown, on the server workstation, I changed 0.0.0.0 with 192.168.1.52 (which is the LAN address of the server workstation) and the server started. From a remote workstation, I then could create snapshots using “–address [https://192.168.1.52:51515](https://192.168.1.52:51515)” I copied the certificate and the key files to the remote station and typed > kopia server start > –tls-cert-file ~/my.cert --tls-key-file ~/my.key > –address [https://192.168.1.52:51515](https://192.168.1.52:51515) > –server-control-username control --server-control-password my-password and I got the error "ERROR failed to open repository: unable to establish session for purpose=: error establishing session: Session(): rpc error: code = Unavailable desc = connection error: desc = "transport: Error while dialing: dial tcp 192.168.1.52:51515: connect: connection refused ». Of course, connection to 192.168.1.52 is not refused as I can create snapshots. Where is my mistake? Christian PS: and “_kopia server shutdown … --address [https://192.168.1.52:51515](https://192.168.1.52:51515) …_” works from the remote workstation. ---
**Author:** ![budy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/budy/32/38_2.png) [@budy](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/budy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/is-it-possible-to-start-a-server-from-a-remote-workstation/3220/2 "2024-08-26T15:44:35Z")
You can’t connect to the remote Kopia server, if it hasn’t been started before. And what would be the reason to stop the remote Kopia server anyway, once its started? You are running a Kopia server for a reason, aren’t you? What do you try to achieve here? ---
**Author:** ![cricri13009](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@cricri13009](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/cricri13009)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/is-it-possible-to-start-a-server-from-a-remote-workstation/3220/3 "2024-08-26T15:48:35Z")
My aim is to start the server from the remote station, if it has not been started for any reason on the server side. ---
**Author:** ![budy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/budy/32/38_2.png) [@budy](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/budy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 8:03am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/is-it-possible-to-start-a-server-from-a-remote-workstation/3220/4 "2024-08-27T08:03:33Z")
Well… why shouldn’t it? Also, that would a problem to be tackled on the system, where Kopia server runs on - not a remote one. If you can manage to have Kopia server being run at startup, you should be fine. If Kopia server, for whatever reason, crash - just trying to start it up remotely without investigating reason for its crash earlier, not a reasonable strategy. That being said - my Kopia servers - are rock solid and the only issues we had with rather big repos with 25k+ snapshots, have been resolved with 0.17. I’d go out on a limb and say, other than personal fun, this endeavour does not warrant any of your time. 😉