# I can ssh to a server but can't addprocs: ETIMEDOUT

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-can-ssh-to-a-server-but-cant-addprocs-etimedout/91502>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [December 10, 2022, 7:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-can-ssh-to-a-server-but-cant-addprocs-etimedout/91502 "2022-12-10T07:24:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 7:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-can-ssh-to-a-server-but-cant-addprocs-etimedout/91502/1 "2022-12-10T07:24:45Z")

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I can ssh to a server but can’t connect using addprocs. Any ideas?

```julia
julia> run(`ssh $addr -- '/u/local/apps/julia/1.8.1/bin/julia --version '`);
julia version 1.8.1

julia> procs = addprocs([addr]; exename="/u/local/apps/julia/1.8.1/bin/julia", dir="/u/home/", sshflags="-vv")
debug2: channel_input_open_confirmation: channel 0: callback start
debug2: fd 3 setting TCP_NODELAY
debug2: client_session2_setup: id 0
debug1: Sending command: sh -l -c 'cd -- /u/home/
exec '\\''/u/local/apps/julia/1.8.1/bin/julia'\\'' --worker'
debug2: channel 0: request exec confirm 1
debug2: channel_input_open_confirmation: channel 0: callback done
debug2: channel 0: open confirm rwindow 0 rmax 32768
debug2: channel 0: rcvd adjust 2097152
debug2: channel_input_status_confirm: type 99 id 0
debug2: exec request accepted on channel 0
debug2: channel 0: read<=0 rfd 4 len 0
debug2: channel 0: read failed
debug2: chan_shutdown_read: channel 0: (i0 o0 sock -1 wfd 4 efd 6 [write])
debug2: channel 0: input open -> drain
debug2: channel 0: ibuf empty
debug2: channel 0: send eof
debug2: channel 0: input drain -> closed
debug2: channel 0: rcvd eof
debug2: channel 0: output open -> drain
debug2: channel 0: obuf empty
debug2: chan_shutdown_write: channel 0: (i3 o1 sock -1 wfd 5 efd 6 [write])
debug2: channel 0: output drain -> closed
debug1: client_input_channel_req: channel 0 rtype exit-status reply 0
debug2: channel 0: rcvd close
debug2: channel 0: almost dead
debug2: channel 0: gc: notify user
debug2: channel 0: gc: user detached
debug2: channel 0: send close
debug2: channel 0: is dead
debug2: channel 0: garbage collecting
debug1: channel 0: free: client-session, nchannels 1
Transferred: sent 3060, received 3132 bytes, in 63.9 seconds
Bytes per second: sent 47.9, received 49.0
debug1: Exit status 1

ERROR: TaskFailedException

    nested task error: IOError: connect: connection timed out (ETIMEDOUT)
    
    caused by: IOError: connect: connection timed out (ETIMEDOUT)

```